Journey to the Center of the Earth |
  • USA • 2008 • 87m •    • Directed by: Davey Jones, Scott Wheeler. • Starring: Greg Evigan, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jennifer Dorogi, Sara Tomko, Caroline Attwood, Vanessa Evigan, Leah Grimsson, Jason S. Gray, Michael Tower, Vanessa Mitchell, Amelia Jackson-Gray, Dylan Diehl, Damien Puckler. • Music by: Chris Ridenhour.     A California research institute is performing a teleportation experiment to send their military research team to Stuttgart, Germany. But something goes wrong, and the team ends up at the center of the earth, where they just manage to send off a distress signal before being hunted by a dinosaur. Joseph Harnet, head scientist in CA, contacts Emily Radford, sister of the missing unit's leader and head of a deep bore drill experiment, for help in rescuing the stranded team. The two mount a rescue operation, drilling down to the earth's core to save the girls before it's too late. In the mean time the stranded group are doing their best to survive in the deadly environment.
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As I watched this film, I couldn't shake the impression that this may have been some group's first attempt at making a movie, with actors, crew, and technicians who are still learning their craft. The premise is intriguing, but of all the attempts to bring Jules Verne's 1864 novel to the screen, this one may be the worst of the lot. I am as willing as anyone to suspend my disbelief and hang on for the ride, if the story is well-told; but the wooden acting, preposterous dialog, cheesy special-effects, and overall lack of focus and discipline added up to a rather grueling hour and a half, that felt like six hours. If they were still making episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, this turkey would be ripe for a good basting.
Review by norm_anderson from the Internet Movie Database.
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