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A Sound of Thunder (2005)

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Reviews Counted:94

Fresh:7

Rotten:87

Average Rating:2.9/10

Consensus: Choppy logic and uneven performances are overshadowed by not-so-special effects that makes the suspension of disbelief a nearly impossible task.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sci-fi violence, partial nuidity and language

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Sep 2, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $1,717,608

Synopsis: In A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, director Peter Hyams (END OF DAYS, TIMECOP) creates a world where time travel is possible and life as we know it is threatened. In the... In A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, director Peter Hyams (END OF DAYS, TIMECOP) creates a world where time travel is possible and life as we know it is threatened. In the year 2055, Charles Hatton's (Ben Kingsley) company, Time Safari, will take anyone with a big enough wallet back 65 million years for the thrill of their lives: dinosaur hunting. Thanks to Tammy, a talking computer created by Dr. Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack), the time-travel team returns with clients to a specific moment 65 million years ago, with explicit directions not to leave anything behind, change anything, or bring anything with them back to the future. Expedition leader Travis Ryer (Ed Burns) is certain that the protocol is flawless, but Dr. Rand isn't so sure. She knows that Hatton will cut any corners necessary to make bigger bucks, and she's waiting for the worst. Sure enough, a safari goes amiss when Ryer's gun malfunctions and he sends the clients scampering for cover from an irate dinosaur. The team returns to 2055 shaken but unscathed. The next day, all over Chicago, mysterious trees and vines begin springing up through sidewalks and out of walls. It seems that something went terribly wrong on the last jump, but no one can pinpoint just what it was. According to Rand, the problem will only worsen as "time waves" continue to sweep the planet, resulting in 65 million years of evolution and growth catching up with the present time. Soon, monstrous creatures--giant baboons with lizard-like features, bat-faced teradactyls, and huge sea serpents--abound, leaving Ryer and his team in constant danger as they fight the clock to determine what caused the anomaly and to save life as we know it. [More]

Starring: Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley, Jemima Rooper

Starring: Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley, Jemima Rooper, David Oyelowo, Joshua Oppenheimer

Director: Peter Hyams

Director: Peter Hyams
Screenwriter: Gregory Poirier
Story: Thomas Dean Donnelly
Producer: Moshe Diamant, Howard L. Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Jan Fantl
Composer: Nick Glennie-Smith
Studio: Warner Bros.

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  • Sound of Thunder, A
  • Suspense Thriller based on the famous short story by master of fiction Ray Bradbury. In the year 2055, a technology has been invented that enables people to go back in time to hunt dinosaurs. When one such expedition to the Prehistoric past unwittingly makes a fatal mistake it dramatically impacts the course of evolution, setting off waves of destruction that ripple toward the modern world and unleashing an army of fearsome creatures that never should have existed. Two scientists race against time to fix the catastrophic error while their world collapses around them and every minute brings the human race closer to extinction.
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    Reviews for A Sound of Thunder

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    Burns still can’t carry a picture, and Kingsley is laughably bad as the corporate meanie.

    Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
    09/10/05
    Boston Phoenix

    Conjures a future out of painfully unconvincing special effects.

    Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
    09/10/05
    Cynthia Fuchs
    Cynthia Fuchs
    PopMatters

    A green-screen mess without much rumble.

    Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
    09/10/05
    Kit Bowen
    Kit Bowen
    Hollywood.com

    Forget about all those phony CGI ape/dinosaurs, this film really posits the impossible when it predicts that the Cubs will win two World Series before Y3K.

    Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
    09/09/05
    Thomas Delapa
    Thomas Delapa
    Boulder Weekly

    (Peter) Hyams gives us the worst green-screen scenes in modern history.

    Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
    09/08/05
    Larry Ratliff
    Larry Ratliff
    San Antonio Express-News

    No matter where Burns lands, he has to contend with special effects that could be the worst ever committed to celluloid.

    Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
    09/08/05
    Steve Schneider
    Steve Schneider
    Orlando Weekly

    The concept was given more entertaining treatment on various episodes of Star Trek and a Halloween episode of The Simpsons.

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    09/08/05
    Mark Keizer
    Mark Keizer
    Boxoffice Magazine

    You'll hear something, but it's not a sound of thunder. It's a sound of a bomb.

    Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
    09/08/05
    Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
    Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
    St. Paul Pioneer Press

    The barometer of the film’s undoing is Burns’s super low-key performance, which starts out as a poker-faced spoof on heroic cool, but takes a misstep more fatal than mere time-travel can undo.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    09/08/05
    F.X. Feeney
    F.X. Feeney
    L.A. Weekly

    Amusingly clueless - the cinematic equivalent of your crazy uncle who tries unsuccessfully to incorporate hip-hop lingo into his speech so that the kids will be impressed.

    Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
    09/08/05
    Mike McGranaghan
    Mike McGranaghan
    Aisle Seat

    So perfect in its awfulness, it makes one seriously consider a theory of unintelligent design.

    Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
    09/07/05
    Scott Brown
    Scott Brown
    Entertainment Weekly

    A monument to bad cinema.

    Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
    09/06/05
    Walter Chaw
    Walter Chaw
    Film Freak Central

    The movie's most political aspect may be its quaint respect for the basic principles of evolution.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    09/06/05
    Joshua Land
    Joshua Land
    Village Voice

    There is nothing good about this film except the acting.

    Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
    09/05/05
    Eric Lurio
    Eric Lurio
    Entertainment Insiders

    Even a single butterfly can alter the course of evolution - particularly if this butterfly is tattooed over Britney Spears' crotch.

    Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment Comment
    09/04/05
    Mark Ramsey
    Mark Ramsey
    MovieJuice!

    Edward Burns was an appropriate casting choice, since Bradbury often wrote about robots.

    Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
    09/04/05
    Mark Collette
    Mark Collette
    Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

    What number is less than zero?

    Full Review Source: KWQC-TV (Iowa) | comment Comment
    09/03/05
    Linda Cook
    Linda Cook
    KWQC-TV (Iowa)

    Take it with a grain of salt and a bowl of popcorn.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    09/03/05
    Phil Hall
    Phil Hall
    Film Threat

    In this visual jungle it becomes difficult to overlook the paucity of compelling acting, direction or script.

    Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
    09/03/05
    Les Wright
    Les Wright
    culturevulture.net

    Overflows with cheesy special effects and less than stellar performances.

    Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    09/03/05
    Betty Jo Tucker
    Betty Jo Tucker
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