Review of A Sound of Thunder (2005) by Sean P — 25 Jan 2014

This film was absolutely ravaged by the critics and in truth it is a little bit of a mess, but more importantly, it really isn't that bad.

It's a shame that the company in charge of the production went bankrupt halfway through filming, leaving the movie looking pretty shoddy and like a cheap-o cable movie in the respect of production values, but the plot and idea is theoretically brilliant.

Set in the future, businessman Ben Kingsley (miscast) makes his fortune by selling 'time safaris', where the rich of society can literally time travel to a prehistoric age and shoot themselves a dinosaur. Strict rules are in place to ensure that a butterfly effect doesn't take place, but guess what happens...

The performances are uneven and the CGI effects are absolutely terrible (especially the monkey-dinosaurs) but overall this movie didn't really deserve the flak it received.

It doesn't look that great but as the story goes it was very interesting. They say you can't polish a turd and in this case, they didn't have to.

For the story, I give 3 & a half stars.

For the performances, 1 & a half stars.

For the production values, half a star.