A Sound of Thunder

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A Sound of Thunder

PG-13,

2005,

1h 41m,

Sci-Fi

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6%

94 Reviews

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18%

25,000+ Ratings

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18%

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In the year 2055, greedy entrepreneur Charles Hatton makes a fortune with his company, Time Safari Inc., which allows millionaires to travel back to the prehistoric era to hunt dinosaurs. Strict regulations are in place so that the present is not altered. But, during one time-travel safari, a hunter steps on a butterfly and unleashes a drastic ripple effect through time. Now researcher Dr. Travis Ryer must travel back to prevent the source of the disruption.

Critics Consensus

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

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Helen O'Hara

Empire Magazine

Sep 2, 2006

2/5

Good idea unsuccessfully realised with Ed Burns doing his best.

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Tasha Robinson

AV Club

Sep 26, 2005

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.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Sep 24, 2005

0/5

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

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

Aug 24, 2017

This film deserves a gold plaque in the plague of summer stink bombs. . .

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

May 12, 2009

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

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 29, 2009

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.

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George S

Jun 25, 2018

I gave my class an assignment to read "A Sound of Thunder". Unfortunately it seems like I ended up with reviews of this abomination. I kept wondering how people were trying to fix something that was irreversible, yet some numbnut thought it would be smart to take the meaning of the stories title away. A sound of thunder, there is no way to undo what happened.

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George P

Apr 11, 2018

The sloppiest work of them all. I couldnt find a single Okayish aspect of this movie. Probably closest to Okayish will be costume design and initial idea of the movie. Other than that movie is extremely retarded

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Kylo S

Oct 26, 2017

THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN!

Rey M

Oct 22, 2017

One of the worst time travel movies ever. All the logic that you're used to in time travel films gets thrown out the window. Instead of instantly changing to a different timeline after you get back from the past, everyone/thing is the same and then come "time waves" which cause changes. First the weather gets warmer, and then these dinosaur-gorilla hybrids spawn. Not worth it.

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George S

Jan 5, 2017

Based on the Ray Bradbury story, in 2055 or something, a supercomputer generates a wormhole to a dinosaur who is going to die, and a company takes businessmen for hunting trips there. One of the businessmen steps on a butterfly which alters the course of evolution so that baboon dinosaurs appear in the future and time waves destroy things. They have to go back to the fateful hunting trip to safe the butterfly and have the supercomputer creator a recording of everything that had gone wrong so that it was "all made right". CGI was absolutely terrible for something made as recent as 2005, more like 1985. Main actor completely wooden, think he only had one emotion. A lot unbelievable for example main character surviving unscathed a 5 metre drop and then a long drop out of a window on to a tree branch. Strangely compelling about 3/4 through but.

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Hermione R

Aug 30, 2016

I totally understand why everyone has forgotten about this sci-fi film. Shoot! That city traffic shot still pains me till this day, because it's such bad cgi to watch!

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Peter Hyams

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Edward Burns

Travis Ryer

Catherine McCormack

Sonia Rand

Ben Kingsley

Charles Hatton

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Synopsis

In the year 2055, greedy entrepreneur Charles Hatton makes a fortune with his company, Time Safari Inc., which allows millionaires to travel back to the prehistoric era to hunt dinosaurs. Strict regulations are in place so that the present is not altered. But, during one time-travel safari, a hunter steps on a butterfly and unleashes a drastic ripple effect through time. Now researcher Dr. Travis Ryer must travel back to prevent the source of the disruption.

Director: Peter Hyams
Producer: Howard Baldwin, Moshe Diamant, Elie Samaha, Phil Anchutz
Screenwriter: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Gregory Poirier, Clement Enlatarne
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Dante Entertainment, Forge, Franchise Pictures, Warner Brothers, Crusader Entertainment LLC
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Language|Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 2, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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