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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. Read More Read Less

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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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A Sound of Thunder | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel Rated: 1/5 May 13, 2009 Full Review A Sound of Thunder | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Helen O'Hara Empire Magazine Good idea unsuccessfully realised with Ed Burns doing his best. Rated: 2/5 Sep 2, 2006 Full Review A Sound of Thunder | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Full Review A Sound of Thunder | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) This film deserves a gold plaque in the plague of summer stink bombs. . . Aug 24, 2017 Full Review A Sound of Thunder | Rotten Tomatoes (5) 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 Full Review A Sound of Thunder | Rotten Tomatoes (6) 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/28/23 Full Review Cris T Interesting story. But very Low cost production. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/01/23 Full Review 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 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/23 Full Review Ball S Dinosaur RAHHH 🗿🗿🗿 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Dr. Lucas
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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

Producer
Howard Baldwin, Moshe Diamant, Elie Samaha, Phil Anchutz

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

Runtime
1h 41m

Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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