Idris Elba vs a loopy lion. That’s a prospect to make all sane viewers salivate, yet by the end of this savannah-set survival thriller I was practically supine. I am woman, hear me snore.
It all starts so well. Shot with flair by Baltasar Kormakur and his cinematographer, Philippe Rousselot, a taut night-time sequence establishes what’s driven the titular predator to distraction.
