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The Core [2003]
from Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood, Stanley Tucci
directed by Jon Amiel

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Dubbed
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

The Core is high-tech Hollywood hokum at its finest; smarter than Armageddon and equally extreme. It's scientifically ridiculous, naturally, but this variant of Fantastic Voyage at least tries to 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

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Is there a hacker in the room?
  The subject is interesting. The topic is fascinating. The treatment is quite reassuring. But the ideology is hateful. Imagine some natural, geological or cosmic catastrophe meaning the end of the earth, hence of humanity. The loss of the magnetic field of the earth is one possibility since it has been going down for a few decades and no one can explain. If such a phenomenon were truly happening, the normal reaction would be to bring all scientists around the world together to find a solution. There cannot... more info

• Unpretentious fun
  One of my favourite sci-fi movies of all time. Yes there are plot holes, and the science is a bit dodgy, but the direction and character interaction are both brilliant. And its damn funny to boot. And I apologise to all those die-hard intellectuals out there who have slated this, for any spelling mistakes that I may have made.

• sat on edge of my seat
  Before watching this movie i was very aprehensive, thinking it was just another rip off of Armageddon, how wrong I was, I sat fixed during the whole film. 10/10 *****

• BIT OF A GOOSE
  If special effects won awards, this film would be okay. Unfortunately the rest of the film was non-descript and lacked conviction.

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