Finally they got the disaster film formula right! The script is literate and somewhat thought provoking, and although we, the audience, may not totally believe a small crew of terra-nauts could ever expect to successfully journey to the center of the Earth, the audience is not treated to an excess of melodrama (the writer at least gets most of the science right).
The drama is believable, however; it is "Armageddon" meets "Apollo 13" but without the excessive obsession with rescue scenes (as in Armageddon).
In 'Core' there is no hodgepodge of lame set pieces, tired dialogue and thick-n-syrupy romance. The pace of the film is brisk and satisfying (although we are treated to yet another special-effect-destruction of world monuments as previously seen in similar visually appealing spectacles such as "Superman--The Movie" and "Meggido--Omega Code 2."
The actors are pleasant enough to watch for as long as this adventure lasts, even the villain is not really a villain at all, just initially too self-absorbed to know better, but eventually pulls through for the rest of the film. Alfre Woodard is always a welcome addition in almost anything she agrees to appear in, and Hillary Swank is tolerably charismatic as the perfectionist who commandeers the bunch to the core of the problem.
Make sure you watch this one in a really huge theater equipped with state of the art sound... rumble, rumble, rumble... Oh m'gosh, is that the whole of Rome collapsing!!
The drama is believable, however; it is "Armageddon" meets "Apollo 13" but without the excessive obsession with rescue scenes (as in Armageddon).
In 'Core' there is no hodgepodge of lame set pieces, tired dialogue and thick-n-syrupy romance. The pace of the film is brisk and satisfying (although we are treated to yet another special-effect-destruction of world monuments as previously seen in similar visually appealing spectacles such as "Superman--The Movie" and "Meggido--Omega Code 2."
The actors are pleasant enough to watch for as long as this adventure lasts, even the villain is not really a villain at all, just initially too self-absorbed to know better, but eventually pulls through for the rest of the film. Alfre Woodard is always a welcome addition in almost anything she agrees to appear in, and Hillary Swank is tolerably charismatic as the perfectionist who commandeers the bunch to the core of the problem.
Make sure you watch this one in a really huge theater equipped with state of the art sound... rumble, rumble, rumble... Oh m'gosh, is that the whole of Rome collapsing!!