Title: Armageddon: Directors Cut (1998)Original UK Release Date: 26th March 1999
Original US Release Date: 30th October 1998
UK Rating: 12
US Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Bay
Genre: Sci-Fi/Disaster
Plot: When a giant asteroid is detected on a collision course with Earth, a team of oil drillers is sent to place a nuclear warhead in the hope that it will destroy it and save humanity.
Mike's Review
An asteroid
the size of Texas is detected heading for Earth. It will wipe out all life on
the planet if it hits. NASA decides that the only course of action is to plant
a nuclear warhead deep into the asteroid to split it in two hoping it will
safely pass Earth. They send a team of oil drillers led by Bruce Willis to drill
the hole and save the Earth.
This is
a great disaster movie utilising the directing skills of Michael Bay, a great action movie director and when
teamed with producer Jerry Bruckheimer they create some of the best action films around. The effects
in this film are incredible with an out of this world storyline and a cast of
greats that includes Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton,
Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, William Fichtner & Will Patton. All great actors and all bring so much to the film, but the
greatest performance is by Steve Buscemi who steals every scene he is in playing the
character of Rockhound.
This is
an effects heavy film, but it works. The film is about chaos and destruction and
the effects are relentless in the portrayal of the destruction. The spectacle of
smaller asteroids crashing down to Earth is amazing to watch. Many people were
put off with the effects of chaos and mayhem, but the film wouldn’t have worked
without it. However this film manages
something most sci-fi films fail in. It manages to get you emotionally involved.
I know many people that got teary eyed at the end of the film and that is something
rare in a sci-fi/action film.
This is
a big budget blockbuster and it succeeds in every way. If you are a fan of
action or sci-fi films then this is truly one not to miss out on. If you feel
that with effects less is more, then this may be the wrong film for you. Try a
rom-com!
10 out of 10
Additional Information
Stand out performance: Steve Buscemi as Rockhound
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