| | Core DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Action DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Horror Videos, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Supernatural, Death, Scientists, Crafts/Hobbies, Apocalypse | | Starring | Delroy Lindo, Alfre Woodard, Stanley Tucci, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Bruce Greenwood, Richard Jenkins, Tcheky Karyo, DJ Qualls | | Director | Jon Amiel | | Composer | Christopher Young | | Director of Photography | John Lindley | | Producer | David Foster, Cooper Layne, Sean Bailey | | Screenwriter | John Rogers, Cooper Layne |
After an unknown force stops the Earth from rotating, scientists must travel to the core to save the planet. DVD special features inlcude director's commentary, two featurettes, 10 deleted/extended scenes. Stars Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Delroy Lindo, Alfre Woodard and Stanley Tucci. 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. Core Reviews: "...The movie's deepest impact lies in the performances..."
-- Claudia Puig, USA Today "...[The] approach proves refreshing...[The] pic has a full-bodied feel given extra texture by John Lindley's cinematography..."
-- Scott Foundas, Variety "...The 'something's not right here' build-up is snappy....There's also a neat line in humour..."-- Jamie Graham, Total Film "...The sense of fun is unmistakable..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Core | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.93) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2003 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  20688  | | CD Universe Part number | 6115773 | | Catalog number | 56684 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 09, 2003 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | sci-fi life/death situations and brief strong language | | Running Time | 134 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Value Edition |
Core Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  A VERY GOOD MOVIE!!!
This Movie really surprised me. It was really pretty good. It was alot better than your average run-of-the-mill Disater Movies. Hilary Swank played a convincing part as a navigator, whose never lost atttitude, pushs the crew to their limits and beyond. A very good directed and produced movie that Action/Adventure viewers should add to their collection.
Submitted by ELB6 (New Oxford, Pa. USA) 
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If you are looking for a good disater movie, with great special effects, this is one that you must have in your collection. The acting is great, and I found only one part of this movie hard to watch( that is when the inventer of the machine goes into the crawl passage and is cooked alive)
Submitted by cindywill2343 (Edmonton. Alberta, Canada)
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Loved this movie
I sometimes feel I live on the wrong planet. This movie bombed at the theaters but I loved it. Great production values and fun characters. Maybe the movie studios could hire me to look at there new films and if I like it, shelve it. Ho hum.
Submitted by wrw60 (San Francisco)
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This review is for a different format.  Worse than Chinese water torture
This was a serious movie? That can't be right. The whole premise is ridiculous, how in God's name could the Earth's core stop spinning to begin with? Effects are decent, but visuals don't make a movie. This Godawful film could pass as a spoof of a disaster movie. Don't buy it.
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Gr8 Effects
The core is OK but the main storyline is rubbish! the actors are not very good but the visual FX R GREAT!! such as:
See the coliseum fry in an eletrical superstorm!
Watch in horror as the Golden Gate Bridge disentegrates under microwave heat!
See Pigeons go crazy in trafalgar square!(There's a trout in this scene!)
all pigeons are computer generated!
Buy The movie and gorp at the special FX!
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Core DVD Region 1
NTSC
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted/Extended Scenes (10) with Director Commentary
Audio Commentary: Jon Amiel - Director
Making Of: THE MAKING OF THE CORE
Featurette: VISUAL EFFECTS
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
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