Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood, Tcheky Karyo, Alfre Woodard, Richard Jenkins, Alfre Woodard

Director: Jon Amiel

Summary: Dr. Josh Keyes a leading geophysicist has discovered that the Earth's core has stopped rotating and within a number of months the Earth will be destroyed. There is only one hope to journey to the centre of the Earth and reactivate the Earth's 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.

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The Coreis high-tech Hollywood hokum at its finest; smarter than Armageddonand equally extreme. It's scientifically ridiculous, naturally, but this variant of Fantastic Voyageat least triesto be credible as it plunges deep into the Earth's inner core, where a formulaic team of experts pilot an earth-boring ship to jump-start the planet's spinning molten interior, now stalled by a military secret that could seal the fate of all humankind. It's a geophysicist's daydream, which only a fine ensemble cast could rescue from absurdity, and director Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycat) draws excellent work (and plenty of humorous interplay) from Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo and a host of memorable supporting players, especially DJ Qualls as the world's greatest cyber-nerd. With enough digital FX disasters to satisfy anyone's apocalyptic fantasies, this is a popcorn thriller with all the bells and whistles that its genre demands. Sit back, pump up the volume and enjoy the dazzling ride. --Jeff Shannon

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Directors Commentary, Featurette The Making Of The Core, Deconstruction Of Visual Effects, Deleted Scenes, Extended Scenes
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	2003
Release Date:	October 13, 2003
Runtime:	129 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 8261
Keywords:	Core, General, Wide, Screen, Fiction, Science, Horror, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction