1996-10-11
7
109 min
london england based on novel or book hunter africa lion animal attack bridge british army based on true story lion attack colonialism swahili mysticism railroad construction 1890s
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.