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)

Die, Wesley, die

Chant ten thousand geeks, as Wesley Crusher appears on screen. Does he die? Frankly, who cares. With no characterisation, a plot that could be (and probably was) written on the back of a cigarette packet, mediocre actors, a sloppy score, Amateur Hour CGI and fair to middling awful camera work, it's hard to pay attention to anything happening in this B- movie.

Guys, here's a hint. When the crew turns up with Hi-8 camcorders, it's time to call your agent and see if there's any commercials going, or small car showrooms that need opened. This film does nobody any favours. It's pretty much welfare for C list jobbing actors and crew. Terry Farrel at least has the grace to look embarrased at doing the same old "lean to the left, spout some technobabble" rubbish she did on Star Trek, but Wesley actually seems to be trying to make something of his role. Unfortunately, all he manages to do is to make it highly irritating. Die, Wesley, die.

Low budget doesn't preclude a film from being fun, but this movie sadly tries to hide its budget. So cue "mass evacuation" scenes where five extras run out of a door and are filmed from three angles, sets where the paint on the plywood is barely dry, and muffed lines that are simply accepted rather than reshot (must have been running out of those Hi-8 tapes).

It's not even funny bad, it's just desultory and sad. Avoid.