Safari

2014 • 80 minutes

About this movie

Safari is a thrilling found footage film set in the African bush, where Lions, hyenas and poachers rule the land. Camera footage from a group of young American tourists, is found and sent to the American embassy as evidence of their disappearances. The young Americans, Zac (Rocky Myers), Jess (Kim Argetsinger), Nic (Robert Watkins) and Maya (Chloe Kirby), book a trip from Los Angeles to Southern Africa. Zac begins to document their trip from the time they leave their home in Los Angeles. Upon landing in the South African airport they are greeted by Chipulu (Phalanndwa Takalani) who is their tour guide from the Safari lodge they are booked to stay. Zac continues to shoot the groups travels all the way to the lodge where they meet some South African guests, Henry (Jonathan Taylor) his daughter Alice (Lee-Anne Summers), Andrew (Carl Beukes) and Gina (Carly Natheson). The group embarks on their anticipated safari game drive where they see good amount of wild animals... except lions. The tourists become frustrated and begin to complain about not having seen any lions, so Chipulu decides, after an argument with his Juniour tour guide Katundi (Thulasizwe Kubheka) that he will take them into uncharted hunting grounds where they are guaranteed to see lions. The situation quickly becomes dangerous when the Safari vehicle breaks down and they are forced to face the untamed wild. One by one lions, snakes, hyenas and even poachers pick them off.

Ratings and reviews

"The cinematography in 'Safari' was stunning. The wide shots of the African savannah and the close-ups of the wildlife were breathtaking. The film truly captured the beauty and grandeur of the natural world

"Safari" doesn’t provide easy answers or clear moral guidance. Instead, it invites viewers to wrestle with their own reactions to the images on screen. The hunters express their love for animals, even as they kill them, creating a jarring contrast that raises difficult questions about human nature, conservation, and the commodification of wildlife.

This movie makes African animals look like blood thirsty killers. When you are in their territory they act like humans, they kill to defend their lands. Not a good thing for the mind of sjmpletons.