A Sound of Thunder

2005

Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 6% · 98 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 18% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 21261 21.3K

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Plot summary

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

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Top cast

Ben Kingsley as Charles Hatton
Edward Burns as Travis Ryer
Catherine McCormack as Sonia Rand
Heike Makatsch as Alicia Wallenbeck
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931.33 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.87 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jash-87550 5 / 10

An enjoyable sci-fi movie with interesting concept

A time machine, that has the ability to take you back to prehistoric times and hunt a dinosaur. Will you take the chance? With this risk comes others... changing something so small can turn into something much bigger. The operation is carefully planned out, but there is always room for error.... The film A Sound of Thunder is based off of the well known short-story written by Ray Bradbury. Directed by Peter Hyams, the film stars Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley, and Jemima Rooper. A Sound of Thunder was released in the year 2005, after some financial difficulties that delayed the film's release. The film is of the science fiction genre- a company called Time Safari Inc. uses a time machine to bring its wealthy clients back in time to hunt a tyrannosaurus rex. A Sound of Thunder is about a series of trials faced by Dr. Travis Ryer (Edward Burns) and the rest of the staff at Time Safari Inc. Dr. Ryer is in charge of running the "time safaris", and he works closely with the rest of the time travel team to ensure that not even the most minute change is made to the past. Despite their efforts, one of the clients accidentally changes one tiny thing- and this leads to many other changes in evolution that are much larger. It is up to Dr. Ryer and his team to determine what is causing all of the changes in the modern world- and how to reverse the damage that has been done. It will be difficult though, and there are no guarantees that the change is reversible. The concept of A Sound of Thunder is one that is actually quite intriguing. You wouldn't think that manipulating the small, insignificant life of a creature from tens of thousands of years ago could change the entire course of evolution. In general, the idea of time-travelling back to prehistoric times is mind-boggling, as it makes one wonder if that concept will someday be a reality in our world, which becomes more technologically advanced every day. What if someday, this movie doesn't seem so crazy and unrealistic? Anything can happen, and if you choose to look at the movie in a more serious light, it may lead you to ask the bigger question... is time travel really possible? Overall, I did enjoy the film when I didn't think about the cheesy special effects and mediocre script. I would recommend the movie to anyone who just wants a casual way to pass the time and doesn't have very high standards. For the most part, A Sound of Thunder is family friendly, but younger viewers may not fully understand the concept. There is also some foul language in certain scenes, as well as a couple of suggestive ones. This movie also has a roller coaster of a plot that can be slightly hard to follow, but anyone can get a kick out of it. This film will keep your attention, and it is one of those films that you "love to hate".
Reviewed by ma-cortes 5 / 10

Mediocre film about time travels with several terrifying animals and a lot of of C.G.I.

2055 , Chicago , Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) an avaricious tycoon is an owner of a valuable enterprise about time machines called Tammy that is converted in a time traveler towards the Jurasik and carrying rich tourists to kill dinosaurs . Hatton receives his clients after their time safari and he likes to compare them with great explorers : Marco Polo , Christopher Columbus , Armstrong and others . Travis (Edward Burns) is a resourceful scientist at charge of the risked hunting . Scientist Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack) as invention creator warns the dangerous experiments . Thus , the machine cannot ultimately control itself and it is created a time wave similar to Tsunami which changes the earth . Then , it appears various predator animals and colossal carnivores , humans try desperately escape of weird animals and they are chased by fanged giant creatures through a leafy vegetable city .

This thrilling sci-fi picture blends suspense , tension , bone-chilling scenes , genuine scares and amount of images have you on the edge of your seat . Abundant special effects are generally made by computer generator , as it is well reflected on an amazing array of technical bizarre creatures , such as : prehistoric Allosaurius , giant eel, mutants animals , ferocious and carnivorous plants and insects developing a bloodthirsty hunger . The film is based on a Ray Bradbury novel , a short story titled ¨A Sound of Thunder¨ but are modified some deeds , in the book the fatal accident is produced during the presidential election and the winner results to be a fascist candidate , while the movie is narrated in actioner as well as spectacular style . The picture was averagely directed by Peter Hyams (replacing Renny Harlin who was fired from the producers for disagreements with Ray Bradbury) , though production was slowed when severe floods in the summer of 2002 in the Czech Republic caused considerable damage to the set . One major reason for the film's long delay is that the original production company went bankrupt during post-production , and there simply wasn't money to finish the film . Director Peter Hyams is a nice filmmaker and usual cameraman of his films , realizing good Sci-fi titles (¨Capricorn one¨ , ¨Outland¨) and even a similar movie about time travels , but better directed , such as ¨Timecop¨(1994) with Jean Claude Van Damme . Atmospheric musical score fitting to action by Nick G. Smith . The movie failed in the box office and was exhibited in 2005 , two years later its shooting . The movie was filmed in Republic Czechoslovakia with difficulties but had a lot of floods in Praga . Rating : Average but entertaining .

Reviewed by Boba_Fett1138 4 / 10

Worse than expected.

Yeah sure, the movie its visuals already did looked horrible and not very promising but the premise and the cast looked good, so I still sort of expected to be entertained by this movie. This however unfortunately wasn't the case. The premise is good but the story is filled with improbabilities and is logically flawed.

This movie is potential flushed down the toilet. The main plot is interesting and somewhat original. It's good enough to make a good adventurous movie out of would you think. This movie however fails to entertain and I think that that is this movie biggest flaw. Perhaps it takes itself too serious and a little bit more humor certainly wouldn't had done the movie any harm. Instead it now is nothing more than a lame and cheap looking movie, filled with the one unlikely event after the other, that also steals a bit too much from other, more successful movies. Mainely "Jurassic Park" obviously.

The characters also don't help to make the movie any more compelling or at least interesting to watch. I still think that Edward Burns did a fairly decent job as the 'heroic' main lead. The rest of the characters however really get muddled in into the movie and they get very little interesting to do. The movie rather relies on its visual, which are extremely poor. Catherine McCormack also plays a very irritating character. Basically all her character does is complain and talk about how right she was and the rest oh so wrong. Her character just isn't a likable one. And the rest of the characters...well I already have forgotten their names, I think that that is saying enough about them. It certainly is true though that Ben Kingsley's performance alone makes this movie worth watching. He is really excellent in his sort of villainous businessman role but from the moment when he disappears out of the movie the movie really goes downhill rapidly.

Visually the movie is extremely poor. It has some dreadful looking CGI effects and they couldn't even get the more simple 'blue-screen' effects look convincing in the movie. The sets are also awful and cheap looking, like they can fall over and break down every moment.

The movie never gets tense, exciting or adventurous since the story is brought in the least interesting and engaging way possible. It's a very distant movie with distant characters that fails to impress. There are plenty of action sequences but all of them are so ridicules looking and far from believable that they never get tense or good enough.

So basically this movie is lacking in everything that is needed to make a genre movie like this one a good and successful one. It's sad to see how low director Peter Hyams has sunk to the last couple of years, after making some good movies in the '70's and '80's.

4/10

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