10,000 B.C.

10,000 B.C. (2008)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (145 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (382,595 ratings)

A young outcast from a primitive tribe is forced to defend his people from a brutal onslaught in Independence Day director Roland Emmerich's fast-paced period adventure. Despite the fact that he is low man on the totem pole in his tribe of fearless hunters, a brave young boy (Steven Strait)… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
In Theaters
Mar 7, 2008 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    It's a horrible movie.

  • Nigel Floyd, Time Out

    Like the lumbering mammoths, it is plodding and dull.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Neither grand enough to be impressive nor antic enough to be charming, the movie settles for bland and frantic, climaxing in a showdown among decadent pyramid builders.

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    One part Joseph Campbell hero quest, one part multi-culti morality tale, one part live-action Flintstones cartoon, 10,000 B.C. is finally every part just plain nuts.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    This much-delayed film cries out for consideration for Worst CGI, Most Annoying Narrator, Lamest Dialogue and Dumbest Action Hero.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    I went in expecting less and a had a fun action packed ride. Was looking for a good fast action movie with nice effects and thats what I got.

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] This continues Roland Emmerich's mission to go through every type of action movie and completely destroy the sub genre's reputation with arguably his worst film to date. One of the first being sci-fi… More

  • Phil H


    Like Emmerichs previous films, I knew not to expect anything serious, this was gonna be pure popcorn, and its not that bad popcorn either. Emmerich always produces good fun films and this is another good example. The plot is sooooooo very done before haha and the cast are rather hammy… More

  • Alexander D


    Roland Emmerich takes a break from apocalyptic disaster films (well, for one film; we see the release of 2012 a year after this) to direct a ho-hum disaster of an Ice Age-set film. There's so much wrong with 10,000 B.C. There's the narration, to start with. It sounds like… More

  • Marc L


    If you're a 11 year old boy, you will probably love this movie. It has violence, special effects and a love intrest. That's all it takes to entertain 11 year old boys. However, if you are 13+ years old and have a brain, you'll probably end up hating it. The acting is… More

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