Deep Core (2000)

Director:

Rodney McDonald

Writers:

Jim Christopher (writer)
Phillip J. Roth (story)

Release Date:

21 October 2000 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

As the new millenium begins, the end of the world will come from below.

Plot Keywords:

Oil Drilling | Drunk Scene | Cigarette Smoking | Lava Floe | Private Jet

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	Brian Goodman
Terry Farrell	...	Allison Saunders
Bruce McGill	...	Sam Dalton
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Alan Morrisey
Wil Wheaton	...	Rodney Bedecker
James Russo	...	Darryl Simmons
Ron Yuan	...	Chin Li
James Lew	...	Lou Chang
Kenneth Choi	...	Wayne Lung (as Ken Choi)
Dean Cameron	...	Head Engineer
Donald Li	...	Colonel Sun Po
Catherine Kwong	...	Phong Li
Joseph Patrick Kelly	...	M.I.B. #1
Dean Biasucci	...	M.I.B. #2
Gary Hershberger	...	Henry

Also Known As:

Deep Core 2000 (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

Germany:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Company:

Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Trivia:

The display used when Sam, inside the drilling machine, is monitoring the materials in rocks that they are about to drill through, is reused in _Epoch: Evolution (2003)_. Before the "object" in that movie is unlocked and entered, one of the displays used to monitor technical data is exactly the same display used in "Deep Core".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Epoch: Evolution (2003) (TV)

Bad to the core, and not deep at all

The same flaming digital f/x repeated over and over during the credits hints that there's something wrong with this film. However, if you ignore that warning and continue to watch, all sort of evils will escape from this Pandora's box: a machine that allegedly blows up but only showers sparks like a sparkler; hand-held camera shots with that home-movie look; a cliche villain/capitalist; the cliche battle between the scientist sexes; a brief earthquake scene of a city (looks like a postcard) wherein one tall building starts to crumble like a jigsaw puzzle; an odd puffy-faced (like he just had his wisdom teeth removed) twenty-something Whil Wheaton making a joke about his ex-wife...This is no modern "Crack in the world," no hidden diamond in the rough but a depressing clunker. On the positive side, it makes you appreciate aspects and techniques of good movies you took for granted or weren't aware of.