10,000 BC Film Review - 23/3/08

When Little Digger said to me this was much in the vein of "Pathfinder" I was like "Oh, Noooo!" With Warner Brothers spending several million on this piece of cod you would at least think they would get a decent story for that price? Forget the impressive Special Effects and CGI - The dreary story drones on for hours driving nowhere. In fact if Warner's had made a feature film with a talking arse and it was a worldwide smash success you could then expect another ten films to follow with a talking arse in it. This is tailgating one of these genres currently filled up with wall-to-wall Superhero movies and kiddie sci-fi/fantasy by the bucket-load. Anachronistic failures aside this brings nothing new to the table with the usual bilge about a chosen one and a prophecy. Semi-mystic codswallop that barely held my attention.

Stuck in an ice-bound valley waiting for the next mammoth to turn up so they can hunt, kill and eat it; a lonely tribe of hunters gets decimated by a group of slavers. Vowing to get revenge and bring back his sweetheart and the missing tribes-folk a solitary hunter and a motley crew of his mates set off after the bad guys. Traipsing across lush woodland they get attacked by a large chicken (I kid you not!) and end up in the desert. Following the trail further they end up in semi-Egypt and have a big punch up. All works out well and Hollywood lives happily ever after. Roland Emmerich this is definitely one of your misses!