Taz 'Rat' Finch: "Destiny, meet world. World, meet Destiny."
Ludicrous yet scarily enjoyable yarn about a mission to the centre of the Earth to kickstart the core with a rather large nuclear explosion.
Whereas previous sci-fi blockbusters were happy to take us into space, this one burrows in between tectonic plates to the earth's core. Apparently, the molten outer shell swirling around a solid centre of trillions of tons of nickel and iron has stopped rotating with the result that the planet's electromagnetic field, which shields the earth from deadly solar radiation, is on the blink. Or something.
Hilary Swank steers the Thunderbirds-like contraption crewed by super-boffin Aaron Eckhart and vain scientist Stanley Tucci, who dishes out thick slices of ham when he's not spitting bile.
Rarely has hokum been so shameless and it's a tribute to director Jon Amiel that an enterprise built on such a doolally premise rolls along so entertainingly.
