In which our newly minted time travellers encounter a Stone
Age tribe engaged in a power struggle over who should be the leader setting the
tone for all tribes ad infinitum. The line to be balanced with this kind of
thing is how the portrayal of cavemen is achieved. There is much potential for
over acting here and while occasionally this does happen, on the whole the
production manages to achieve a believable take on such an ancient culture.
While the tribe speak English they do so with enough linguistic skill to make
the dialogue engaging enough. There’s a bit of grunting, usually when someone’s
annoyed but only one occasion where things go right over the top. Poor old Za,
trying his best to make fire fails in his goal and yells his head off. I
suppose this is the Stone Age equivalent of clearing the air.
