Leofwine_draca
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH is another stinker from The Asylum released to cash in on the success of the Hollywood film of the same name. This one bears no relation to the Jules Verne story and instead involves a bunch of modern-day characters who accidentally travel to the middle of the Earth, which looks remarkably like the kind of open countryside that often stands in for alien or fantasy terrain in Asylum movies. While there, they get pursued by a CGI dinosaur and emote and scream a lot. The film is a bog-standard cheapie, make with little in the way of technical prowess or skill, content instead to go through the motions throughout.
Neil Welch
When a film is quite a good idea, it is a shame to see it executed badly. The idea behind this movie is a decent variation on Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, but the film itself is laughably bad (and, from the timing, deliberately intended to cash in on the Brendan Fraser version).There is so much wrong with this film that it is pointless (not to mention impossible) to list it all, but topping the list is the key mistake made with the original concept. The idea of having a bunch of hot chick soldiers in tight combat vests accidentally teleported to the centre of the earth - yes, I like it. But let's focus on that word "soldiers". Not "silly high school seniors", note, but "soldiers" ie. highly trained, well disciplined, resourceful and, yes, hard etc.. You never for a second believe that these silly twittery girls are soldiers.Oh, and the acting is bad, except for Jason S Gray as General Marks, who is truly abominable.
styujio
I purposely bought this DVD as I'm a fan of low-budget movies. This Journey to the Center of the Earth is an attempt to cash-in on the blockbuster film starring Brendan Fraser.This movie copies a few elements from the blockbuster, such as a T-Rex and man-eating plants. The script is alright and a little thrilling, but the performances and the visual effects stink.(obviously) So... Greg Evigan and Dedee Pfeiffer are an ex couple scientist who travel in a driller that resembles the Iron Mole from 'At the Earth's Core' for about half an hour of the whole movie to rescue a group of six FEMALE soldiers(??!!) who are accidentally teleported into the center of the earth when they are suppose to be in Germany. In there, the FEMALE soldiers(??!!) encounter man-eating T-Rexes, a swarm of giant alien-looking spiders, carnivorous snapping plants and other dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. The acting is atrocious, the editing is really bad(For instance, the scene of the plants only lasted about 30 mins!! Then the show another scene, which is confusing due to the horrible editing) but the special visual effects are mediocre. The T-Rex scenes was kinda disappointing as they only appear in the first parts of the film and not the climax.Overall, the script is bad but still has enough fight scenes. The giant creature scenes are action-packed too. I do not really recommend this film but if you're a true low-budget movie fan, go for it
patten5
This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen and yet it has a certain Plan 9ish appeal to it. It has beautiful actors, nice scenery and decent special effects. Unfortunately it lacks two things absolutely vital to production values: T and A. All you get is a little cleavage. And yes, this movie commits one nearly unforgivable sin-the use and re-use of footage. Oh that irritates me! I wanted to trap a bunch of people in a locked room, give them potent psychedelics and watch their reactions to this movie. Half would try to tear their eyes out but the other half would be laughing hysterically. Mr. Evigan looks great for fifty five, eh? How does he keep those teeth so shiny?
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