The Core Reviews

The Core Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10)
PLOT: The Earth's core has suddenly come to a complete halt and it's up to the U.S. government, along with a raggedy band of know-it-alls to drill through the planet's outer core, drop some nuclear warheads into its inner-core and theoretically, get it...more

The Core Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10)
CAPSULE: A spectacular set of disasters and a heroic expedition to save mankind. Some real science and some nonsense mix. If the film does not quite click, it is probably because we have higher standards than we had for science...more

The Core Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: C)
When 32 pacemaker wearers drop dead in Boston and misguided pigeons wreck havoc in London's Tralfalgar Square Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart, "Possession") forms a theory that a problem with the earth's electromagnetic field, formed by the...more

The Core Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
The four seasons of the motion picture world begin in the first week in May with the summer blockbusters. September is the start of Oscar season, when the studios put down their markers to prove they are about more than just the money that they made...more

The Core Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 1.5/4)
THE CORE (2003) 1 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Aaron Eckhart, HIllary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D.J. Qualls, Richard Jenkins, Tcheky Karyo, Bruce Greenwood and Alfre Woodard. Visual effect supervisor Gregory L. McMurry. Written by Cooper Lane...more

The Core Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+)
Suddenly, for reasons unknown, the Earth's molten core has stopped rotating. Almost instantly, strange phenomenon begin happening around the world. In Boston, 32 people wearing cardiac pacemakers drop dead at the same moment. In London, tens of thousands...more

The Core Review
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5)
Summer is here! The Core opened! Nice, escapist fun for me! Big action packed popcorn movies and - what? Smartypant darlings Stanley Tucci, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, and Delroy Lindo are in it? But I thought that - huh? The military is...more