Prey For The Hunters

Starring: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Amily Mortimer, Om Puri

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"Some thought they were not lions at all, but the spirits of dead medicine men come back to spread madness. Or they were the devil sent to stop the white man from owning the world." - Samuel

Why watch this? It's a genuinely scary film about two vicious lions hunting human prey in the night.

Plot Summary: During the late 19th century, Lieut. Col. John Henry Patterson is tasked with building a railway bridge in Kenya, a project facing delays due to attacks on workers. Two notoriously cunning and vicious lions, dubbed "The Ghost" and "The Darkness" by the local workers, terrorize the construction site, seemingly killing for sport rather than hunger and exhibiting an almost supernatural ability to evade traps. As the death toll rises and the project faces ruin, Patterson reluctantly teams up with renowned hunter Charles Remington to track and kill the fearsome beasts.

Dad's Preview: Man-eating lions that attack only at night. OK, that is terrifying. This a great popcorn  thriller, set in the sparsely beautiful scenery of the African continent, will keep you on the edge of your seats.

Constellation Films, Douglas/Reuther Productions; Paramount Pictures