The Core [2003]
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Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Release date: Monday 13th of October 2003
Starring:
Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood, Stanley Tucci, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank,
Director(s):
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Number of discs: 1
Region code: 2
Running time: 129 minutes
Language: Arabic (Subtitled)
Language: Bulgarian (Subtitled)
Language: Czech (Subtitled)
Language: Danish (Subtitled)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Finnish (Subtitled)
Language: Icelandic (Subtitled)
Language: Norwegian (Subtitled)
Language: Polish (Subtitled)
Language: Romanian (Subtitled)
Language: Swedish (Subtitled)
Language: Turkish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Czech (Dubbed)
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk 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
Is there a hacker in the room?
Review date: 2008-09-21 Rating: 8 out of 10
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 be any moral and acceptable salvation for humanity, or even a little part of humanity if it does not mobilize everyone, every country, every nation. The film is unluckily hijacked by the military that imposes the vision of some aggressive attack from an enemy. They seem to listen to the scientists and politicians for a while, but at the same time they have their own Plan B ready which is purely military. That is why the military should have no power whatsoever and their finances should be scrutinized constantly, for them not to be able to have their own plans. That's why the finances of the military are supposed to be voted by Congress, but is what Congress votes always clear? Certainly not and that is true in every country. There are some blind or invisible lines hidden in some other budgets. That is revealing about a lack of democracy in our countries: the armed forces are not 100% open to public scrutiny and they do things they have never been allowed to do. The film though takes a clear stand against this and manages to defeat Plan B, thanks to a hacker in the place. We could of course wonder why they brought that hacker into the sanctuary. But for the film he was needed and was able to fulfill his promise. I must say I did not like his nose. Too visible, too outstanding. A hacker is supposed to be absolutely invisible, hence just plain normal, average, banal, in no way conspicuous. Then the treatment of the volunteers in that last chance mission is quite flat after all. A little bit of rage but a lot of positive tension. A situation in which one must sacrifice after the other should create a real tension that could be and become negative, including the absolute loss of all reactivity in an individual who knows there is no way out. But It was a pleasant film after all.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Reviews
Unpretentious fun
Review date: 2008-06-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
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
Review date: 2008-03-09 Rating: 10 out of 10
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
Review date: 2007-10-26 Rating: 4 out of 10
If special effects won awards, this film would be okay. Unfortunately the rest of the film was non-descript and lacked conviction.
First Rate Disaster Movie
Review date: 2007-09-17 Rating: 8 out of 10
The Earth's electromagnetic field is crumbling, a top secret U.S govt project may or may not be responsible and it falls to a ragbag group of scientists led by Aaron Eckhart and Stanley Tucci to journey to the centre of the planet and kickstart it back into life by detonating five nuclear devices.
Directed by Jon Amiel(The Singing Detective)this is top notch entertainment with a sharp sense of humour,colourful characters,pretty good special effects(the bird attack in Trafalgar Square is nicely judged) and a strong and believable emotional bond between the main players.
Some people seem hard to please, the science while being outlandish is played out persuasively by an excellent cast and of it's type this movie does everything it sets out to do and more.
Highly Recommended.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Delroy Lindo
Bruce Greenwood
Stanley Tucci
Aaron Eckhart
Hilary Swank
Creators:
Aaron Eckhart (Primary Contributor)
Hilary Swank (Primary Contributor)
John Lindley (Cinematographer)
Cooper Layne (Producer)
Cooper Layne (Writer)
David B. Householter (Producer)
David Foster (Producer)
Sean Bailey (Producer)
John Rogers (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)EAN: 5014437826138Binding: DVDNumber of items: 1Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen, Release date: 2003-10-13Number of discs: 1Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and overRegion code: 2Running time: 129 minutesTheatrical release date: 2003-03-28Language: Arabic (Subtitled)
Language: Bulgarian (Subtitled)
Language: Czech (Subtitled)
Language: Danish (Subtitled)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Finnish (Subtitled)
Language: Icelandic (Subtitled)
Language: Norwegian (Subtitled)
Language: Polish (Subtitled)
Language: Romanian (Subtitled)
Language: Swedish (Subtitled)
Language: Turkish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Czech (Dubbed)
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