I have to admit, one of the most irritating points of this ridiculous film was the fact that in Africa the temperature soars to 105 (and that's on a pleasant day), however as the family is locked in the jeep, not one of them has a bead of sweat on their foreheads plus their hair looks like they just walked out of a salon. I hate that. I was led to watch this movie after watching The Ghost and the Darkness, a movie I have watched every once in awhile since childhood. Supposedly this piece of garbage is based on the Tsavo man-eaters. Ummmm.... NOT. If you want to see an ACTUAL "based on a true story" film I invite you to watch The Ghost and the Darkness and feel the amazing suspense!

Obviously this is not an award winning movie, however it's not as bad as everyone says. There is one major point at the 40 minute mark that they could've made a correction on. Once they get the keys to the truck, the driver did not have to drive crazy and crash the truck. She simply could've drove it back onto the road and made it to safety. So from that point on the movie is excessively extended for no reason. There's a story around some poachers was just completely disconnected, and makes no sense at all. Acting not half bad. Scenes of Africa are pretty good.

If you are a horror film buff, from the reviews I've read so far, don't watch this as it has no chain saws, or over the top craziness.This is a beautifully shot film, with characters that are portrayed so well, that you will most likely hate them by the end of the movie. To me, one definition of good acting is that it makes you feel something about the character either good or bad.I thought the animal scenes were very well done, without being overly gory to the point where you are no longer disgusted, like most modern horror films--SAW--ahem. I could feel the fear that characters felt and understand that when you are under extreme stress and ignorant of what to do for the most part, you end up doing very stupid things. For example, people whose cars accelerators stick and instead of putting the car in neutral and coasting to the side of the road they panic break and go off the cliff.About the divorced family drama--divorce is very traumatic for kids and many kids don't like their step-parents, initially anyway, so even though this is formulaic it is real and sets the stage for a lot of the decisions that are made.I've watched this film 3 times and I probably will watch it again (with my kids when they're a little older). The ending is probably the only part that I was disappointed with but I can overlook it for the quality of the remainder.

While working in a dam in Africa, the American hydraulic engineer Tom Newman brings his family to spend a couple of days in the Leopard's Rest Lodge. His fourteen year-old daughter Jessica is having friction with her stepmother Amy since she does not accept the divorce of her parents. On the next morning, Amy, Jessica and her brother David go in a game drive with a ranger while Tom goes to the dam. While driving off-road, David asks the ranger to stop the jeep to go to the "toilet", and unexpectedly they are attacked by a group of starving lions that kill and eat the ranger. Amy, Jessica and David are trapped in the jeep and stalked by the wild lions. When Tom returns to the hotel and finds that his family has not returned from the game, he asks for help to the experienced hunter and guide Crawford and together they seek Tom's family. In-Crappy-Credible Thats All I Have To Say. I Was Indredibly Surprised To See This Was Not Darrell Roodt's First Movie. In All The Horror Movies I've Seen I Have Never Seen Something This Ridiculos. Lions Attacking Humans For The Fun Of It. At The End The Car They're In Explodes...Now The Children Were Safe With Their Father But The Mother Was Up & Close To The Car...Now The Last Time I Checked...Car Explosions Killed People...Am I Correct?...Thought I Was...The Stepmother Comes Out Of The Wreckage WITHOUT A SCRATCH OR BRUISE! This Deserves Its Rating Of 4.5 But This Deserves A Little Bottom 100 Treatment. How Can Anybody Call This A Scary Lion Movie? 'The Lion King' Was Scarier Than This. The Little Boy Needs Food Or Water Every 5 Minutes...From What I Remember As A Kid I Never Got That Dehydrated That Quickly. In The Middle Of The Film They Have The Chance To Leave...The Stepmother Does Not Go Up The Mountain Where They Came But She Goes Further Down The Mountain. I Don't Mind Horror Movies Just As Long As They Are Done Good...& This Movie Failed That.