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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Critics' reviews (3)
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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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Loud and brainless action movie that was among the top box-office successes of 1998.
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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28 out of 31 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... more
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12 out of 18 people found this review helpful
cliche packed, cornball all american pap.
This film was released in the cinema at about the same time as Deep Impact, and quite frankly this makes Deep Impact look lika an epic.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
The end is near
good film far fetched? who know's. The film is believable and has your attention throughout, keep's you on the edge of your seat, a little bit of ... more
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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5 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Phew what a scorcher!
Quite simply the best film ever made.
What more could you want, it has all your favourite stars in it (Ben Affleck for heavens sake) and it also ... more -
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Disappointed
I expected much more on the disc.
What was there was interesting, especially how the effects were done but generally there wasn't a lot to see.
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28 out of 31 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... more
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12 out of 18 people found this review helpful
cliche packed, cornball all american pap.
This film was released in the cinema at about the same time as Deep Impact, and quite frankly this makes Deep Impact look lika an epic.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
The end is near
good film far fetched? who know's. The film is believable and has your attention throughout, keep's you on the edge of your seat, a little bit of ... more
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Lightweight Popcorn Flick
This is a very stupid film. However it appeals to some people.
This film opens with a scene in which an oil driller practices his golf swing by ... more -
7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
An amazing feat.
This has got to be the best movie on the space race ever made. The Plot is far-fetched yet entirely believable.Bruce Willis has played his character to the best... more
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7 out of 11 people found this review helpful
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- Chrisbennett from Swinton, England
- Posted 13 Nov 2007 16:29
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Who will save us? The Goddamned Americans will
Every tedious, overplayed and undeserved Americana cliche you have ever had thrown at you, spend what feels like a life-time of Attention Deficit Disorder-... more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
What a Turkey !
It has all been already said, but there is no reason why I shouldn't say it all again.
This film is ridiculous, contrived,predictable, wooden and... more -
5 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Phew what a scorcher!
Quite simply the best film ever made.
What more could you want, it has all your favourite stars in it (Ben Affleck for heavens sake) and it also ... more
Critics' reviews (3)
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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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Loud and brainless action movie that was among the top box-office successes of 1998.
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Armageddon - BLU-RAY Version
A low earth orbit space station is in the middle of a repair mission with the space shuttle when an unforeseen meteor shower obliterates them both. This sudden event sends fireballs hurtling to Earth and scientists scurrying to telescopes. An amateur astronomer is the first to spy a gigantic ...
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