1/4  The Sound of a Thud
An insipid science-fiction adventure with plotholes that could swallow suns: the more primitive the world gets, the more cutting-edge the technology becomes; if they kept going back in time to the same spot, wouldn't they keep bumping in... (read full)

1.5/4  A Sound of Thunder Quick Review
Based on a great story, A Sound of Thunder fails in nearly every aspect: acting, dialogue, special effects all underwhelm. Skip this movie, stick to the original.

5/5 great cult classic nobody has ever heard of
  by Jeffrey M. Sible (hopwood pa. usa)
i usually don't like to write long reviews, but nobody i know ever saw this movie, i can't imagine anyone that likes monsters or horror would not like this movie, quickly, time travelers change the future, time waves start changing the present, with horrible results, can they go back in time to right the wrongs before its too late, one of my all time small budget but looks like big budget movies ever, even made my wife watch it, but she hates anything but love and comedy, and she of course did not like it, but everybody else i turned on to this movie like it or loved it....

4/5 Equal to Bradbury's version!
  by E. Tello (Maine USA)
As an English teacher, I have taught the short story version of "A Sound of Thunder" before, but wasn't aware of the movie interpretation, which expands on the storyline. Rarely do I find movies to be as entertaining and as captivating as the print version, but this was a delightful exception. The rating is appropriate, the special effects are fun, and the plot is great. I recommend this to anyone who wants to be entertained, especially about time travel and all of its intricacies.

2/5 Schizo Movie Shames Bradbury's Tale!
  by James "Scotman" April (Bakersfield, CA)
Sound of Thunder


Loosely (oh, so loosely!) adapted from the much better written Ray Bradbury tale of the same name.

The premise is around the company, The Time Safari, where rich people can hire a team of time travelers to 65 million years ago to kill the same dinosaur over and over in succeeding trips for profit. (Why they don't meet themselves? Don't ask.)

We also have a very unlikeable angry radical doctor who helped develop the project but because she "is a scientist not a lawyer" didn't bother to read her contract that cuts her out of further involvement. Duh.

Travis is our hero who takes people back and has a chat with a personable computer. This could have played better, more banter, but it was dropped early in the film.

The film does not know what it wants to be. And the illogic of time changes occurring along the evolutionary scale makes no sense.

Because of a minor change 65 million years ago, there will be changes in the present. Good, I can buy that. But this "time wave" thing happens, changing the weather (?), then all the trees that died now live and evolve, then further time waves create evolved creatures.

It's been established in other time travel movies and TV, such as in Star Trek, Frequency and others that time changes are fairly quick. See Time Cop (um, never mind).

The special effects are pretty bad for a 2004 movie, not much above that of an old Land of the Lost episode.

I think the story wanted to have a Jurassic Park feel but fails miserably.

Is this an action adventure, a horror movie, or science fiction?

Ray Bradbury actually made his own version of this about twenty years ago on the Ray Bradbury Theater TV show. I want to watch that now!

DVD has poor transfer, and the only "special features" are two trailers. Ho hum.

Better:

A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
The Ray Bradbury Theater - Complete Series (65 Episodes)

4/5 It's not bad, especially with Edward Norton in it!
  by Book & movie lover
This, while not a big blockbuster, a-rated movie, is enjoyable to watch on a boring afternoon when you have nothing else going on. It's got some o.k. special effects, o.k. acting and an interesting plot, plus, on top of everything, it's got sexy Edward Burns in it which was primarily the main motivator for me to watch this movie. If Edward Burns wasn't in it, I think I would've just given it 3 stars but as it is, with him in it, the story becomes intriguing and makes it worth watching. I didn't see any other well-known actors in there, other than him. Not a bad movie altogether, I would get a copy, if I were you, for those slow, rainy days. Get a copy today, especially if you're an Edward Burns fan, like me!

5/5 Good B-rated sci-fi movie
  by Kerry D (Southern California)
I'm not sure why this movie has gotten so many bad reviews. I've seen it three times on the Sci-Fi channel and each time I couldn't stop watching it. The movie has many unexpected twists and the creatures are truly creative and scary. Among the creatures are some very large hanging bats, some strange looking gorilla-reptile things, a water eel-snake thing, large flying birds, dinosaurs, and some people-eating vines.