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Evolve or die. morePlot:
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways. | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)NewsDesk:
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Movie Reviews: 'A Sound of Thunder' (From Studio Briefing. 2 September 2005)
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Austin Movie Show Review moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Armin Rohde | ... | John Wallenbeck (as Armin Rhode) | |
| Heike Makatsch | ... | Alicia Wallenbeck | |
| Jemima Rooper | ... | Jenny Krase | |
| David Oyelowo | ... | Payne | |
| Wilfried Hochholdinger | ... | Dr. Lucas | |
| Edward Burns | ... | Travis Ryer | |
| August Zirner | ... | Clay Derris | |
| Ben Kingsley | ... | Charles Hatton (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | |
| Catherine McCormack | ... | Sonia Rand | |
| Alvin Van Der Kuech | ... | Young Technician | |
| Andrew Blanchard | ... | George the Doorman | |
| William Armstrong | ... | Ted Eckles | |
| Corey Johnson | ... | Christian Middleton | |
| Nikita Lespinasse | ... | Newswoman on TV (as Nikita Le Spinasse) | |
| Scott Bellefeville | ... | Onlooker (as Scott Bellefeuille) |
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Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, partial nudity and language.Parents Guide:
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USA:110 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #40964) | Czech Republic:15 | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Alberta/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:12 | Singapore:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Spota's supermarket is reference to Peter Hyams's wife's family name. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The behaviour of the water during the tunnel sequence is incorrect. The bubbles against the train windows could not happen as the windows were angled upwards which means the bubbles would rise straight up, not flow against the windows. Also the way the water flows into the train after the water creature breaks the window is shown, after the initial flow, as a high pressure spray rather the stead flow it would have been. moreQuotes:
Ted Eckles: My gun doesn't work.Payne: Believe it or not, that's a safety feature. They're all tied to Travis' gun. It won't fire until he fires first.
Ted Eckles: Why the hell not?
Clay Derris: To keep clients from shooting things they shouldn't.
Payne: Hey, Derris, how about we don't mention this in our report.
Clay Derris: No harm, no foul.
Payne: Appreciate it. You know, I'm not really that big of a dick. I just to like to talk.
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Imagine a film student who's learning to use CGI technology for the first time. His final project in class is to create a full-length feature film using everything he's learned in class the entire semester. His film would be better than A Sound of Thunder.
It's Jurassic Park meets The Butterfly Effect, but it's total crap. The production of this futuristic, sci-fi tale (based on the classic Ray Bradbury short story) is pathetically cheap and completely distracts from an otherwise interesting story. It's 2055, and time travel is now possible. When a group of safari hunters travel back to prehistoric time to kill a tyrannosaurus Rex, an equipment failure causes one time traveler to panic and step on a butterfly, thus disrupting the entire evolution of life on earth.
Cool story, right? Poorly, poorly, poorly executed. The CGI dinosaur is a joke, as are all the other "creatures," and the futuristic outside shots are so lame you can practically see the green screen outline on the actors. Shot during the 2002 flooding of Prague, A Sound of Thunder was delayed for so long because the production company went bankrupt. And it shows.