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Armageddon

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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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It delivers the thrill-ride twists and turns, exciting but not surprising.

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Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com

It's time for some silly summer fun in Armageddon as Bruce Willis and Co. kick some asteroid tail.

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Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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...full of sound and fury but without a single new idea to add to the conversation.

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Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

Why did I enjoy a film that has numerous plot holes, too many explosions, and the IQ of a house plant?

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Ted Prigge
Ted Prigge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

...why couldn't the film have tapped into a more noble and stylish tradition? Why couldn't these men have been interesting instead of cartoons?

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Don't come out puling and whining that you wanted a movie more about the human side of the story, because they tried that and screwed it up. It was called Deep Impact.

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