This is one of the most hyped films of the year and it is true that the trailers and previews of this film look spectacular. There has been a huge ad campaign to try and drive as many people to the cinema as possible and it did top the US Box Office on its first week of release. However, for me this film was absolutely terrible. The film focuses on a number of tribes most of which are unnamed. Surprisingly, the main tribe and the focus of the film can speak better English than most ordinary people in modern society. Secondly, in a bid to make the tribes people look like they should have been given dreadlocks and there is a wide selection of skin tones. However, the models with dreadlocks do just look like models with dreadlocks and are definitely not convincing. The plot of the film is incredibly easy to follow because it barely exists. There is a development Evolet the love of D'Leh is kidnapped and he embarks on a mission to save her.

The film offers no explanation as to why these two characters are in love and their relationship not really change. Even the bad guys that attack the tribe and kidnap Evolet have to be the least menacing bad guys in cinema history! The area to examine is the acting. Despite this films apparently large budget it lacks any particularly well-known actors and this does show. The acting is shocking and this is unsurprising considering most of the cast are models or supermodels. However, the actors if you can call them that have very little to work with as the dialogue is so bad it is funny in places. The actors seemed to have been commanded to all act like robots. Indeed this film might have been better as a subtitled or silent film because the dialogue adds nothing. The main attraction of this film has to be the special effects. This is what has been emphasised on the trailers and this is what has made everyone curious. The special effects are good and the mammoths are particularly convincing. Although, the incident with the saber tooth tiger is far from realistic. Unfortunately, the special effects do not fit nicely into the film.

The special effects have to fit into the film rather than the film fitting into the special effects which is what happens in this film. It is clear that there are certain things the director, Roland Emmerich who also directed Independence Day and Godzilla, wanted to do. This means that in between the special effects there are what can only be described as filler scenes. Consequently, there is little suspense and there are large parts of boring nothingness during the film.

Ultimately, this proves that a film solely based on special effects can't be good. There are simply too many flaws in this film. There are hundreds of historical inaccuracies, the dialogue is laughable and there is no suspense. This film will enjoy so box office success because of the hype but do not see this film even if you are curious! It is a waste of money and probably not even worth watching when it comes on the TV. If you really want to watch a film in this genre then I would recommend Apocalypto.

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