Don't expect an immersive, well-directed action story. This is a simple, sloppy, dime-a dozen film with cardboard characters and cheap special effects. Halfway through things get a bit more interesting when Michael Douglas appears. Although type-casted, he at least brings some acting skills and personality into the whole endeavour. Political incorrectness is circumvented by opposing the two western heroes with noble savage allegory and immoral lion hunting with depicting the behavior of the lions as atypical, thus immoral themselves. And Val Kilmer? Well, he's there just for his pretty looks I suppose...
Review of The Ghost and the Darkness
