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The Core

  • 5.5 /10

  • 2125

  • 39%

Plot

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

Cast

Aaron Eckhart as Dr. Josh Keyes
Aaron Eckhart

as Dr. Josh Keyes

Hilary Swank as Maj. Rebecca Childs
Hilary Swank

as Maj. Rebecca Childs

Delroy Lindo as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Delroy Lindo

as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton

Stanley Tucci as Dr. Conrad Zimsky
Stanley Tucci

as Dr. Conrad Zimsky

Tchéky Karyo as Serge
Tchéky Karyo

as Serge

DJ Qualls as Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
DJ Qualls

as Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch

Richard Jenkins as Gen. Thomas Purcell
Richard Jenkins

as Gen. Thomas Purcell

Bruce Greenwood as Cmdr. Robert Iverson
Bruce Greenwood

as Cmdr. Robert Iverson

Christopher Shyer as Dave Perry
Christopher Shyer

as Dave Perry

Ray Galletti as Paul
Ray Galletti

as Paul

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 28, 2003

Production Companies

  • Paramount Pictures

  • David Foster Productions

  • HorsePower Entertainment

  • Core Productions

  • LivePlanet

  • Munich Film Partners New Century & Company (MFP) Core Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

  • Canada

  • Germany

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $60,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $74,208,267.00

Runtime

  • 2.27 hrs

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Reviews

The Core might not win any awards for scientific accuracy, and sure, the premise alone invites every kind of eye-roll, but what it does deliver is something we’ve been losing fast in today’s cinematic landscape: original storytelling that doesn't try to go viral or squeeze itself into a franchise mold. It’s from that 2000 to 2010 cultural crossroads, before everything became about metrics and tre…