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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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    Little questions lead to big ones. Why am I here? When will this stop?

    Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Lisa Rose
    Lisa Rose
    Newark Star-Ledger
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    Bradbury's classic 1952 short story is brilliant and thought-provoking; the movie isn't. On the bright side, it's bad in a campy, "ooh, it's on cable at 2am" kind of way.

    Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Sarah Chauncey
    Sarah Chauncey
    Reel.com

    On the evolutionary scale, this B-movie misfire hovers pretty close to amoeba status.

    Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    New York Daily News

    The Ed Burns time-travel flick A Sound of Thunder takes us back 65 million years, to approximately the last moment when anyone still thought Ed Burns was talented.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Kyle Smith
    Kyle Smith
    New York Post
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    There may have been more ludicrous, preposterous movies sci-fi movies this summer. I just don't remember one. Pitiful and lame - it's a step backward.

    Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Susan Granger
    Susan Granger
    Modamag.com

    As usual, a cool Ray Bradbury story has been translated into a horrifyingly bad film.

    Full Review Source: EDGE Boston | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    David Foucher
    David Foucher
    EDGE Boston

    Caught awkwardly ... between massive scope and something more honed and finite...

    Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Brent Simon
    Brent Simon
    Now Playing Magazine

    In the future people are going to look at this with the same fascination that we reserve for movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space - yes, it's really that bad.

    Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
    09/02/05
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    TheMovieChicks.com

    The special effects in this pic make Land of the Lost look like Jurassic Park.

    Full Review Source: Beaumont Journal | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Danny Minton
    Danny Minton
    Beaumont Journal

    It's the kind of bad movie that's so inoffensive and harmless that it almost seems unfair to point out how bad it is.

    Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Eric D. Snider
    Eric D. Snider
    EricDSnider.com

    The kind of bad that can only be appreciated by those who have seen the “faithful” three-hour straight-to-video adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Erik Childress
    Erik Childress
    eFilmCritic.com

    To describe what’s wrong with this perfectly serviceable pulp scenario requires only one word: everything.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Chris Barsanti
    Chris Barsanti
    Filmcritic.com

    D'oh! Wouldn't you know it, someone steps off the path, crushing a butterfly and sentencing us to true movie terror.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Phil Villarreal
    Phil Villarreal
    Arizona Daily Star

    A Nifty Sci-fi Yarn Gone Terribly Wrong With Bizarre Technical Guffaws.

    Full Review Source: Outtakes With Fiore | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Fiore Mastracci
    Fiore Mastracci
    Outtakes With Fiore

    One wonders why Hollywood is so determined to churn out outlandish tales of manufactured peril when the real world is scary enough.

    Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Claudia Puig
    Claudia Puig
    USA Today

    The performances are wooden and dull. The writing is weak and character development non-existent.

    Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Paul Doro
    Paul Doro
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    This picture achieves a level of badness that is its own form of sublimity.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    A.O. Scott
    A.O. Scott
    New York Times
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    A Sound of Thunder is worth noting, if only as a real contender for worst movie of the year.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Bill Muller
    Bill Muller
    Arizona Republic
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    The most remarkable special effect is Ben Kingsley's hair, a thick thatch so white it almost glows in the dark and a little white soul patch under his lip. Now that's scary.

    Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    Nell Minow
    Nell Minow
    Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    As Ryer (Burns)...says, 'We have to make sure this never happens again.' We beg you.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    09/01/05
    David S. Hauck
    David S. Hauck
    Christian Science Monitor
     
     
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