A Sound of Thunder

PG-13

Released Sep 2, 2005

1 hr. 41 min.

Sci-Fi

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6%

99 Reviews

Tomatometer

18%

25,000+ Ratings

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In the year 2055, greedy entrepreneur Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) 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 (Edward Burns) must travel back to prevent the source of the disruption.

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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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Elvis D

Esta adaptación del cuento corto de Ray Bradbury nos presenta una historia sobre como el más minúsculo cambio puede desatar algo grande. Siguiendo la teoría del efecto mariposa, es una película sobre viajes en el tiempo y como una pequeña acción puede alterar el futuro. No es nada del otro mundo y la película es otra adicción más a la larga lista de películas de ciencia ficción. El director Peter Hyams era conocido por haber dirigido algunas películas interesantes y esta película es una rareza. Aunque fue hecha en 2005, parece que el estudio a cargo no tenía acceso a suficiente tecnología digital. Los efectos digitales son notables y es fácil notar que ciertos escenarios y criaturas están hechos en CGI. La película cae en sentirse como una película para televisión en vez de ser una película hecha por un gran estudio. Pero a pesar de ello, A Sound Of Thunder es una película curiosa para que cualquier amante de la ciencia ficción o de las obras de Bradbury pueda disfrutar. Es otra película más de esas que son para pasar un rato entretenido. Mi calificación para esta película es un 8/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/28/23

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Cris T

Interesting story. But very Low cost production.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/01/23

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Josef M

If you want to watch a movie based on an actual decent short story of the same name, choose another source material to watch a movie based off of it. The movie barely follows the book's plot and what it does follow, it only fills roughly the first 20-30 minutes. The rest of the film is just a Jurassic park knockoff with some weird time travel shenanigans happening in between and a main character (who's role in the story is drastically changed compared to the original source) who is just another "overly smart tough guy" who barely has personality otherwise. A fever dream of a film and something fun to watch if high off ketamine or completely drunk. All in all, the only thing that is good in the movie are some of the acting, and the first 20 minutes. Otherwise, watch Project Almanac instead.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/15/23

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Ball S

Dinosaur RAHHH 🗿🗿🗿

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/23

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Noah C

Dinasour time travel epicc

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/23

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Audience Member

A good sci-fi movie but with some flaws -- This was a decent sci-fi movie, and I've seen quite a few time travel shows. (Small spoiler here) You have time tourists who are warned that the slightest interruption in the past can cause a cascade of disastrous repercussions in the future. Here, the changes in the evolution of nature don't come immediately but instead through a series of time waves. The acting and special effects were good too. This is certainly better than the effect in Ray Bradbury's original story "A Sound of Thunder", where stepping on a butterfly 65 million years ago only caused a change in the outcome of a Presidential election. Now that's too much of a stretch. My main problem with the movie, as a scientist, is that the movie completely overlooks the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Any interference with the evolutionary time line the travelers made during the age of the dinosaurs would have been greatly impacted by their mass extinction around 65 million years ago. However, no mention is made in the movie of the effect the mass extinction could have had on ripple effect caused by the killing of the butterfly.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Peter Hyams

Director

Edward Burns

Travis Ryer

Catherine McCormack

Sonia Rand

Ben Kingsley

Charles Hatton

David Oyelowo

Tech Officer Payne

Wilfried Hochholdinger

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Rated: 1/5

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Helen O'Hara

Empire Magazine

Good idea unsuccessfully realised with Ed Burns doing his best.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 2, 2006

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Tasha Robinson

AV Club

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.

Sep 26, 2005

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

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

Aug 24, 2017

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

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

May 12, 2009

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

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.

Apr 29, 2009

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Synopsis

In the year 2055, greedy entrepreneur Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) 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 (Edward Burns) must travel back to prevent the source of the disruption.

Director: Peter Hyams
Executive Producer: Andrew Stevens, Nicolas Clermont
Screenwriter: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Clement Enlatarne, Gregory Poirier
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Dante Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Crusader Entertainment LLC, Franchise Pictures, Forge
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
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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