The Core Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) 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 in a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts," Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Hilary Swank) and Colonel Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood). Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

Action Adventure Sci-Fi Thriller

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Core.

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  Aaron Eckhart

  Classified, The Rum Diary

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  Hilary Swank

  Ordinary Angels, Fatale

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  Delroy Lindo

  Sinners, Point Break

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  Stanley Tucci

  Conclave, What Is Life Worth

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  D.J. Qualls

  Delta Farce, Pawn Shop Chronicles

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  Tcheky Karyo

  The Killer, Taking Lives

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  Richard Jenkins

  IF, The Rum Diary

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  Bruce Greenwood

  For Greater Glory, Bolt

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  Alfre Woodard

  Salem's Lot, The Lion King

Crew Behind the Film

The The Core behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jon Amiel last directed Creation and Angel Makers.

Director

Jon Amiel

Screenwriters

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Additional Information

All Trailers

Official The Core movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the The Core movie production.

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