Review of A Sound of Thunder (2005) by Christopher P — 03 Nov 2007

This sci-fi flick's release was delayed for 3 years due to the production company that put up the money for it going bankrupt during post-production, and when it was finally released in late 2005 it came and went pretty quickly even though it was highly anticpated since it was based off a fairly popular Ray Bradbury short story. Well, I've seen it on DVD and I can safely say that all those people who decided to stay home the day it was released didn't miss much. The story is nonsensical, the FX are downright abysmal (in this day and age that's unforgivable) and none of it really works.

Director Peter Hyams really needs to retire. He's made some entertaining movies in the past (2010, Outland, TimeCop), but the movies he's made during the last 10 years have been garbage at best (The Musketeer, End of Days, Sudden Death, The Relic) and it doens't look like that going to change anytime soon. Give it up dude, you had your day and it's long gone.

A Sound of Thunder is a loud, drawn out and ultimately worthless sci-fi romp into stupidity. View it at your own risk... your brain cells will thank you if you avoid it.