Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.2|5.0
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10,000 BC does
not seem to have the special effects to justify its $105-million-dollar budget. It does
have great cinematography, very good concept, and fresh characters to support
its story. Actors Cliff Curtis and Marco Khan along with Narrator Omar Sharif
help put the film into a box office monetary success category; but, like Thom
Moore’s Secret of the Kells, the film
begs the question of ‘why is this important’ and ‘how does the content relate
to generally known concepts’? Several challenges revolve around lack of realism
in the Medicine Woman vision scenes, the flying back as a bolt of lightning
scenes, the generation of the wooly mammoths, and the natives’ hunt to kill the
mammoths. Scenes where birds attack men in overgrown grass are highly
reminiscent of Jurassic Park: Lost World
where raptors kill men in vegetal overgrowth. On the other side of this small
criticism, the scenes of the saber-toothed cat trying to keep above water and
the wooly mammoth pulling huge stones up steep grades are fresh and well done.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
When
the Yagahl tribe find their supply of wooly mammoths decreasing, they go
through a series of events that lead to a changed way of life.
Additional Thanks
Thank
You to Director Roland Emmerich for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive
Producers Sarah Bradshaw, William Fay, Tom Karnowski, Harald Kloser, Scott
Mednick, and Thomas Tull for making the film possible. Additional
characters/cast include: D’Leh (Steven Strait), Evolet (Camilla Belle), Tic’Tic
(Cliff Curtis), Nakudu (Joel Virgel), Warlord (Affif Ben Badra), Ka’Ren (Mo
Zinal), Baku (Nathanael Baring), Old Mother (Mona Hammond), One-Eye (Marco
Khan), Moha (Reece Ritchie), and Lu’kibu (Joel Fry).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe.
The film’s basic concept is good.
Video Critique Available Here:
Ben
Meyers
