
Warner Home Video - Warner Home Video
Release date: 2008-06-24
DVD
Director:Roland Emmerich
Actors: Camilla Belle, Steven Strait, Cliff Curtis, Joel Virgel, Mo Zinal
10, 10000, 10k, BC, ten thousand




10,000BC? The story could've been set any time any place - and has been, and has been told far, far better in many other movies. Guy loses girl; guy fights to get girl back; guy gets girl. And that's probably all the script itself said, considering the quality of acting and dialogue.
But my biggest problem with this pile of garbage is the marketing. When you look at the packaging, you see a guy going up against a monstrous saber-tooth tiger. And again on the back of the case they show this creature. You think, wow, this must be man battling the hellish monsters of old. With today's CGI that could've been so cool. Instead, the tiger is in the movie for about 60 seconds - there's no battle, the thing doesn't even bloody its claws.
Oh, there's a few mammoths that stampede, yeah. But when you compare that to the similar elements in the climax battle of Return of the King, it's an absolutely pitiful scene.
The only saving grace is the giant bird scene. If the movie could have developed along similar lines it could really have been a great movie. It's this few minutes that give it the one star, otherwise I'd have complained about not having a zero star option!
The marketing is a con. Don't be suckered. Let this garbage rot then maybe the producers will get the message and give us something decent to watch next time out.