10,000 BC (2008)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers (WGA):

Roland Emmerich (written by) &
Harald Kloser (written by)

Release Date:

7 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

It takes a hero to change the world.

Plot:

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. |

Plot Keywords:

Spear | Hunting | Tribal Warfare | Mask | Hunter

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Cast

Steven Strait	...	D'Leh
Camilla Belle	...	Evolet
Cliff Curtis	...	Tic'Tic
Joel Virgel	...	Nakudu
Affif Ben Badra	...	Warlord
Mo Zinal	...	Ka'Ren
Nathanael Baring	...	Baku
Mona Hammond	...	Old Mother
Marco Khan	...	One-Eye
Reece Ritchie	...	Moha
Joel Fry	...	Lu'kibu
Omar Sharif	...	Narrator
Kristian Beazley	...	D'Leh's Father
Junior Oliphant	...	Tudu
Louise Tu'u	...	Baku's Mother

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:12A | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-13 | Norway:11 | New Zealand:M | Czech Republic:12 | South Africa:13V | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 | UK:12A | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43907) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Namibia

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

D'Leh is spelled "Held" backwards, "Held" being the German word for "hero". Roland Emmerich chose this name as an easteregg.

Goofs:

Factual errors: References are made to the "lead bull" of the mammoth herds. Modern day elephants as well as ancient mammoths and mastodons are and were headed by a matriarchal female leader. Bulls never lead the herd.

Quotes:

D'Leh: Tell him... I am older than I look.
[smirks]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey (#33.8)" (2008)

Roland Emmerich hits a new low

Well, aside from the historical inaccuracies that everyone has pointed out, this movie had horrid acting, insipid dialog, and a cliché plot line that any moderately skilled elementary school kid could have written. So what are the redeeming qualities of this movie? The scenery, some of the CGI, and that's about it. On a technical level, I found it hilarious that for all the hype about this movie, it was far worse than I could have imagined. Someone made a comment about the lighting of this movie. There were definitely inconsistencies in the lighting, which added to the list of things wrong with this movie and made it feel like perhaps it was a rushed project.

I think if this movie were made without any dialog except for the narrative, it would have been much more enjoyable as a whole.