The Sound of Thunder Movie Review

Starring: Armin Rohde, Heike Matatsch, Jemima Rooper

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"A Sound of Thunder is about a game hunter who goes on a tim-traveling safari owned and operated by Kingley's character to hunt dinosaurs in the prehistoric era. When he kills a butterfly, he unknowningly sets off a chain reaction that will erase humanity from existence. A team of experts must return back in time and replace the butterfly. McCormack is the inventor of the time-traveling computer."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Time Travel: - primarily to the past
Time Travel Story? Yes
To what time period? - Really long ago

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) crewcut/very short
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality - Australian
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - explorer
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - is very quick - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity - Australian
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
Which planet? - Venus
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - big overbuilt futuristic city
Planet outside our solar system? Yes
Not Earth, but in Solar System? Yes
In Space? - nebula - black hole
Small town? Yes
Small Island? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity? - Some foul language
Kinds of F/X - Things that change shape/morph - exotic spaceships - exotic big cities - exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop

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