A Sound of Thunder

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roger s Despite its abysmal Rotten Tomatoes scores – both critical and audience – this is a fantastic, old-school sci-fi movie that's definitely worth a watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/02/25 Full Review Jim P The spirit of Bert I. Gordon lives on. I expected to giant grasshoppers climbing the bad CGI of the Wrigley building. If Ray Bradbury had seen this he would have burned the book in Fahrenheit 451. Patrick Stewart, Buckingham palace called, they want their Sir back. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Mark B The story has promise the acing is ok but cannot get over the script. The low budget special effects are on par with a 1960’s low budget sci-fi movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review DanTheMan 2 I really do feel for Peter Hyams when it comes to the absolute nightmare of a production he had on A Sound of Thunder, a massively slashed budget, heavy flooding destroying sets and being forced to shoot everything on a greenscreen, ultimately stifling his creativity. What seemed like a good idea on paper goes woefully undeveloped and poorly realised. The film doesn't exactly rewrite genre history; a catastrophe of bad acting, ludicrous science and horrifically shoddy special effects that can't even follow its own internal logic from one scene to the next. Hyams' usual excellent direction feels massively paired down. Still, occasional flashes of his usual quality almost break through the ugly CG overkill. Nick Glennie-Smith's score is far from his best work and just comes across as bland. While there's a little bit of cheese that comes with the film's B-movie-style premise and Ben Kingsley's gloriously slimy corporate meanie, A Sound of Thunder ultimately doesn't land in the way it wants to, a green-screen mess without much rumble. You'll hear something, but it's not the sound of thunder. It's the sound of a snoring. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Nate J So bad it’s good science fiction film with the worst cgi ever. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Iran J This movie is DEFINITELY 5 STARS, it's from 2005 and with a very low budget. I saw the movie first and then rode the short story of the author, definitely the movie is way much better than the story (the story only has 12 pages). The development of the story is very good, of course there are some gaps that don't make sense because time travel is very complicated, it leaves you thinking many things. I was fascinated about the time waves, which I insist, create gaps that don't make much sense but, what difference does it make? It's SCIENCE FICTION. I think they have rated the film poorly but honestly IT IS VERY WORTH IT. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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