Telling the tale of man-eating lions who terrorized the railroad-building village of Tsavo, Africa in 1896, The Ghost and the Darkness transcends man-vs-beast.
The Island of Dr. Moreau is a modernized version of an already twice-told tale of genetic manipulation. Marlon Brando tackles the role with a strange gusto.
Combining a great director’s flair with his actors’ wits in an action flick that is actually Zen material, as are the ghosts that roam through man’s passions.
Michael Mann has always given us “just good enough” films. This time around it is a well-made American movie. DeNiro and Pacino on the screen together.