Armageddon

    Armageddon
    1998

    Synopsis

    When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

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    Cast

    • Bruce WillisHarry S. Stamper
    • Billy Bob ThorntonDan Truman
    • Ben AffleckA.J. Frost
    • Liv TylerGrace Stamper
    • Will PattonChick
    • Steve BuscemiRockhound
    • William FichtnerColonel Willie Sharp
    • Owen WilsonOscar
    • Michael Clarke DuncanBear
    • Peter StormareLev Andropov

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Newsweek

      Armageddon is as irresistible as it's indefensible.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      It looks like a TV ad, or 200 of them strung together, with the same kind of gaudy virtuosity, lavish technique and expensive self-mockery tinging every shot.
    • 70

      L.A. Weekly

      The movie is ridiculous, but since the special effects are really quite impressive, that seems a small point.
    • 70

      Washington Post

      It might make you tense, it might make you nauseous, and its clangorous roar could well give you a migraine headache.
    • 60

      Film Threat

      Sometimes the movie can't decide whether to tug REALLY HARD at the heart strings, or make you laugh at the zany oil riggers.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      The actors mark time, and the gung-ho heroics on display are embarrassingly hollow.
    • 50

      Entertainment Weekly

      Bay doesn't stage scenes, exactly -- he stages moments.
    • 40

      Los Angeles Times

      Director Michael Bay's filmmaking style is so frantic and frenetic that it's often impossible to figure out exactly what is happening.

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