The Core (2003): **

The Core is one of the most scientifically inaccurate films around, and in Hollywood there is plenty of competition for that accolade. The premise of The Core is the Earth’s core has stopped moving, which will wipe out all the life on Earth in a year’s time, instead of instantaneously if it happened in real-life. A group of scientists, inventors, space navigators and the obligatory computer nerd team up to drill down into the Earth, led by geologist Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart), in a ship made of ‘unobtainium’ to kick start the core by deploying nukes. Because if movies have taught us anything, it’s all impending apocalyptic situations can be solved by nukes.

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