Hilary Swank shows incredible disregard for her career with acceptance and performance as an astronaut in The Core. As do Delroy Lindo and Stanley Tucci although neither play astronauts, their roles as physicists are immensely forgettable. Unfortunately, these are not the only poor performances within The Core they are all bad performances. The other actors deliver emotionless dialogue with the same zestless dead-eyed stares as Swank, Lindo and Tucci. It is more that no one knows who they are. Lindo, Swank and Tucci lead a cast of nobodies into a barely plotted voyage of righteous indignation.
The plot of The Core revolves around a rag tag band of scientists that team up with a tough, but fair veteran astronaut and his determined, yet unorthodox second in command played by Swank. The gang of six learns that the electro-magnetic field is in jeopardy, potentially bringing the end of the earth and quickly leaps into action. First they build a big laser-mounted worm, then they get on it and from that point on it is comic hilarity as the rough and tumble group journey through mayhem and hijinks aplenty. The team is quickly struck down by a variety of predictable and unimaginative obstacles that give way to an inappropriate reach for emotion by these "actors." Close to the end, things look bleak, most of the team has already been killed in unfortunate accidents that happen slowly allowing time for pious speeches. Each character makes their sacrifice accompanied by an oration about saving the planet as they try to out dignify each other.
The movie lacks any quality of goodness. The storyline hosts a myriad of logical leaps and poorly explained science that will surely bore the audience or infuriate them. The principles behind the plan to save the earth involve stability through use of weapons. Saving the world by use of bombs. An idea so frighteningly stupid and impossibly contrary that the writers have the dubious honor of lending legitimacy to George W. Bush's peace plan.
Hilary Swank is a disappointment of tragic consequences. The film will surely be forgotten by the collective conscience of society within weeks, but a stain like The Core permanently tarnishes a resume. She provides none of the depth of character or talent she exuded in Boys Don't Cry. It is hard to believe that the same actress could perform so beautifully in one and then waste her abilities on an apocalyptic piece of trash with a gaggle of glorified extras.
The discriminating theatre attendee would find this movie appalling for an assortment of reasons and an action movie junkie would find it boring. This movie will disappoint across all spectrums of taste and should be avoided.
Photograph (A scene from the movie" The Core.")
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