The Core Movie Review 2003

The molten-hot magma goo at the Earth's core has stopped spinning (?!), bringing about the end of the world...unless a team of scientists and pilots can drill to the center of the planet and detonate an atomic device to get it going again in this unabashedly silly popcorn flick. Led by scruffy geophysicist Josh Keyes (Eckard), the multi-ethnic, multi-talented crew sets off on their preposterous mission, knowing full-well that the whole thing is ridiculous. This self knowledge, agreeing that it's all absurd, and not taking itself to seriously, is what gets this disaster flick by. Everybody has a good time playing their characters' assigned quirks, especially Tucci as a smug, smarmy geophysicist.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 135 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Survival, Science & Scientists, Eco-Vengeance!, Boom!, Hackers

Screenplay

John Rogers, Cooper Layne

Cast

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

Cinematography

John Lindley

Director

Jon Amiel

Music

Christopher Young

Other

Darren Brisker, Terry Rawlings, Sandra Tanaka, Dan Lester, Philip Harrison

Producer

David Foster, Cooper Layne, Sean Bailey, Paramount Pictures