|
|
List Price: $9.98Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 You Save: $1.99 (20%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Now!
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792183570
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792183576
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 09, 2003
Running Time: 134 minutes
Sales Rank: 11835
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 2003
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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 humorous interplay) from Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, and a host of memorable supporting players, especially The New Guy's D.J. Qualls as the world's greatest cyber-nerd. With enough digital F/X 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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Core
The Core is an excellent Movie. I was happy with the quickness in which I received my order, and the wonderful condition it was in. Thank you.
Rating:  - Excellent film & Superb transfer to DVD
Why would anyone expect a film like this to be scientically sound? I am an engineer/scientist and I love films like this! This is science FICTION, already--a little bit of science and lots of fiction. 'The Core' is no less scientific than the Star Wars or Star Trek sagas.
Anyway, it is puzzling why this film did not do better at the box office. It has most of the right elements: Great acting--good casting (especially that cyber-nerd hacker (he was perfect!) and Hillary Swank (who is ... Read More
Rating:  - "Armageddon" all over again
Saw this movie in 1999 when it was called "Armageddon".
This version is no better, though I knew it was a dog before I got it.
Yeah, "suspend the disbelief" for the science - I get it. However, I have problems with the "real" part, too, which includes lightweight birds completely shattering car and store windows (they mostly just bounce off), the space shuttle improbably landing (haha) where it did, general vehicular physics (such as whiplash), and the fact that although ... Read More
Rating:  - O, for the days of camp
When movies this bad were made in the 50s or 60s or 70s, they had The Cheese Factor. Effects were bad, acting was often pretty bad (with notable exceptions), and plots were happily implausible.
And most of the time, people were on a jaunt. "Journey to the Center of the Earth" with James Mason et al? "Hey, we can go to the center of the Earth! How about a picnic?"
"At the Earth's Core" with Peter Cushing and Doug McClure. Laughably bad effects and a plot based on accident ... Read More
Rating: - It's Called FICTION For A Reason...
Let's keep in mind that this movie has a ridiculous premise, with an equally ridiculous solution. Now, that being said, the movie is watchable in the same light as Armageddon, Volcano, Day After Tomorrow, or any of the other "End of the World" schlock that exists. These movies are the 2000s equivalent of the "post-apocalyptic" genre of the 80s.
What can mankind do to save the ENTIRE world? Well, a handful of the world's best scientists ought to do the trick. I was on-board for the ... Read More
|
|
