Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.
Reese Witherspoon
Nonnie Parker
Ethan Embry
Harry Winslow
Jack Thompson
John Ricketts
Sarel Bok
Xhabbo
Robert John Burke
Paul Parker
Patricia Kalember
Elizabeth Parker
Daniel Gerroll
John Winslow
Maximilian Schell
Col. Mopani Theron
Miles Anderson
Jardin
Fidelis Cheza
Tracker
Taffy Chihota
Warden Robert
Anthony Chinyanga
Doctor
Brian Cooper
Store Keeper
Magdalene Damas
Nuin-Tara
John Indi
Bamuthi
Sebastian Klein
Child on Sand Dune
Isaac Mabhikwa
Poacher
Bertha Msora
Koba
Japan Mthembu
Carfax
Charles Pillai
Mr. Tang
Kessia Embry
Child on Sand Dune
Andrew Whaley
Warden Gerald
Director
Mikael Salomon
Novel
Laurens van der Post
Screenplay
Jonathan Hensleigh
Screenplay
Sally Robinson
Screenplay
Robert Caswell
July 24, 2016
6
> The Kalahari adventure!
If you are a Disney live-action film fan, you won't disappoint with it. It comes between the regular Disney films and Disney nature films. It sets in somewhere in the Namibia and takes us with to a great adventure which is more like a documentary film than a film with a story. Actually, there was a small story, mostly on the opening and the end part and the rest of the film was a foot journey like 'The Way Back'. Based on the book of the same name about a girl and a boy who team up with a bushman to cross the Kalahari desert after their family was attacked by the poachers.
I did not know anything about it, so I expected nothing. But I thought of 'The Gods Must be Crazy', since it is not a comedy, I prepared for something new. I really liked the film, but not that much. Spectacular African landscapes, and awesome performances by everyone. I would have loved it if a few more wild animals participated in it, after all African flavour means that's what we all anticipate, especially the children. So from that perspective, it is slightly a disappointment, but not much. Other than that it is a fine family film from a trusted production house.
6.5/10