Is this movie worth renting? How scary and suspenseful is it? How much CG is used and does it seem realistic (seeing as they say its based on true facts)? Thanks!
shareI rented it and today and enjoyed it. Some things are predictable, but overall it is a decent film. As far as suspenseful, it is about the same as Ghost and the Darkness. I don't want to spoil the film.
shareI'm watching it now. I am so ill at the characters. I mean, how stupid can people act? You've got a guy who is married to this young hottie, who obviously only married him for the money, and the guy has a son, around 10 or 11, and a daughter who is 14. The daughter hates the new wife and acts like a spoiled little bitch. The wife, (Amy), daughter, (Jess) and son, (David) are on a wildlife tour in the wilds of Africa. The guide takes them "off-off road" and the boy has to crap. The guide gets out with the boy, suddenly there are lions all around, the guide gets killed and they are stuck. Jess keeps acting like a spoiled brat, Amy doesn't tell her to shut the hell up, which she should do. They get the keys from the dead guide, and, of course, wreck the jeep. How stupid can they be? At this point, I want to shake them, slap them and beat the crap out of the whining kids. Typical stupid rich white people.
A helicoptor looks for them, and, of course, doesn't see the jeep. Jess gets out and runs to try to get its attention. Amy gets out, grabs her and they fall to the ground, crying and hugging each other. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Remember the lions?
Guys in helicopters look for them, and don't find them. Now I've never been in a helicopter before, but when they film from one, you can see for miles. Why can't they find a white jeep in the wilds of Africa?
I don't know, I'm just a guy who likes movies, maybe too much, and haven't been out much, too busy watching stupid movies; I should get a life.
Tell you what, forget this movie with lions and wild animals, and just go to the zoo. I think I will.
I just watched it and immediately regretted having bought it. I hadn't heard anything about it prior and figured it might be good since Peter Weller (Robocop, Naked Lunch) was in it as well as Bridget Moynahan, who I find absolutely gorgeous. Well, those are the only two things good about it. As expected, Bridget Moynahan is hot as usual, and Peter Weller had a few good lines, especially "Would you please shoot it" in his usual monotonous voice.
Other movies in the same vain which are undeniably better are 'The Ghost and the Darkness' and 'Cujo'. I definitely cannot reccomend this movie to anyone, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it either. It's without a doubt a straight-to-video kind of movie. It didn't have any redeeming qualities, really. And I really regret buying it since I know I'll never watch it again. Once was enough!
Uso, your post made my night.
shareworst *beep* ever!
shareDaughter hates wife.
Wife wants to be accepted.
Daughter and wife take a tour.
Husband leaves wife, daughter, and son with stupid tour guide and a jeep dressed as a zebra.
Tour guide tracks off road, son has to crap, and jeep still looks like a zebra.
Son scared sh!tless, lion attacks, guide is dead, wife, son, and daughter are stuck.
Son sees keys.... wife gets keys....wife drives truck into a tree..... back to square one.
Helicopter comes, helicopter leaves.
Daughter goes nuts.
Wife gets daughter.
Here comes kitty.
Man shoots kitty.
Man guts kitty.
Something about water, and a now missing partner.
Man leaves wife, daughter, and son in car. Comes back later.
Kitty's brother holds grudge, snatches man. Hyenas party.
Wife, daughter, son have no windshield.
Husband comes, man with gun.
Lion is back, man shoots lion.
Lion kills man. Daddy's in trouble.
Daddy under car, wife has plan.
Children run, wife lights fire.
Bye bye kitty.
In this particular part of Africa, there are only 3 lions. May we all be so lucky. So at this point, the family lives happily ever after.
Daughter holds wife hands, wife is accepted, Daddy happy again.
The cats really got screwed in this film.
It's not as bad as people are making it out to be. An OK little suspense flick. It's main flaws are the uber-cliches and some spotty CG blood.
The lions seems to mostly be real, I only noticed a few CG animal shots. Seems like the digitally composited footage of lions into shots instead of using CG doubles. Something I am a fan of.
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A 5 year old could have produced a better movie than this. AVOID IT,, even if you're going to download it
shareIt was so stupid. Of course the blood looked completely fake, the lions were apparantly fake and the camera was shaken like hell to hide the fact that the lions were fake. The people were idiots. For crying out loud, if there's a lion stalking her, yelling isn't going to help. What's with all the yelling? "Run! Run! Get in the jeep! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" He can see you, you don't have to scream at the top of your lungs. Stupid. Of course, they get stranded in the middle of the desert in a jeep that looks like a *beep* zebra. Lions eat zebras. And the daughter. She was one of the biggest idiots. Okay, we're stuck in a jeep in the middle of nowhere surrounded by lions. What do we do, Jess? We argue about whether or not Daddy will come and save us? Okay, good idea. Let's waste our time arguing about that stupid, pointless thing.
This movie was so stupid. I wish I hadn't wasted my time watching it.
But downloading movies is illeagal and imor... oops... download complete, gotta go.
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that was great!!! you had me CRACKING UP! lmao
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You can save an hour and a half by reading americanbeauty415's description. This movie is absolutely terrible.
shareDude, I request that you do that for every movie, I was laughing my ass off after the fifth statement.
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waaaahahhahah! hilarious. if only i have read this sum up BEFORE i downloaded this cr** movie. BUT if i hadnt, then i wouldnt have laughed so hard!
I already commented on this movie, here is my review, I had fun writing it, since this movie was no truth, no suspence, but all laughing at stupid director:
Ok, this was by far the most comic and stupid movie I think Ive ever seen. it made me laugh out loud when it was suppose to be scary. lol
the fact that the director clearly never have watched Animal Planet, is just a hint of how stupid this movie was.
I mean, the main actress wasnt bad, she played her role well, and she brought this film together. but it wasnt actually together, cuz it was so bad.
that little kids acting, was revolting and I hoped time and time again that some lion would eat him already. The girl, well, she didnt have that hard a role, but I guess she made it through barely. the father, aff, well. no comment.
It was quite funny when the car blew up, and we see the father standing waiting for his wife, and his shirt hangs out of order so it looks like his flyer is open. with that concerned look on his face, it was quite hysterical.
but the thing was, I dont buy this one minute. first of all, lions dont just attack a jeep. they see jeeps all day long. they dont care about jeeps. and i dont think a lion would lie around that same car and follow it for miles to finish off whatever is inside. and that boy from africa , waaaalkin in the middle of nowhere with a machete,. Well, i guess since he is from around that neighborhood, my guess is he wouldnt do that.. and when that gun went off? what was all that about, they didnt even mention what happened. the another lion storm out and kill the african man whoose JOB was to kill lions for a living? Baka baka baka. and that is appointed to the director, not the african.
the most funny part EVER in this movie, and maybe in movie history, is when the movie has 30 sec left, they have just killed TWO lions, and the father embraces the kids and his wife, starts WALKING towards a direction WITHOUT a gun or any kind of weapon, after the one lion killed the guide, and he says in a hero-like manner " Lets go home"...
wahahahahhahaahha
like, hmmm why didnt they think of that before? humm. its not normal that there are only 2-3 lions in a pack, so u can count on that there are more lying around waiting for food to jump in the air. and these guys dont know s*** about africa, OR where they actually are.
but, all in all, I WOULD recommend this movie, just for the laughs of it.
enjoy
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This movies had many problems in terms of logic, plot and realistic behavior of animals and humans.
But at the end when the big male lion is immolated in the jeep explosion, the family just marches off happily on their merry way back home.
What, no more lions? What about hyenas?
Realistically the family is not going to make it home, unless someone finds them fast, because where there are 3 lions and bunches of hyenas, there are likely more lions and more hyenas.
How stupid was the ranger guide? Why wreck the jeep once they retrieve the keys, no point in panicking.
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it is a pretty good movie, the kind you want to stand up and scream @ tne characters for bieng dumb a**s, the lions were real, with the excepted for *SPOILER* when some of the lions get shot. that, for ovious reasons, would have to be fake.
shareI think this movie made my soul bleed. I would rather play Russian Roulette than watch this movie again, i should have known that it would be bad, but this pushes the limits. I think the only emotion I got out of this movie is anger mixed with an unbleavable amount of pain and of course the blood that came from my soul. maybe it would be acceptable if you were intoxicated with a group of your friends and just made fun of it, while jamming an enourmous amount of crack into your system, but still I think your head might explode, so go out and see this one i'm sure you'll like it!
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I have to agree.
I dont think there is a single landy out there without a roadio if it is in the bush.
Also, who drives like a f1 racer in the bushveld. What was the rush?
Another thing, what ranger turns his back on a lion?
What ranger will allow you to walk that far away from the vehicle to take a poop?
Where was the spotter? You know.. the dude on the front of the landy looking for animal spoor?
Cars dont explode like 5kg of c4 if you light the gas tank.
Seriously, i cried after watching this. THe character annoyed the little baby out of me. It was so far from an actualy game drive that the only thing i can say is... typical hollywood bull5h1t