Rotten
How does Armageddon, a movie obsessed with countdowns and countdown clocks, manage to redefine -- downward -- the standard for summer stupidity? Let me count the ways.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Armageddon
For love. For honor. For mankind.
1998 · 2h 31m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Bay
Overview
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Director and cast
- Michael Bay Director
- Bruce Willis as Harry S. Stamper
- Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman, NASA Administrator
- Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost
- Liv Tyler as Grace Stamper
- Will Patton as Charles 'Chick' Chapple
- Steve Buscemi as Rockhound
- William Fichtner as Colonel William Sharp, Shuttle Freedom Pilot
- Michael Clarke Duncan Cast
- Owen Wilson Cast
- Peter Stormare Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's strictly a side issue whether mankind will survive colliding with an asteroid the size of Texas; the real question is whether Liv Tyler, who plays Bruce Willis's daughter, gets to keep her boyfriend.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The special effects are the best that $150 million can buy and the script plays like a near-afterthought.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
The end of the world is going to be very noisy and filled with some of the worst dialogue ever.
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Fresh
Armageddon peels your eyelids back and blows your eardrums out until rational analysis is moot.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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