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A Sound of Thunder

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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

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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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

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

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

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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