An American adventure romantic comedy; A story about a group of professional game catchers who find their lives changed when a woman photographer arrives at their big-game farm. This light-hearted safari romp is photographed beautifully in colour with its beautiful backdrop and wildlife on the plains of East Africa, along with some good action and fun, which is just as well because it is loosely scripted with a fairly plotless story. The film's appeal rests on the danger and spectacle of scenes which are real and filmed without a stuntman or special effects, chasing animals in jeeps and trucks and the pursuit of live, wild animals which were also untrained, living up to its title which means "danger" in Swahili. The trapping of animals may be a little heavy for viewers with heightened awareness of animal welfare but no shots were fired and it is an authentic document nonetheless of animals as seen in the wild. The action and adventure is a little raw and there is not much character development but John Wayne manages to be ruggedly entertaining to make some impact albeit competing for screen attention.
Review of Hatari!
