In a dismal summer for popcorn movies, this epic may be the silliest but still looks like the best shot.
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01/01/00
Armageddon (1998)
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Reviews Counted:73
Fresh:30
Rotten:43
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Michael Bay, the master of the big-budget blockbuster, directs this action film that is packed with emotion. With a planet-killing asteroid on a collision course with Earth, it's up to a motley... [More]
Starring: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: Michael Bay
Reviews for Armageddon
Top CriticWhere things fall apart are the scenes that try to put in characterisation, and, God help us, comic relief.
02/23/04
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06/24/06
Top CriticEven worse is the wildly overrated Affleck, whose failings as an actor become glaringly obvious here.
01/01/00
...the latest in a line of increasingly-stupid action pictures that amazes audiences with flashy special effects and nifty action sequences, but leaves them high and dry in both the character and story departments.
01/01/00
This is a tedious, tiresome embarrassment and is without question the worst movie I've seen in two years.
01/01/00
A few daring antiheroes who have nothing to lose prove themselves up to the challenge of saving the world.
03/02/02
You know you¡¯re in trouble when Deep Impact dwarfs your asteroid movie in terms of emotion and scope.
01/01/00
...this film reaches its real dramatic power because it embroils us in deeper issues of heart and spirit.
01/01/00
A reasonably satisfying summer blockbuster, with all the flaws and virtues that come with that label.
01/01/00
Armageddon is the ultimate summer movie, and as such should be taken for what it is.
01/01/00
The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained.
01/01/00
Top CriticAlong with the rest of the audience, I jumped when I was meant to jump, laughed when I was meant to laugh, and swallowed a lump in my throat when I was meant to feel moved.
01/01/00
In several shots, the poor, deprived, unskilled and timid folks of Europe, Asia and Africa pray for the brave Yanks to save their butts.
01/01/00
The movie opens with the destruction of Manhattan by meteor shower, and, midway through, Paris gets wiped out as well. Naturally, no one blinks an eye.
01/01/00
It sure makes an ugly mess.
01/01/00
Yes, in this film the honors-science students are obliged to sit back and watch as the shop class saves the world.
05/08/02
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