The Core (DVD 2003)

good action packed film, a bit like armageddon and deep impact.but a good film to put on ,on a saturday night when yr staying in with pals .

The Earth's core has stopped turning! Crikey! So that's why all those people's pacemakers stopped and why all the pigeons went crazy in Trafalgar Square? So what are we going to do about it? Well, in the normal world, there's nothing we could do - we'd all fry and that would be the end of planet Earth! But this being movieland, some boffin has already been working on a machine that can bore through rock and so a cunning plan is hatched to send a team to kickstart the Earth's core!

So, before you can say "Hang on, there isn't enough time to do all this!", a team is assembled, a huge boring machine is built (Virgil) and scientists have devised a way to get the core rotating again by setting off a huge explosion. So off they jolly well go!

There are some huge, glaring plotholes in this movie. First and foremost, no one knows what the Earth's core is like, even if we could figure out a way to get there. Also the subject of the pressure that would be present the deeper Virgil went is simply explained away by a throwaway one-liner - "Well, at least the suits can take the pressure!" And why on Earth has A Very Important Switch been put in the Impeller shaft?! This just seems to be an excuse to set up a character's death later on in the movie.

If you put your brain on hold and ignore all the glaring plotholes - and there are quite a few! - 'The Core' is actually quite an entertaining movie and some of the scenes are visually stunning. For example, what about the destruction of Rome, and the scene inside the geode? The emergency landing of the space shuttle is pretty impressive too!

Shame about the ending though! We're meant to believe that it took several days to get to the core, yet they make it back to the surface in just hours? And without the Impeller?! See what I mean about plotholes?

All things having been said, 'The Core' isn't a terrific movie, but it is an enjoyable one, as long as you don't want your movies to be scientifically correct. But then, movies were originally intended to take us to a land of make-believe - to allow us to suspend belief for a while, and 'The Core' manages this very well!

The Core has always been to me a boring film. The film drags on and is very predictable. The acting is ok and the movies effects were fine but to me, it was quite boring.

Plot:

The Earth's core has stop spinning. Disasters are appearing all over the world. Birds acting crazy, powerful thunderstorms, 32 people died at the second. Dr. Josh Keyes and his crew of five goes down to the central of the Earth and drop a nuclear bomb to make the Earth's core spin again or Mankind will perish...

delivery of dvd ( the core )it is good condition .i won the bid on a wedendsday and it was delivered on the friday .

It was a really god item and it came just as described. The DVD worked well and was packaged really good and i would definately recommend this seller.

When the center of the earth stops turning, they have to get it started again. How???? By going there. Filled with excellent sfx, you'll not be bored

Nice easygoing movie to wile away a couple of chilled hours with a beer. Don't need to think about it or even concentrate, just sit back and enjoy whilst the heroes save the world with an array of high tech mega special effects. Love It!!!

a great film, good cast with a buzzing story line all the way through to the end, very clever script and well acted.
i have watched this loads of time, and is a classic to keep forever

Wanted it saw it ages ago thought it would be nice to add to my collection. The acting is superb and i like hilary swank movies ok.

Abso;utely nothing wrong with price, delivery and trnsaction.

The film itself became tedious, silly and predictable.