LaFountaine

“A Sound of Thunder” Movie

On Friday I saw the movie “A Sound of Thunder”, which starred: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Jemima Rooper and Wilfried Hochholdinger.

The storyline involved the following: “In this adaptation of a short story by Ray Bradbury, time travel is a lucrative business in the year 2055, especially for Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley). His ''travel'' agency specializes in escorting wealthy clients on exclusive hunting trips back to the Prehistoric Age. Under the watchful eye of seasoned scout Dr. Travis Ryer (Ed Burns), it's all carefully choreographed, with strenuous guidelines put in place to protect the creatures' natural habitats and prevent time travelers from impacting the course of evolution. Of course, something goes awry on one certain ''jump'' and rules are indeed broken. When the hunting expedition returns, they discover their world is a markedly different place than it was when they left. In fact, things are soon going to hell in a handbasket. Ryer must team up with Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack), the inventor of the time travel technology, to figure it all out and stop the catastrophic events now threatening to erase humanity from existence. The moral of the story? Don't go back in time and kill a prehistoric butterfly.”

I give this movie a “C+”, and it is the worth of an admission ticket, a small popcorn and a small soft drink. I do like ScFi movies, but this movie looked it was made for television.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 9:45 AM