The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

Africa isn’t a country. Granted this is set in Kenya, filmed in South Africa, but I’m not sure a single character mentions a country name in the entire film. The story of the Tsavo man-eaters is competently told here. The big problem is the stars. Val Kilmer with his blonde tipped hair looks and acts like a stoned Iceman crash landed into the savannah. Michael Douglas on the other hand seems to think he was cast in a second Romancing the Stone sequel. I prefer to think that Douglas’s character didn’t actually exist and that Val was just hallucinating a long haired, supposed southern Civil War survivor as a spirit guide in his quest. The lions themselves are poorly animated and best served when they are only shown in shadows. Their glowing green eyes and the potato chip crunching sound they make as they are eating human legs is laughable.

Oscar Win: Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing