Rotten
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.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
A Sound of Thunder
Some rules should never be broken.
2005 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Peter Hyams
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A Sound of Thunder
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Peter Hyams Director
- Edward Burns as Travis Ryer
- Catherine McCormack as Sonia Rand
- Ben Kingsley as Charles Hatton
- William Armstrong as Ted Eckles
- Jemima Rooper as Jenny Krase
- David Oyelowo as Marcus Payne
- Corey Johnson as Christian Middleton
- August Zirner as Clay Derris
- Wilfried Hochholdinger as Dr. Lucas
- Heike Makatsch as Alicia Wallenbeck
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
6%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The barometer of the film's undoing is Burns's super low-key performance, which starts out as a poker-faced spoof on heroic cool, but takes a misstep more fatal than mere time-travel can undo.
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
So perfect in its awfulness, it makes one seriously consider a theory of unintelligent design.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
The movie's most political aspect may be its quaint respect for the basic principles of evolution.
Joshua Land, Village Voice
Rotten
Many video games look more authentic than this.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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