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The Core, 2003

The Core

English

UK, USA

Rating:5.3
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Profile of The Core

The mood of The Core is exciting and suspenseful. The plot centers around antiheroes, saving the world, and a race against time. It is a thriller, adventure, and sci-fi movie. Stylistically, The Core stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It happens in contemporary times. Visually, The Core involves special effects. It is especially suggested for teens and a boys' night. Note that it includes mild violent content.

Summary of The Core

Weird phenomena lead a brilliant geophysics professor, Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart), to the discovery that the Earth's core has stopped revolving, ultimately resulting in severe natural disasters and radiation akin to that of a microwave--and the end of the world. Keyes' worst fears are confirmed by superstar scientist Dr. Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci), who turns to his former partner, Dr. Ed Brazzleton (Delroy Lindo), who has devoted twenty years to creating a ship that can journey to the center of the Earth. The U.S. government, whose secret experiments, unbeknownst to all of the team but Zimzky, may have caused the problem, builds the ship at record speed and sends a team in to set off nuclear bombs that will restart the core. Astronauts Colonel Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca Childs (Hilary Swank), and a nuclear weapons specialist, Dr. Serge Leveque (Tcheky Karyo) are also assigned to the mission, which promises both spectacular discoveries and tremendous danger. Witty one-liners save the film from taking itself too seriously while the special effects keep the action exciting. Directed by Jon Amiel (COPYCAT, ENTRAPMENT), THE CORE also stars Alfre Woodard, DJ Qualls, and Richard Jenkins.

Details

Language: English
Country: UK, USA
Release date: 25 March 2003
Runtime: 135 min

Cast and Crew

Hilary Swank as Maj. Rebecca Childs in The Core
Hilary Swank

as Maj. Rebecca Childs

Aaron Eckhart as Dr. Josh Keyes in The Core
Aaron Eckhart

as Dr. Josh Keyes

Delroy Lindo as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton in The Core
Delroy Lindo

as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton

Stanley Tucci as Dr. Conrad Zimsky in The Core
Stanley Tucci

as Dr. Conrad Zimsky

Alfre Woodard as Dr. Talma Stickley in The Core
Alfre Woodard

as Dr. Talma Stickley

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Critics Reviews

Washington Post
A two-hour pleasure cruise.
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  • by: Michael O'Sullivan
The Onion (A.V. Club)
With the exception of Hilary Swank, whose earnestness spoils the fun, a stellar cast seems in on the joke.
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  • by: Scott Tobias

Users Reviews

Absolutely hilarious. There's something about this movie that makes it watchable and fun. Don't get me wrong. It's a pretty bad movie. In the end, I was not annoyed that I wasted my time watching it. I just looked at my spouse, said "wow did that...
  • 11.June.2009
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  • by: jostrem
  • jostrem rated this movie2/10Bad
The reason for low ratings is probably because going inside the earth is not as cool as going into space. The graphics in the movie is OKAY. The movie is too long with lots of details. But its worth watching if you really like Sci/Fi movies.
  • 18.March.2009
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  • by: sreevatsa
  • sreevatsa rated this movie7/10Good
Likely to see
Not for me

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