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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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Jan 5, 1999

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Rob Nelson

Not awful.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 21 2009 06:38 AM

City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Jon Popick

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Todd McCarthy

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Andrew Sarris

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Garth Franklin

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Geoff Andrew

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Robin Clifford

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2005 03:32 AM

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Jeffrey Overstreet

A Godzilla-sized blockbuster -- it's an outrageous spectacle, without many brains to speak of, but its heart in the right place.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2004 05:10 PM

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3/10

Dragan Antulov

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani

Where things fall apart are the scenes that try to put in characterisation, and, God help us, comic relief.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 23 2004 09:41 PM

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Carlo Cavagna

Armabludgeon is like a roller coast--occasionally exciting, but in the end you've been taken for a long, nauseating ride.

comment 1 Comment | Aug., 11 2003 04:28 PM

AboutFilm.com

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4/5

Pablo Villaca

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

comment Comment | Jul., 25 2003 11:51 PM

Cinema em Cena

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2.5/4

Jeffrey Westhoff

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 12 2003 08:43 AM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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Jeanne Aufmuth

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Palo Alto Weekly

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John R. McEwen

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Nick Davis

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Jeff Strickler

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Margaret A. McGurk

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