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Armageddon

PG-13 Released Jul 1, 1998 2h 30m Sci-Fi Action Adventure TRAILER for Armageddon: Trailer 1 List
43% Tomatometer 177 Reviews 73% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) 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 (Bruce Willis), who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. (Ben Affleck), who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter (Liv Tyler), until the mission proves otherwise. Read More Read Less
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Lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the movie's antagonist, Armageddon slickly sums up the cinematic legacies of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay.

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Matthew Rozsa Salon.com "Armageddon"'s animus toward scientists and science runs so deep that, on an intuitive level, a viewer could be forgiven for thinking that the mistakes are somehow connected to that anti-intellectual prejudice... Rated: 0.5/4 Jul 4, 2023 Full Review Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune We're talking non-stop action and noise. That doesn't make it a bad movie; rather, the audaciousness of the way it has been put together eventually becomes amusing. Rated: 3/4 Jun 22, 2023 Full Review Jack Mathews Newsday For its targeted young audience, this is summer entertainment at its superficial, excessive best, a combination roller coaster ride and fireworks show, with doomsday as its funhouse theme. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 22, 2023 Full Review Steve Persall Tampa Bay Times A boys-with-toys extravaganza dripping with testosterone and male bonding. It grabs moviegoers by the collar and bullies us into having a good time. Rated: B Jun 22, 2023 Full Review Chris Garcia Austin American-Statesman Armageddon is slam-bang sensory overkill. It's loud. It's heavy-handed. It's melodramatic. It's an explosion of baroque excess that splats on the screen and bludgeons the audience into a collective migraine. It's the best American movie of the year. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 22, 2023 Full Review Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Armageddon isn't made for grown-ups, and it isn't made for kids, either; I'm not sure it's made for human beings, period. It's a banal, mechanical film, replete with cheap patriotism and bogus sentiment. Rated: 1/4 Jun 22, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Giorgio P A piece of movies history Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/09/24 Full Review Christine M Armageddon is one of those movies where you give it a lot of passes. It was meant to be an inspirational feel good movie. The score holds the plot together, while the humor lets the view know not to take it too seriously. Overall, I enjoyed this movie, and will watch it again. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Mate P Armageddon follows the rules of the kind of filmmaking, where the creators want their audience to sit on the edge of their seats, but they went to far with this, which caused boredom in a lot of scenes. On the other hand the film is very emotional, which makes me like the movie. The characters are very stereotypical, the protective dad, the daughter fallen in love with the reckless, cool guy. On the other hand, the government people and their actions are very realistic and dark. The visual effects looked very good, the sound effects were also great. Cinematography and editing was mediocre. Armageddon is sometimes boring, but also emotional. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Tomato S exploding an asteroid seems too far fetched ngl but at least nice ending 🦅🇺🇸🦅🦅🇺🇸🛢️🛢️🦅🦅🇺🇸🤠🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/24 Full Review Crom M The horror, the animal crackers, the horror, Steve Buscemi go crazy. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/12/24 Full Review Sam W It's one of the best Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) 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 (Bruce Willis), who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. (Ben Affleck), who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter (Liv Tyler), until the mission proves otherwise.
Director
Michael Bay
Producer
Gale Anne Hurd, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay
Screenwriter
Robert Roy Pool, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Criterion Collection, Touchstone Home Video
Production Co
Valhalla Motion Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Digital Image Associates, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating
PG-13 (Sci-Fi Disaster Action|Brief Language|Sensuality)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 1, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 23, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$201.6M
Runtime
2h 30m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Surround, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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