Screenwriter, Director + Producer Should Be Shot (Spoiler)

As a huge fan of wildlife and common sense it is no surprise that this movie had all the makings of a movie disaster of catastrophic proportions. The level of illogical thinking, desperate plot points, and unsatisfying outcomes escalated my laughs into anger as I eagerly awaited the lions to devour the entire family including the father.

Observations -

The Ranger Chronicles
1. The kid could have dumped directly next to the car instead of walking 100 yards away into unknown brush territory where lions are known to hide (good thinking ranger)
2. The ranger could have easily popped off warning shots when he first spotted lions and they would have scrambled. When you run - the cats chase you. That is learned in Ranger class 101.
3. In the aftermath of their ranger being devoured as lion lunch it would have been satisfying to see the daughter change her attitude into (Don't sweat the small stuff) or she should have been beaten to a pulp by the stepmom if she contined to be an ignorant brat. Seeing the girl dismiss the mans death for her own selfish ego was enough to make me want to go through my TV screen and throw her to the lions.

The Keys Chronicles
4. Getting the keys for the car would have been as simple as waiting to see or hear the Lions leave the area in search of actual prey that is abundant in the area. Lions do not sit around waiting for potential flesh in a metal car for days on end.
5. Upon getting the keys - Considering they were sitting there stranded for 2 days already you would think that small detail of direction and road whereabouts would have been pretty simple to iron out. They only drove off road for less than a minute.
6. Her driving like a bank robber in a congested city street was genius. She's in a metal car that's been parked in prison for 2 days and now that she's moving away from the Lions she is somehow more scared. Too dumb to elaborate further on.

The Poachers
1. They appear of out nowhere and fire a death shot to the lion a mere second before it attacks the stepmom. Somehow they have no human reaction to saving the woman's life and ignore her like she is not a hot white woman with 2 kids stranded in the bush. Highly Highly Highly unlikely. They would have known the distress that the family was in and helped them. Instead one goes off to get water with the annoying daughter and the other one plays wild west with gunshots (which is not explained) and dissapears never to be seen again.

The Rescue Effort
1. The father has some clout as an American Engineer but yet can't seem to pull any strings of simplicity such as hiring ANYBODY to search for his family. A 10 minute car ride down the safari road with binoculars would have yielded a visual confirmation of his families whereabouts and a rescue would have ensued before 3 other people needed to be mutilated by the lions.
2. The "ONLY EXPERT FOR HIRE" that shows no interest in making money decides to play with Lion Dung on a Cliff and then walk from the safety of his car along with the douchebag father to save the family. Somehow he lacks the "THE EXPERT OF AFRICA" brainpower to fire shots into the air to scare the lions and he becomes a late afternoon lion lunch.
3. The Father decides it would be a good idea to hide under the car. The lion would have reached him with it's paws and decimated him but somehow a 60 year old man avoids the death claws and has a candid conversation with his wife through the metal car underbelly.

The Plan
Instead of merely lighting something on fire to distract the lion and cause a diversion, the stepmom becomes Macgyver and puts all stock in blowing up the car. The father with no balls cowardly lets his brainless wife call the shots and everybody is put in harms way of being eaten by lions. Somehow like a seasoned lion trainer, the stepmom gets the lion to follow into it's coffin and blows up the metal car like its a missile on impact.

The Ending
The best part is when I knew the minutes were counting down and the cliche' moment was in sight.
Let's Go Home! - The father utters those 3 words.
WAIT A FLICKERING SECOND YOU MORON - You are still on the same soil where 3 people were eaten by lions. You have no idea how many more lions are in the immediate area. You have no transportation unless somehow you grabbed the keys out of the dead expert rangers pockets while the lions were eating him. You don't know where you are. You have no protection from more predators. The sun will be setting soon and predators hunt at night. You are a putz beyond belief.

In Conclusion
This movie was crap to the max. Don't watch it unless you want to get into a very angry mood. OR you could watch it with a good laugh now that you know how lame it truly is.