Armageddon
1998
NASA's executive director discovers that the Earth has only eighteen days before it is obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas. He has only one option - to drop a handful of rougheck oil drillers onto the asteroid and get them to drop a nuclear warhead into its core... Read more
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck |
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| Director | Michael Bay |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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Armageddon
NASA's executive director discovers that the Earth has only eighteen days before it is obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas. He has only one option - to drop a handful of rougheck oil drillers onto the asteroid and get them to drop a nuclear warhead into its core...
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Keith David |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Bay |
| Studio | TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 24 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 24 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Aug 2001 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
Armageddon (1998)
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In light of 2001's Pearl Harbor, this megabucks popcorn-spiller from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay is revealed to be a witty, postmodern exercise (by comparison anyway). There's a meteor “the size of Texas” heading for Earth — as indeed there was in Deep Impact, released the same year — and it's up to Bruce Willis and his motley oil-drilling gang (“the Wrong Stuff”) to blast off and save us all. In hallmark Bruckheimer style, it's flashy, overwrought and excessive, but there's a knowing irony in the committee-written script and in the performances of Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Steve Buscemi. The love subplot is a low point but, within such an expert thrill ride, it's not the end of the world.
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This idiotic film is loud, boorish and smart enough to relish its own lunkhead bravado, with Willis leading his team of... read more on Time Out
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27 out of 30 people found this review helpful
Why was this slated ?
I absolutely love this film and has to be in my top thirty of all time films. It has everything and keeps you hanging on until the end. I rememebr watching this is in the cinema when it came out and remember having a lump in my throat a few times during the film.
This is a film that has the ability to grab you and not let you go until it's ready to let it's hold on you go. Bruce willis plays a great role but for me the highlight was Steve Buscemi as Rockhound - worth watching the film for him alone.
The music is pure American and includes the awesome ballad by Aerosmith that was a number one hit on release for a number of weeks. The sound is great especially through a 5.1 system and still holds up well 6 years after it's release.
One of the best Action movies in the last 10 years. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Corny but exciting
The first half of this movie is actually the best- sets the scene well. Billy Bob is the best thing about the whole movie- really holds it together and helps you forget the slightly less plausible aspects of the plot.
Not so sure about the asteroid scenes- very good specials but felt a bit like a set to me. Also, drilling is not so interesting.
You're unlikely to expect that the world is going to actually get destroyed I guess, so key challenge of the movie is a lack of real suspence.
It is 'awesomely' corny and blokey as well. Now feels definitely pre-Iraq- Americans are more cocky and self-assured. As though America has no challenges left on Earth- they need an inter-galactic threat!
Also I found it hard to be impressed in their heroism since EVERYONE was going to die anyway. Frankly, I think I'd PREFER to be involved than sit and wait to die!
Further, Bruce steps in as the ultimate hero- no more so I say than the millions of people throughout history who have sacrificed their lives for familly.
For all that, it's good fun. Definitely some emotion there too even if the characters are over-the-top gung-ho. Just don't take it too seriously. -
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