Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Leofwine_draca An old-fashioned monster movie from the '50s, crossed with then-modern lashings of special effects and gore, sounds like a sure bet for this "killer baboon rampage" movie that failed to do much business at the box office when it was first released. The reason for this is that the movie is a strictly run-of-the-mill affair without much to get excited about, and in which the most exciting moments are those spent watching huge hordes of baboons charging through the African landscape. It's supposedly a true story, and the authentic Kenyan locations and supporting actors initially give it a feel of realism, but its not long before that feeling dissipates spectacularly.Things begin well. There's an excellent battle between rhinos and jeeps which actually takes place for real, without the aid of special effects. After this they quickly go downhill, with the script strictly adhering to the basic monster movie template. That is, a few nonentities get killed off initially until the body count rises dramatically and the rest of the cast realises that there's a problem. The dialogue is adequate but the action is sparse. Those looking for some serious baboon vs. human fight scenes may well feel short shrifted as there are only a couple of brief shots in the film (obviously the model baboons created for the movie weren't up to prolonged camera exposure). The two action "highlights" would be NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD-style situations with the baboons replacing zombies and attempting to break into a house and then finally a hotel. Sadly, these are brief indeed, and ultimately disappointing.The cast seems to be an unusually straight one for what is a simple B-movie with A-movie aspirations. The underrated John Rhys Davies, one of my favourite actors, takes the lead as an unconventional action hero. Once again he gives strength to his character, making him a warm and likable person. This is unexpected as at the beginning of the film he is set up as one of those uncaring leader-type blokes who ends up putting lives in danger and getting killed as a result. Timothy Bottoms is the young(er) hero, who disturbingly shaves off his beard halfway through the film which is quite disconcerting, especially as this action is never mentioned! You just see him again with only a moustache and end up wondering who the guy is. Irene Miracle lends copious glamour as Bottom's ex-wife, who inevitably ends up being in peril.One good thing about this film are the special effects of the dead bodies - they're unusually graphic for a mainstream movie (check out Leonard Maltin's review, where he proclaims them as "disgusting"). We see corpses with severed limbs, blood pumping from throats and in the film's gruesome highlight, a body with half of its face ripped off. The gore is minimal but it gives the film that extra oomph for the horror fan, although being a mainstream movie you can guarantee that there'll be a sentimental happy ending in sight.Elsewhere, things try to be serious and scary and end up being comical. A supposedly horrific shot of a man on a telegraph pole getting his leg ripped off by baboons is roll-on-the-floor hilarious yet apparently played for the horror aspect. A baboon attacks the pilot of a plane, causing it to crash - excuse me? After saying that this film is based on a true story this individual scene is pretty hard to swallow. Somebody also decided to shoot some of the action scenes in slow-motion, and they just look dumb and sap the film of its life. The use of a Steadicam leads to some inevitable EVIL DEAD-style 'chase' moments. The only thing I would recommend about this film is the good performance from John Rhys Davies - otherwise it's a missed opportunity and only suitable for those who really like baboons, or a monster fan stuck for something to watch.

dasiren Having spent a large part of my life in Kenya, this film made me afraid to set out into the Tsavo for years. Based on Events that I remember the old people talking aboutthe film integrates those stories with just the right amountof fright!! The fear that the drought brought was displayed truthfully in this film. It captures the rugged beauty of the Kenyan countryside and people such as no other films made in Kenya have. If you have a fear of animals, this heightens it!

Wizard-8 If you've ever wondered why the Scotti Brothers music company didn't last long when they tried their hand in cinema, this movie would be a good place to start. It's hard to believe this actually got released widely enough that Siskel and Ebert took the time to review it on their show (both giving it thumbs down.) Poorly photographed, atrociously edited, and with a plot that's more of an idea than an actual story, given how little is done with anything that comes up. The gore sequences, while explicit, come off as a desperate attempt to entertain more than anything else. There is one eye-catching visual (during the flat tire sequence) that will get your attention and make you wonder how they did it. But unless you also happen to like seeing talented actors of some fame get humiliated, it's not worth the effort to see. Though afterwards you will be able to say truthfully, "I saw Timothy Bottoms' bottom!"

Glenn Andreiev The basic plot of IN THE SHADOW OF KILIMANJARO (1986) is that an army of crazed, homicidal babboons are killing folks left and right in the middle of nowhere. The thing the filmmakers should of realised is that babboons always look kind of bored. An example comes in one scene where a movie character has a flat tire in the desert. We cut to shots of yawning, pre-occupied looking monkeys watch him from afar. They seem to be saying "Hoo-Hummm, I dunno, should I kill him? I don't know, rather sit here and pick flies off my fur. (Yawn....) Okay. Let me go down and kill 'em." We had a good laugh with this one.