’10 000 BC’ the big kill at box office

LOS ANGELES – A prehistoric fantasy adventure ’10 000 BC’, about a young mammoth hunter’s quest to preserve his tribe’s way of life, was the big kill at the North American box office this weekend, preliminary results showed on Sunday.

The movie was filmed on location in Namibia, South Africa and New Zealand. Laden with special effects, it brings woolly mammoths and fierce birds to life on the screen.The movie earned US$35,7 million dollars in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, industry-tracker Exhibitor Relations said.The Stone Age epic, about a mammoth hunter who discovers a forgotten civilisation in his quest to find his long-time love, was directed by Roland Emmerich (‘The Day After Tomorrow’ and ‘Independence Day’).At best, ’10 000 BC’ got mixed reviews.”(It) jumbles together a legend of movies, books, fairy tales and stories – including but not limited to ‘One Million Years BC’, ‘Apocalypto’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘The Ten Commandments’, ‘Ice Age’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Alien’ – into a madman’s drug-induced revision of history.If epic-master Cecil B DeMille was hopped up on cocaine, he might have made such a film.More than likely, he would have appreciated its larger-than-life reality,” said a review in The Clarion-Ledger.Laden with special effects, it brings woolly mammoths and fierce birds to life on the screen.The movie earned US$35,7 million dollars in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, industry-tracker Exhibitor Relations said.The Stone Age epic, about a mammoth hunter who discovers a forgotten civilisation in his quest to find his long-time love, was directed by Roland Emmerich (‘The Day After Tomorrow’ and ‘Independence Day’).At best, ’10 000 BC’ got mixed reviews.”(It) jumbles together a legend of movies, books, fairy tales and stories – including but not limited to ‘One Million Years BC’, ‘Apocalypto’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘The Ten Commandments’, ‘Ice Age’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Alien’ – into a madman’s drug-induced revision of history.If epic-master Cecil B DeMille was hopped up on cocaine, he might have made such a film.More than likely, he would have appreciated its larger-than-life reality,” said a review in The Clarion-Ledger.