Crack in the World

Crack in the World

Thank God it's only a motion picture!

Directed by Andrew Marton

Produced by Security Pictures, Paramount Pictures

196596 min5.8 / 10

A high-stakes 1960s disaster film where scientific hubris triggers an apocalyptic threat to Earth itself, balancing technical spectacle with existential dread.

Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's crust, which threatens to split the earth in two if it is not stopped in time.

Questions people ask

  • Is Crack in the World easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Crack in the World sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Does Crack in the World end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Crack in the World violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Crack in the World scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

31/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity90

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Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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