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The Core (2003)
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Smarter than Armageddon and equally extreme, The Core is high-tech Hollywood hokum at its finest. It's scientifically ridiculous, 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 wet dream that only a fine ensemble cast could rescue from absurdity, and director Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycat) draws excellent work (and plenty of...
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| The Core Movie Review by Chris (6/16/2008) |
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This is the second world disaster film I have seen just on this one day. The other film I watched was the not so good Armageddon, but The Core is slightly better. I gave Armageddon 2 and a half stars while The Core offers a fun 3 and a half stars. The thing about The Core though is that it has sort of a reality factor...
(complete The Core review by Chris)
| The Core Movie Review by Nick (8/24/2007) |
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I remember seeing the preview of this movie and I thought it would another exercise in formulaic disaster epics. Turns out I was right.
Like Sunshine and Alien, the movie has a horribly boring first half as most exposition usually is in movies. By the time the action was set in motion, I was already half asleep and ready...
(complete The Core review by Nick)
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