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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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    Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
    05/13/09
    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    Orlando Sentinel

    Based on the Ray Bradbury short story of the same name, this is a colassal disapopintment - unworthy of the memorable source material.

    Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
    05/12/09
    Steve Biodrowski
    Steve Biodrowski
    Cinefantastique

    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.

    Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
    04/29/09
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Cinema Crazed

    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.

    Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
    10/11/06
    Peter T. Chattaway
    Peter T. Chattaway
    Christianity Today

    Good idea unsuccessfully realised with Ed Burns doing his best.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    09/02/06
    Helen OHara
    Helen OHara
    Empire Magazine

    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.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    05/26/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

    A remarkably bad film.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
    05/12/06
    Bob Grimm
    Bob Grimm
    Sacramento News & Review

    There's plenty of room to poke holes in the premise, but folks willing to suspend disbelief can still have a good time.

    Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
    04/10/06
    Forrest Hartman
    Forrest Hartman
    Reno Gazette-Journal

    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.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    03/27/06
    John J. Puccio
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com

    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.

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
    02/11/06
    Urban Cinefile Critics
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    Urban Cinefile

    A interessantíssima premissa é desperdiçada pelo roteiro capenga, as atuações sem vida, os efeitos visuais constrangedores e pela direção surpreendentemente amadora de Hyams.

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    02/05/06
    Pablo Villaca
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena

    Is A Sound of Thunder a great movie? Not even close.

    Full Review Source: Dread Central | comment Comment
    02/01/06
    Uncle Creepy
    Uncle Creepy
    Dread Central

    This film will be a real disappointment for its lack of logic and even the misunderstanding of the original story.

    Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
    11/12/05
    Mark R. Leeper
    Mark R. Leeper
    rec.arts.movies.reviews

    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.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    10/06/05
    Rex Roberts
    Rex Roberts
    Film Journal International

    Lobotomized from a Ray Bradbury short story, A Sound of Thunder stars Edward Burns as a scientist (insert raucous laughter here)...

    Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
    09/29/05
    Sean Burns
    Sean Burns
    Philadelphia Weekly

    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.

    Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
    09/26/05
    Tasha Robinson
    Tasha Robinson
    AV Club

    It’s somehow refreshing to know that the spirit, if not the flesh, of Edward D. Wood Jr. lives on.

    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    09/24/05
    Marc Savlov
    Marc Savlov
    Austin Chronicle

    Bradbury-inspired time-travel sci-fi flick is bad, boring and bland -- in every possible way.

    Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
    09/15/05
    James Rocchi
    James Rocchi
    Netflix

    There's very little in this Jurassic dork of a movie that works.

    Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
    09/13/05
    Matt Brunson
    Matt Brunson
    Creative Loafing

    I do not think science works the way they think it works.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    09/10/05
    David Cornelius
    David Cornelius
    eFilmCritic.com
     
     
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