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Synopsis: 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.
 
IMDB:
4.7
TV-MA
Year:
2007
92 min
1,769 Views


Run, Amy!

[ Amy ]

Oh,Jesus!

- [ Lion Snarling ]

- [Jessica ] Go, Amy! It's right there!

- Go!

- Sh*t.

- [ Roars ]

- [ Screams ]

- Amy!

- Amy!

[ Screams ]

Go, Amy!

- [ Engine Starts ]

- Come on, Amy!

Okay! Shift it into first. Okay.

- Now go!

- Going!

Go!

- Watch out!

-[ Amy Grunts ] Get out ofhere!

God!

Hold on!

[ Screams ]

Let me navigate. Go right!

[Jessica Screams ]

Watch out! Go right!

- We're gonna crash.

- Hold on,Jess.

- You're going too fast!

- Hold on!

[ Amy ]

Hold on!

[ All Screaming ]

[Jessica ]

Stop the car, Amy!

Don't get your hopes up. You think you can

handle anyone, but you don't know this guy.

He's a good hunter though,

the best in the region.

He doesn't know a thing about people.

Well, this is it.

- [ Tom ] Wait for me.

- Like I said, he's nuts.

- You want to do this, you're on your own.

- Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Mr. Crawford!

Mr. Crawford?

Anybody home?

Mr. Crawford?

Mr. Crawfor- Mr. Crawford.

I'm Tom Newman.

We spoke last night on the rangers' radio.

That's right.

The rangers find your family?

- No, they just started looking this morning.

- [ Coughs ]

Well, I wouldn't hold my breath,

if I were you.

Exactly. That's why I'm here. I was hoping

maybe that you'd give me some-

Son of a b*tch.

[ Grunting ]

Now, I told you,

I lead hunts for the big five...

not search parties

for wives and kids, pal.

If you can track a leopard...

I am sure that three American tourists

will just be a walk in the park for you.

You're gonna go downhill

appealing to my ego, friend.

Well, how 'bout I appeal

to your wallet, friend?

Mr. Crawford...

I'm the hydroelectrical engineer

supervising the building...

of the new dam in this province,

and I have money!

My family's been at large

for more than 2 4 hours.

And I'm sure that must

just resonate with you a little bit.

I mean, I'm sure that just must

strike some small chord in you.

And praying that it does...

I am prepared to pay you

whatever the hell you want...

if you just-

if you just help me find my family.

[ Engine Cranking ]

Come on!

Come on!

[ Cranking ]

Come on!

[ Sobs ]

[ Crying ]

So, what are we gonna do now?

[ Crying ]

By now your dad knows we're missing.

He probably sent somebody to find us.

- Who?

- I don't know. The lodge people.

How are they gonna find us?

What do you mean?

Well, they'll be looking for us

off the main road.

Somewhere close to it.

But now we're nowhere near it.

Maybe we should just get out of the car

and try to find our way back.

Yeah, except for that

we have no idea where we are.

[ Sighs ]

[ Whispers ]

F***.

And they'll have no idea

where we are if we stay here.

No. We're not gonna

take any chances.

As long as we stay in this car,

we're safe.

- And lost!

- Fine. We're lost.

We're not leaving this car.

- Why? Because you say so?

- Because it's safe,Jess!

Because your father is gonna find us,

and, yeah, because I say so!

- You think he's gonna find us.

- Yes, I do.

- What if he doesn't find us?

- He will.

- And if he doesn't?

- He will,Jess.

- What if my dad doesn't find us?

- Goddamn it, he will!

[Jessica Crying ]

[ Tom ]

What are we looking for?

[ Crawford ] Smoke, vultures in the sky.

You'll know it when you see it.

I mean, are we looking for some kind

of trail or something, Mr. Crawford?

Any tracks that would've been left

have been washed away by now.

- [ Radio Beeping ]

- [ Man ] No luck at Lake Maluti.

We're heading north.

The roads are empty here.

Well, of course the roads are empty,

you rabbit. It rained last night.

You chop in on the ranger frequency?

Uh, we're gonna drop in periodically...

and just, uh, fill in the gaps

for those clowns.

And what exactly are the gaps,

Mr. Crawford?

Well, they want a quick rescue,

so they've gone up into the air.

The problem with that is that they

might fly right over your family...

and not even know it.

Hey. How you doing?

- I'm fine.

- Yeah?

He needs some water.

Yeah. I know. We all do.

But he really needs some.

Let me go find some water.

Are you crazy?

What about the lions?

[ Sighs ]

Well, we haven't seen 'em all morning.

Doesn't mean they're not out there.

Fine.

What are you doing?

There's a little water here

from the storm.

Here.

It was a good idea.

[ Helicopter Approaching, Faint ]

- What is it?

- Shh.

[ Helicopter Approaching, Faint ]

A helicopter.

- Hey-Jess, no!

- Let go of me!

What did I tell you?

- What if they can't see us?

- They'll see us, okay? We're not getting out.

There's no sign of them

at the Crocodile River.

We're gonna check the Letaba trails

at the secondary gate.

- It's leaving.

- No.

-Jess, no!

- Hey!

Over here! Help! Come back! Help!

[ Whimpering ]

Help! Come back!

Over here! Come back!

- No. Oh, no.

-Jess!

- David, close the door.

- No.

- jess, come back!

- Sh*t.

- [ Door Closes ]

- [ Sobbing ]

- Hey, I'm sorry.

- You should have let me go.

You should have let me go.

- [ Sobbing Continues ]

- [ Whispering ] We gotta get in the car.

- We gotta get in the car. We gotta get in the car.

- [ Quiet Growling ]

- [ Whispering ] I'm sorry.

- [ Sobbing Continues ]

- [ Rustling ]

- [ Growling Continues ]

[ Growling Continues ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Men Conversing In Native Language]

[ Native Language]

- [ Laughs ]

- [ Native Language ]

Excuse me.

Yeah- Can you help us, please?

- Please. We need your help.

The lions, they attacked us.

- [ Native Language ]

- They killed our guide. We have no guide.

-Jessica, go to the car.

[ Native Language ]

They don't understand

a word I'm saying, do they?

Go. Lock the car.

[ Both Chuckling ]

[ Native Language ]

[ Flies Buzzing ]

Who are they?

Poachers, I think.

- What are they doing?

- They're skinning a lion.

- That's disgusting.

- Yeah. Starting to understand

why you're a vegetarian.

- [Jessica ] So, they're gonna help us, right?

- I don't know.

They didn't seem to be

too concerned with us, did they?

I don't know how often this happens, but you

would think we would be of greater interest.

Maybe they know

where we can find some water.

Yeah, maybe.

Rut your sweatshirt on. Okay?

David, you lock the door

when we get out. Okay?

Okay.

- [ Amy ] Excuse me?

- Excuse me.

Um, water.

Do you have any water?

- [ Native Language ]

- Water.

- Uh, like- [ Gulping ]

- [ Native Language ]

[ Conversing In Native Language]

[Jessica ]

Do you speak English?

Can you help us?

[ Amy ]

Water. W-Water- Yes! Yes!

- We need water. Please.

- [ Native Language ]

Can-

- What is he saying?

- I have no clue.

[ Native Language ]

Come.

- You speak English?

- Whoa. What do you think you're doing?

I'm going to get water for my brother.

One of us needs to stay with David...

and one of us needs to go

with Knife Guy here.

You have a bad ankle.

Look, I- I just don't think

this is a good idea.

Amy, you have to trust me.

It'll be fine. Okay?

It'll be fine.

Uh, are you sure this is the right way?

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Darrell Roodt

Darrell James Roodt (born in Johannesburg, April 28, 1962) is a South African film director, screenwriter and producer. He is probably most well known for his 1992 film Sarafina! which starred actress Whoopi Goldberg. Also regarded as South Africa's most prolific film director, Roodt has worked with the late Patrick Swayze in Father Hood, James Earl Jones in Cry, the Beloved Country and Ice Cube in Dangerous Grounds. more…

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