A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Average Rating: 2.8/10
Reviews Counted: 97
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 91
Choppy logic and uneven performances are overshadowed by not-so-special effects that makes the suspension of disbelief a nearly impossible task.
Average Rating: 3/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 22
Choppy logic and uneven performances are overshadowed by not-so-special effects that makes the suspension of disbelief a nearly impossible task.
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A seemingly insignificant act may cause the fabric of history to unravel in this sci-fi adventure. Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) owns and operates a successful firm known as Time Safari. Thanks to time travel technology developed by Hatton's employee Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack), Time Safari allows big game hunters to journey back to prehistoric days and shoot living, breathing dinosaurs. Rand picks out the dinosaur in question, who is soon to die, and creates a floating walkway for the
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Edward Burns
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Catherine McCormack
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Ben Kingsley
Charles Hatton -
Jemima Rooper
Jenny Krase -
David Oyelowo
Tech Officer Payne -
Wilifried Hochholdinger
Dr. Andrew Lucas -
August Zirner
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Corey Johnson
Christian Middleton -
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All Critics (98) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (94) | DVD (8)
So perfect in its awfulness, it makes one seriously consider a theory of unintelligent design.
Top CriticThe movie's most political aspect may be its quaint respect for the basic principles of evolution.
Many video games look more authentic than this.
An exciting, uneven thriller that explores the ripple effect of altering one tiny moment in the distant past.
If movies have personalities, this one has an appealing one, combining scientific inquisitiveness with giddy pleasure in creating tension for viewers.
A Sound of Thunder takes an interesting science fiction concept and relegates it to the secondary role of servicing a limp action/adventure movie.
The film's temporal ineptitude would give Doc Brown a seizure, suggesting that an evolutionary mishap alters some creatures but conveniently leaves our bland heroes -- and Ben Kingsley's silly wig -- completely unchanged.
Based on the Ray Bradbury short story of the same name, this is a colassal disapopintment - unworthy of the memorable source material.
The special effects are on par with a basic film you'd see about a giant squid on the Sci-Fi Channel, and the story is just as boring.
Ridiculous at every level. Save your money.
The film is full of rumbling sounds that will make your innards tremble (at least in some theaters). But that's about all it has going for it.
Good idea unsuccessfully realised with Ed Burns doing his best.
A catastrophe of bad acting, ludicrous science and conspicuously cheap special effects that can't even follow its own internal logic from one scene to the next.
A remarkably bad film.
There's plenty of room to poke holes in the premise, but folks willing to suspend disbelief can still have a good time.
The only thing clunkier than the automobiles of the future is the acting in the film, with only Kingsley seeming to relish his hammy role....
About the best that can be said for it is that it might be appreciated ages hence as purest camp. Frankly, I'm not willing to wait around long enough to find out.
As a time-travel story, A Sound of Thunder doesn't exactly rewrite genre history; rather, it's an authentic blast from the past, an unpretentious B-movie.
A interessantíssima premissa é desperdiçada pelo roteiro capenga, as atuações sem vida, os efeitos visuais constrangedores e pela direção surpreendentemente amadora de Hyams.
Is A Sound of Thunder a great movie? Not even close.
This film will be a real disappointment for its lack of logic and even the misunderstanding of the original story.
Ed Burns, Catherine McCormack and Ben Kingsley aren't aiming for Oscars, or even accolades, with their performances, but their choices make this over-budgeted B-movie fun to watch.
Lobotomized from a Ray Bradbury short story, A Sound of Thunder stars Edward Burns as a scientist (insert raucous laughter here)...
At the risk of making an overly broad and limiting generalization, it's generally wise to make sure an action movie's plot has actually kicked into gear by the time the first hour has elapsed.
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