Peter Lamberti	...	(Director)
Sue Western	...	(Writer)
Karl Jenkinson	...	Narrator
Paul Stirling Taylor	...	Composer
Willem van Heerden	...	Cinematographer
Makalolo?	...
Leduma	...	Senior Female
Evie	...	Daughter
Malou	...	Son (brawn)
Kimba	...	Son (brains)
Panwi	...	Pride Male
Marry	...	Leduma's sister

Comments: The punchline is: "If they could walk that way they wouldn't need the powder"

The setup is that this pride of lions lives in an area (Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe) where there doesn't appear to be any competition. One of the reasons lions kill prey quickly is to shut it up, so other predators don't hear the death bell. Vultures and hyenas can smell a carcass miles away, but they never show up. It's weird

A couple goofball adolescent male cubs provide comedy relief throughout

The plot is that this lackadaisical approach to killing does not serve the cubs very well. They will need to know better when they get kicked out of the pride at 2 or 3 years old and have to go somewhere else

We get a handful of scenes of lions eating their prey alive. The gnarliest shot for me is when they're dining on a baby elephant and the camera zooms in on its face and you see it blinking its eye. Then one of the lions steps on this blinking eye. How rude, I thought

The main focus of the film is the battle between the lions and buffalo. There's nothing else on the menu for the lions except an occasional baby elephant who gets accidentally trampled by its own herd. The buffalo know this so they've developed a solid defensive strategy and take a proactive approach and try to kill as many lions as they can. They especially enjoy trampling baby cubs

Refreshing to see these Relentless Enemies engage in a battle of wits and technique rather than showing a highlight reel of lion kills

Buffalo are not attractive. If they were cute they'd get a lot more starring roles. They are super smart, travel in big gangs, and they weigh literally a ton or more. They kill a lot of lions in real life. But nobody wants to see that

Good camera work, an appropriate (and real) soundtrack, mildly humorous and enthusiastic (without phony drama) narration make this a fun ride


Summary: There are two phenomenal beasts that rule one of Africa's true wilderness areas -buffalo and lions. The first dominates the plains with bulk and power while the second rules by fear and tenacity. Lions Behaving Badly is a stunning special about conflict between some of Africa's most iconic animals. The backdrop is a land of giants in the heart of Makalolo - Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. NGC takes viewers to the lion pride as they take on the gregarious buffalo herds.