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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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  • 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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    [Y]ou almost have to admire its willingness to be completely and utterly detached not just from reality but from simple storytelling coherence.

    Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    MaryAnn Johanson
    MaryAnn Johanson
    Flick Filosopher

    The profoundly unconvincing CGI work only makes the sorry screenplay and lackluster performances look worse.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Maitland McDonagh
    Maitland McDonagh
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Many video games look more authentic than this.

    Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Geoff Pevere
    Geoff Pevere
    Toronto Star
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    An exciting, uneven thriller that explores the ripple effect of altering one tiny moment in the distant past.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Judy Chia Hui Hsu
    Judy Chia Hui Hsu
    Seattle Times

    Despite its cardboard characters and technical ineptness, it's earnest, unpretentious and, overall, surprisingly entertaining.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    William Arnold
    William Arnold
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    It’s too bad they couldn’t travel back in time and stop this movie from being made.

    Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Kevin Carr
    Kevin Carr
    7M Pictures

    If movies have personalities, this one has an appealing one, combining scientific inquisitiveness with giddy pleasure in creating tension for viewers.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Mick LaSalle
    Mick LaSalle
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    A Sound of Thunder takes an interesting science fiction concept and relegates it to the secondary role of servicing a limp action/adventure movie.

    Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    James Berardinelli
    James Berardinelli
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    Some of this might have passed muster in a Twilight Zone episode, which would have been an ideal home for such a tale.

    Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Lawrence Toppman
    Lawrence Toppman
    Charlotte Observer

    Told by director Peter Hyams with a minimum of logic, little suspense and indifferent acting.

    Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Robert W. Butler
    Robert W. Butler
    Kansas City Star

    A Sound of Thunder relies almost entirely on computer-generated image effects and, sadly, they're poor.

    Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Louis B. Hobson
    Louis B. Hobson
    Jam! Movies

    As a plot contrivance, time travel is such a headache you wonder why Hollywood keeps returning to it -- let alone a director like Peter Hyams, who having directed Jean-Claude Van Damme in Timecop, has already made this mistake once.

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    09/02/05
    Jim Slotek
    Jim Slotek
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    Kingsley proceeds through his scenes on autopilot, and Burns is the kind of actor you cast as the hero when a piece of wood is unavailable.

    Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Jason Anderson
    Jason Anderson
    Globe and Mail
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    The filmmakers of A Sound of Thunder, like a T. rex with indigestion, have simply bitten off more than they could chew.

    Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    John Monaghan
    John Monaghan
    Detroit Free Press

    Director Peter Hyams and his cast seem determined to play this hokum with a straight face, except for Ben Kingsley, who is clearly trying to give the worst performance possible -- it's almost as if he's begging Hyams to cut his scenes out of the movie.

    Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Jeff Vice
    Jeff Vice
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    The dialogue strives for witty banter, but most laughs are unintentional.

    Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Philip Wuntch
    Philip Wuntch
    Dallas Morning News
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    Watching A Sound of Thunder could possibly lower your IQ into the single digits.

    Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
    Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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    A Sound of Thunder looks cobbled together from a half-baked screenplay and underdone special effects, but it's made with a certain heedless zeal that makes you smile if you're in tune with it.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert
    Chicago Sun-Times
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    A work of unintelligent design.

    Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Wesley Morris
    Wesley Morris
    Boston Globe
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    Our advice: Wait until it's on the Sci Fi Channel, and then watch something else.

    Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
    09/02/05
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