10,000 B.C. | 
 enlarge | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Virgel, Affif Ben Badra
Studio: Warner Bros.
Category: Movie
Buy New: $3.99
Rating:  204 reviews
Sales Rank: 110
Genre: Action
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video Download
Running Time: 109 Minutes
ASIN: B001BKV9TE
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 2008
Release Date: August 8, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
From the director of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, the pre-historic epic 10,000 B.C. unveils a new day of adventure, a time when mammoths shake the earth and mystical spirits shape human fates. 10,000 BC is an eye-filling tale of the first hero, young hunter D’Leh who sets out on a bold trek to rescue his kidnapped beloved and fulfill his prophetic destiny. He faces an awesome saber-toothed tiger, crosses uncharted realms, forms an army, and uncovers an advanced but corrupt Lost Civilization. There, he leads a fight for liberation – and becomes the champion of the time when legend began. |
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 Well I liked it June 28, 2008
Patrick (Wisconsin, USA)
25 out of 40 found this review helpful
It's a silly adventure movie. Of course it throws history out the window. So what? It's just a fun movie. Take it for what it's worth. I thought it was well done. The story was interesting, the characters were interesting, it was well acted, great action, great locations. If you're into fun movies, this is for you. If you're a snooty film critic, stay away.
Pure Historical Fiction Entertainment June 28, 2008
Steven D. Hanks (Ohio, USA)
19 out of 35 found this review helpful
Let me first address all the reviews that compare this film to Apocalypto...there is ONE major difference, this movie is actually GOOD. Pure fun from start to finish. Is it totally fast paced...NO, but the film is trying to tell a historical/fiction STORY. That is where Gibson's dull flop missed the boat. Now, the special effects are nothing to write home about, but the pure beauty of the costumes and landscape more than makes up for it. BC packs twice as much STORY into its 90 minutes than most of the 2+ hour schlock that comes out of Hollywood these days. An interesting perspective on historical possibilities makes the film even more interesting. Acurate in every detail, probably not, but possible/plausible all the same, sure. Give it a chance, once it gets rolling, this is pure popcorn-munching madness. Personally, I can't wait for 9999 BC. Recommended for pure summer/storm DVD fun!
Terrible Yet Strangely Awful July 2, 2008
Gary Carson (Reno, Nevada United States)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
10,000 BC wasn't all that bad. All right, yes it was, but I managed to sit through the whole thing, which is more than I can say for a lot of movies these days. It was entertaining in a mindless, drooling sort of way and the effects were good enough to keep me borderline conscious from start to finish. The geography in this thing was seriously confused, to say the least. The main characters, apparently northern European mammoth hunters, cross a mountain range which appears to be the Alps, emerging in sub-Saharan Africa, at which point they head back across the desert to find themselves in Egypt, where woolly mammoths are being used to build the pyramids. Now, I'm too lazy to actually look this up, but I was under the impression that there were no mammoths in Ancient Egypt and everybody knows that shape-shifting reptilian aliens actually built the pyramids, not that it really matters. I don't want to give away the plot, so I'll just say that it's basically the same as Apocalypto, a truly great movie, proving once again that no concept is immune to recycling by midgets. The grand finale of 10,000 BC is almost as stupid as the ending of the TV version of The Stand, one of the dumbest scenes ever filmed, but the body count was high enough to keep me amused for a couple of hours, so I'll give it a five stars. What the hey. Is it worth watching? Hell, no, but if you're determined to stare blankly at something, dribbling all over yourself, it might as well be this.
Extremely entertaining June 27, 2008
Avid Reader (California)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
10,000 BC
First of all, to all the negative Nancies out there who trashed this film, yeah, it's not realistic. The dialogue is bad, the situations unrealistic, etc. But I watch a movie to be entertained and this movie, if nothing else, is very entertaining. Second, there are very likeable characters in this film and you find yourself wanting to see them get even with the monsters who keep destroying their villages, killing their people, and stealing their children (and often young people).
We were expecting CGI like in Beowulf (which we absolutely hated), but it's actually pretty realistic and since the moments with CGI are in the middle of action, you barely notice that it's CGI. You have to seriously suspend your disbelief to enjoy the film. Or have an amazing lack of knowledge about this time period. But if you can do that, it's got romance, action, an antagonist (actually three), and a protagonist (four if you count the chick, the chief, and the kid).
So here's the story and I apologize for not knowing the names, but they're not normal names and difficult to understand. A young girl wanders into a village, the only survivor of marauders who destroy her village. And the old woman seer of this new village "sees" a prophecy involving this girl and a young boy in their village, the son of the chief. Sure enough, that boy grows to be a young man, their leader, and marries the girl. But then the marauders come to their village and destroy it, taking the girl, who is now a young woman. So the young man, whom prophecy has said would destroy the great marauders, sets out after the them with the old chief (his father's best friend). In the midst of all this, he falls into a trap with a sabretooth tiger. Rather than killing it, he saves it, and creates a lifelong friend. They find another village, that's just been attacked, and this village has a prophecy about the young man too. In fact, every village they come across has some kind of prophecy about either the woman or the man.
The marauders take off in ships and sail up the river across the sand. The young hero, who now has hundreds of villagers following him from various tribes, follows the stars at night to track the marauders and they arrive in what looks like Egypt. Since the marauders, who collect slaves like seashells, are building pyramids using mammoths, it looks like it's impenetrable, but they slip right in among the slaves. Seriously, this film is extremely entertaining. The last half hour alone is worth the price of admission, one of those scenes that's so filled with action that you feel like jumping and cheering on the good guys (and the mammoths who finally get free).
If I had to compare this film to another, it would definitely be The Thirteenth Warrior, and not just because Omar Sharif narrates it. The whole saga thing, I think.
Great Adventure Yarn June 20, 2008
baggani (Los Angeles, CA USA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is probably one of the best adventure films of the year. It took me to a place I had not been before. It showed me Wholly Mammoths and Saber Tooth tigers, and races long extinct. Leave your history lesson at the door, and just enjoy the rollicking adventure of prehistoric man fighting oppression. You might learn something. Oppression still exists in the world in 2008 A.D.
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