A Movie Review: The Core

Movie Review- The Core The movie that I choose to review is The Core directed by Jon Amiel. This movie portrays an end of the world scenario that is right down an astronomer’s alley. Unlike most Sci-Fis that take the approach of some alien invasion or some possible threat of a major impact, The Core depicts destruction from within. The movie opens with interference within Earth’s electromagnetic field. This event causes randomized disasters that gets the government’s attention. The government with thoughts of a possible attack on the US, summons leading experts in the field to access the situation. After some debriefings, the government decides that this was not an attack and simply brushes the situation over. Dr. Joshua Keyes, a geology professor, is unsettled with natural occurrences and investigates the situation further. His conclusions are mind wrenching. The Earth’s core is stalling and the outcome is certain destruction. In a race against time, a team of six highly trained individuals collaborated to devise a plan to put a stop to Earth’s ultimate destruction. First, they had to find a way to kick start the Earth’s core. Not an easy task considering the Earth’s inner core boundary lies 1,800 miles below the surface. This is where the creative minds of the writers decide that the team drills their way to the core with technology that will never exist. Lasers that instantly turn solid rock into molten liquid. Not to mention, the ship itself, Virgil, is built with a composite metal that can withstand the extreme pressures and conditions of Earth’s interior; not only does it withstand the conditions, it also has the ability to convert energy from the heat and the pressure actually makes the ship stronger. On the ship are several 5 megaton nuclear warheads. The mission is to deliver these to the core and detonate them to produce a reaction that will cause the core to return to its once stable condition. The movie is not without drama as this was no