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Plus, it's got some good cinematography, and the deeper themes of imperialism and "white man as champion" are touched upon and dealt with somewhat, so that's cool. The film is actually rather light on gore, and some of the action scenes are a bit too choppy and frenetic with how they're edited, but somehow the film is still rather suspenseful and gripping. The film strays some from the original story, mostly by adding the fictional character of Remington, but still retains the gist and spirit of the actual events. Maybe had a stronger director been attached.

The basic idea of that is onscreen, but unfortunately it isn't taking to the level it could have been. Screenwriter William Goldman was originally wanting to meld Lawrence of Arabia with Jaws. His efforts to succeed continually fail, so a wily American big game hunter named Charles Remington is brought in to help him out.

John Henry Patterson is a railroad engineer/big game hunter tasked with killing the lions and getting the railroad built on time. The native workers name them the Ghost and The Darkness, due to their attack methods.Ĭol. The Tsavo Manhunters are a pair of vicious lions who kill for sport, and seem unafraid of man and fire, and have an almost supernatural ability to sense danger and traps. Based on a true story, this is a suspenseful adventure yarn about the Tsavo Manhunters who terrorized laborers working on a railroad in East Africa in 1896.