The Core (2003)

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• Jeff "

  
  The Core is one perfect example of a terrible film that should've never been made. What's stunning about this film is that it has a good cast of talented actor, aside from D.J. Qualis, who was always a terrible actor. I can't believe the amount of really good actors who… More
  The Core is one perfect example of a terrible film that should've never been made. What's stunning about this film is that it has a good cast of talented actor, aside from D.J. Qualis, who was always a terrible actor. I can't believe the amount of really good actors who acted in this pile of junk. The film is yet another "save the world" type of film and is focused on reigniting the earth's core. However, the films plot is so poorly conceived that you lose interest in watching the film, and wonder why you even bothered with the film in the first place. This cast cannot save the world or this film for that matter, and when you have a seventeen year old as the head of the operation, you know you have a really bad film in the can. This film fails as a disaster film and as an action movie. When I originally saw this at the time of its release, this was the worst that I had seen. The Core has a great cast of talented actors, but even that doesn't save this lacking, and mediocre story. This is one of the worst action films that has come out of Hollywood, and really makes the disaster genre an irrelevant bad joke. This is a film that should be avoided. The great cast is wasted here, and they shouldn't have ever made this stupid, ridiculous.

• moon r

  
  Action/adventure sci-fi about an intrepid team of scientists who must journey to the center of the earth in order to save the world. I wonder what can happen? Summer movie fun.

• Coxxie M

  
  i was just waiting for Alan Jacksons "where were you when the world stopped turning" to play over the end-credits.

• Sophie B

  
  The only thing that makes this film worthwhile is D.J Qualls. He plays a great and interesting part which holds the film together. The narrative was weak and way too fast moving. One minute they've got no idea what to do and the next they have this massive machine all built and… More
  The only thing that makes this film worthwhile is D.J Qualls. He plays a great and interesting part which holds the film together. The narrative was weak and way too fast moving. One minute they've got no idea what to do and the next they have this massive machine all built and ready to use. It's too unbelievable and I just didn't care for the characters or what happened to them. The CG was ok.

• Dead A

  
  I did liked this movie when I watched this. But the whole storyline was so-not-okay. I mean it was a serious type of movie. I learned some stuffs from it. But the thing is, whatever reason they stated was not so agreeable.

• Film C

  
  i loved this movie, but im a sucker for these type of mvies anyway! its a thrilling and intresting and intriguin movie that keeps you on the edge of your seats as they take there journey into the core of the earth! when the earths core stops workig a electro field thingykills all… More
  i loved this movie, but im a sucker for these type of mvies anyway! its a thrilling and intresting and intriguin movie that keeps you on the edge of your seats as they take there journey into the core of the earth! when the earths core stops workig a electro field thingykills all people with a bypass monitor in them, so high scientists and people o fly the space shuttle/craft thing they fly into the core but it has its differcultes an bad things happen! good ovie wort a watch!

• Jason O

  
  Awesome, deserves more attention and praise than it gets for sure

• Josh L

  
  An enjoyable movie if you can get past it's ridiculous and preposterous plot.

• Wildaly M

  
  I thought it was pretty good as well. Entertaining. A little bit too unrealistic for my taste. I mean really... going to the center of the Earth and surviving the trip, was a bit of a stretch. But then I would be kinda dissapointed as well that the movie would've ended with… More
  I thought it was pretty good as well. Entertaining. A little bit too unrealistic for my taste. I mean really... going to the center of the Earth and surviving the trip, was a bit of a stretch. But then I would be kinda dissapointed as well that the movie would've ended with everyone dead. No one wants that so the unrealistic survival of those characters was reasonable. But I must admit it was a good concept and a tad original as well with all of it's ideas about how electromagnetic waves would affect the Earth. Now I am not a physicist so I do not know if all the things presented in the movie concur with actual physics law (I hated that class!!)... and frankly I really don't care that much. It's just a movie. But I guess it's curious to think about such things.

• Dean !

  
  An ok action/ disaster film. If you liked The day after tomorrow you will like this.

• Mike S

  
  Where to begin? This movie is so bad on so many levels it makes you cringe. There is much worse out there though.

• jay n

  
  respected actors in a stupid movie

• Jason S

  
  Action and a little camp thrown in.

• Jens S

  
  Of course this movie is unrealistic and sometimes rather silly. Fans of the genre however won't be disappointed. It's fast, entertaining, sometimes even exciting. Awesome as always: Stanley Tucci.

• Nate Z

  
  [center][font=Arial][color=darkred][img]http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6646/photo174iy.jpg[/img][/color][/font][/center] [font=Arial][color=darkred]I knew about 15 minutes in that 'The Core' was not going to take its science too seriously. Aaron Eckhart, as a hunky… More
  [center][font=Arial][color=darkred][img]http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6646/photo174iy.jpg[/img][/color][/font][/center] [font=Arial][color=darkred]I knew about 15 minutes in that 'The Core' was not going to take its science too seriously. Aaron Eckhart, as a hunky science professor, is addressing military generals and essentially says, "We broke the Earth." He tells them that because the Earth no longer spins (don?t think about it, you?ll only hurt yourself) the electromagnetic shield will dissipate and the sun will cook our planet. And just to make sure people understand the term "cook" he sets a peach on fire as an example. At this point I knew 'The Core' was going to be a ridiculous disaster flick with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Earth?s core has stopped spinning and horrific disasters are starting to be unleashed with anything from drunken bird attacks to lightening strikes in Rome. I always love how in disaster films Mother Nature always instinctively goes after the monuments, the landmarks, the things of cultural importance. The United States government hires a ragtag group of scientists and NASA pilots to journey to the center of the Earth and jumpstart our planet. Of course everything that can go wrong on this fantastic journey will eventually go wrong.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]'The Core' is so improbable, so silly, that it ends up being guilty fun. If you let go, ignore the incredible amounts of birth imagery (the sperm-like ship tunneling through to get to the egg-like core), then the very game cast will take you for a fun ride.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]There?s a scene where the government approaches kooky scientist Delroy Lindo to build the super-ship that will take them to said core. When asked how much he thinks it?ll cost Lindo laughs and says, ?Try fifty billion dollars.? The government responds, ?Can you take a check?? I was pleasantly reminded of an episode of 'Futurama' where the space-time continuum is disrupted and time keeps skipping forward. The old scientist and a Harlem Globetrotter (it was a very funny episode) theorize that to create a machine to stop this problem they would need all the money on the Earth. Flash immediately to the two of them being handed a check that says, "All the money of the Earth." Richard Nixon?s head, in its glass jar, then says, "Get going, you know we can?t spend All the Money on the Earth every day."[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The assembled cast is quite nice. Hilary Swank assumes a leadership role quite nicely. Eckhart is suitably hunky and dashing. Stanley Tucci is very funny as an arrogant science snob. Tcheky Karyo (the poor man?s Jean Reno) is ... uh, French. DJ Qualls continues to look bizarre and otherworldly. I don?t think anyone would believe that these people were the best in their fields (only in movies are scientists not old white men but hunky and sexy fun-lovin? folk).[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Director Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycat) seems to know the preposterousness of his film?s proceedings and amps up the campy thrills. An impromptu landing of the space shuttle in an LA reservoir is a fantastic action set piece, yet is likely the reason the film was delayed after the Columbia crash. The cornball science and steady pacing make 'The Core' an enjoyable, if goofy ride. The film does run out of steam and goes on for 20 minutes longer than it should.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]'The Core' is pure escapist entertainment without a thought in its head. And in dire times of war and harsh realism blaring at us every evening, there?s nothing wrong with a little juicy escapist fair. Buy a big tub of popcorn and enjoy.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Does anyone else wonder if we broke the Earth just after its 5 billion year warranty was up?[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Nate's Grade: C+ [/color][/font]

• Mouhannad S

  
  " The Core "I thought it was pretty good, much better than another sci-fi film in this genre, in the Core, there is suspense and thrills and explanations are given, even though it sounds like things like that could never happen. And certainly there would never be some ship… More
  " The Core "I thought it was pretty good, much better than another sci-fi film in this genre, in the Core, there is suspense and thrills and explanations are given, even though it sounds like things like that could never happen. And certainly there would never be some ship that could travel through lava that is thousands degrees hot and not melt and have everyone survive. And it really got ridiculous when they crash land on this spiky looking piece of ground and they get out of the ship and survive. I mean, wouldn't it have either been unbearablely hot or cold right there. And then they had to come up with another ridiculous idea to have a happy ending. And they had to have the usual snotty guy that you don't want to make it, but in this film, they even had all the good guys die except the 2 you knew would survive. So what? It is a different twist on the disaster films that had not been much done before (unless you include the much inferior "Deep Core") It is a good steady film with workable performances from a less than stellar cast, but these people are believable even if the premise of the movie is not. I am an easily bored movie goer and it really takes a good film to keep me in my seat all the way through. The dialog was snappy with tons of irony and sarcasm, and the people made it work. This movie is just fun, and well worth your time.

• Yinalí R

  
  Awesome movie.

• Aurelius D

  
  Because jump starting the world with nukes seems like a good idea.

• alan j

  
  Yeah its a go-by-the-book formulaic disaster film..but most in the last 30 years have been the same. Its more fiction than science..but still an engaging, suspenseful story with decent special fx. The acting is above par, especially Stanley Tucci and Delroy Lindo. The movie starts… More
  Yeah its a go-by-the-book formulaic disaster film..but most in the last 30 years have been the same. Its more fiction than science..but still an engaging, suspenseful story with decent special fx. The acting is above par, especially Stanley Tucci and Delroy Lindo. The movie starts moving from the get-go and for the most part maintains a steady, crisp pace. Sure, alot of nonsensical fluff, but plenty of entertainment too. It kept me engrossed from start to finish.

• Sunil J

  
  Just horrible.

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