I'm hopelessly addicted to the "Bwana-Bwana" movie genre, which is why I stayed tuned despite the cliché Characters, gawdoffal CGI, and outworn ("Human Greed + Quirky Science = Disaster") Premise.
The allusions to the 1996 Big-Screen Thriller, "The Ghost and the Darkness" are unmistakable. The Big Game Hunter is even dressed up to resemble Michael Douglas' "Remington" character. The cave two of the teens explore by torchlight may remind you of the Tsavo Lions' (far spookier) Den, investigated by Douglas and Val Kilmer. The final showdown echoes the sequence in which Kilmer and John Kani together take on the second of the twin Man-Eaters.
As a horror movie, this sucked. (What, nobody goes up and --stupidly -- pokes the "carcass" at the end?? ) As an "Adventure" film this could actually have been a "Contender"
The allusions to the 1996 Big-Screen Thriller, "The Ghost and the Darkness" are unmistakable. The Big Game Hunter is even dressed up to resemble Michael Douglas' "Remington" character. The cave two of the teens explore by torchlight may remind you of the Tsavo Lions' (far spookier) Den, investigated by Douglas and Val Kilmer. The final showdown echoes the sequence in which Kilmer and John Kani together take on the second of the twin Man-Eaters.
As a horror movie, this sucked. (What, nobody goes up and --stupidly -- pokes the "carcass" at the end?? ) As an "Adventure" film this could actually have been a "Contender"