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10,000 BC [Blu-ray] [2008] | ![10,000 BC [Blu-ray] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Azed1yWML._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Cliff Curtis, Steven Strait, Tim Barlow, Omar Sharif, Camilla Belle
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £26.99
Buy New: £17.23
You Save: £9.76 (36%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1416
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Swedish (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105
EAN: 7321900139670
ASIN: B0017U09EE
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: July 21, 2008 (In 17 Days)
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Availability: Not yet released
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Amazon.co.uk Review
To anyone who has ever yearned to see woolly mammoths in full stampede across the Alps, 10,000 BC can be heartily recommended. There's also a flock of "terror birds" (lethal ostriches on steroids) in a steaming jungle only a splice away from the heroes' snow-dusted alpine habitat. And lo, somewhere in the vastness of the North African desert lies a city whose slave inhabitants alternately teem like the crowds in Quo Vadis during the burning of Rome and trudge in hieratically menacing formations like the workers in Metropolis. That's pretty much it for the cool stuff. Setting movies in prehistoric times is dicey. Apart from the "Dawn of Man" sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey, only Quest for Fire makes the grade, and its creators had the good sense to limit the dialogue to grunts and moans. 10,000 BC boasts a quasi-biblical narrator (Omar Sharif) and characters who speak in formed, albeit uninteresting, sentences (including a New Age-y "I understand your pain"). But let no one say the storytelling isn't primitive. The narrator speaks of "the legend of the child with the blue eyes" and bingo, here's the kid now. When, grown up to be Camilla Belle, she's carried off by "four-legged demons" (guys on horseback to you). The neighbour boy (Steven Strait) who hankers to make myth with her leads a rescue mission into the great unknown world beyond their mountaintop. His name is D'Leh, which is Held, the German for "knight," spelled backward. So yes, there is some hidden meaning after all. 10,000 BC is the latest triumph of the ersatz from writer-director Roland Emmerich. Like Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), and The Day After Tomorrow (2004) before it, it's shamelessly cobbled together out of every movie Emmerich can remember to pilfer from (though to be fair, the section in pre-ancient Egypt harks back to his own Stargate). Emmerich's saving grace is that his films' cheesiness is so flagrant, his narratives so geared for instant gratification, he can seem like a kid simultaneously improvising and acting out a story in his backyard: "P'tend there's this alien ... p'tend maybe he came from Atlantis or something...." Just don't p'tend it has anything to do with real movie-making. --Richard T. Jameson
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 just a quick correction.... June 23, 2008
"Held" is the German word for "hero" whilst the German equivalent for "knight" would be "Ritter". Hope this helps...
 Terrible Acting And Dialogue Ruin This Film June 18, 2008
Admittedly looking at the basis of the story and the historical inaccuracy of it all you could be put off right away from this film, as it appears to be a typical Roland Emmerich piece of over the top CGI and not enough depth. Let me be honest when I tell you that it is what it may have appeared, it is the typical Emmerich piece and it lacks serious depth and contains some terrible acting along with ridiculous dialogue. At times the CGI simply doesn't blend into what's actually taking place, during a scene where one of the tribesmen is running with a hoard of Mammoth there are parts where you clearly see that when one of the men is looking up at the Mammoth, you clearly see he's looking in the wrong direction and mistakes like this occur during the entire movie constantly ruining the illusion. With these mistakes however it's not to say that this is the worst film I've ever seen as, at times it is a very exciting picture and something that can entertain you for the runtime duration, the CGI although with the mistakes is impressive and does have your imagination running wild, which I guess is a good point.
The story is of an ancient Eurasian mountain tribe known as the Yaghal who in order to survive must hunt and kill wild Mammoth. One of the young hunters known as D'leh meets his true love Evolet and they become instantly attached, but one day that relationship is torn apart when a tribe of horse riding Warlords invade their village and kidnap Evolet. Following this D'leh and a small troop of hunters set on a quest in order to rescue Evolet and punish the warlords, but along the way they face dangers like Sabre-Tooth Cats and Terror Birds. Further on their journey they encounter other tribes who have faced the same wrath of the warlords and they all band together to form an army which will take on the "God" who has taken Evolet as his slave to build pyramids that reach into the skies.
As historically incorrect as it may be, it's still a worth while entertaining movie, but all you have to manage is to put the fact that you're watching terrible acting and try your best to ignore the dialogue.
 ***** FIVE STARS - FANTAAASSSSTTTTIIIICCCCCCCCCCCC June 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fantasic film, great special effects, a very enjoyable film. Best bits are destruction of the pyramids. Buy it and have a great couple of hours of fun.
 Take this film with 2 paracetemol to ease the pain. May 31, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Saw 10000bc at the cinema and am still struggling to recover . I seemed to wait for 2 hours for a bit of action , sadly none appeared.
A dull story , dull characters played by dull actors and an extra helping of dull just to make sure ! DONT waste your time ;-)
Worth watching May 25, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
It takes a hero to change the world
I felt the last review was unfair, and the viewer would seem to have no imagination or interest in human nature. This is not the best film I have ever seen, but certainly not the worst. Its a interesting film about human strength and personal sacrifice,love and passion. Set many years in the past,just in case you were wondering. The Cinematics and locations are an insight into our own history, characters are simple yet interesting as is the story. I would agree that this film could have been so much more, and is not historically accurate, but it does live in my collection and I'm sure will be watched again. Worth renting or buying cheap.
Plot
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
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