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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... 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 crew of scientists and oil drillers (yes, oil drillers) to save the earth. With 18 days to impact, a team from NASA (led by Billy Bob Thornton) frantically tries to find a solution but ends up turning to an outside contractor. Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) and his team of oilmen are called upon to save the planet as only they can. ARMAGEDDON may boast impressive special effects, but it's the cast--including Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Steve Buscemi, and Owen Wilson--that gives the film its humor and heart. Tyler's father Steven Tyler and his band Aerosmith contributed the Oscar-nominated hit "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" to the soundtrack. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton

Starring: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Charles Stewart

Director: Michael Bay

Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Jonathan Hensleigh, Jeffrey Abrams
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Bay
Composer: Trevor Rabin

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Reviews for Armageddon

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Where things fall apart are the scenes that try to put in characterisation, and, God help us, comic relief.

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02/23/04
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

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
Angie Errigo
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine
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Not awful.

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08/21/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
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01/07/09
Jon Popick
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10/30/06
Garth Franklin
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12/06/05
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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A Godzilla-sized blockbuster -- it's an outrageous spectacle, without many brains to speak of, but its heart in the right place.

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12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
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03/04/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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Armabludgeon is like a roller coast--occasionally exciting, but in the end you've been taken for a long, nauseating ride.

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08/11/03
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

Tenso e com bons efeitos visuais, o filme funciona como diversão (apesar dos clichês).

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07/25/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Resolute on violating every law of dramatic unity and physics, Armageddon makes Deep Impact look like a documentary.

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06/12/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
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02/08/03
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01/10/03
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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
 
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