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Armageddon

Play trailer 2:23 Poster for Armageddon PG-13 1998 2h 30m Sci-Fi Action Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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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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Mike G Great movie with some great actors. Gritty realism and a fine plot. I like that the movie thoughtfully covers the NASA training required for sending oil drillers into space to land on a speeding asteroid under the harshest conditions imaginable. The special effects and portrait of the landing and drilling operations are stunning and based on actual science of what this would entail. It's very reassuring that should mankind face this kind of threat they have plans such as this to save us, also that widespread panic and social unrest did not break out. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/24/25 Full Review Geo3 F I remember watching this movie or glimpse of it when I was young so I didn’t remember it that much having re-watched it again first of all it looks like its age very 90’s film. Also, it’s has not adapted well to today’s TVs if you’re watching it on DVD because the picture size got stuck in the 90’s size. aside from that it’s a solid movie to enjoy. Has a good plot and a good action aside from that nothing much but pretty entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/15/25 Full Review Tauhid E pretty action and thrill oriented. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/12/25 Full Review Per S Holy Banana - probably the most ridiculously vapid blockbuster ever. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/25 Full Review Daniel B Ya no hay nada que no se haya dicho de “Armageddon”, y creo que las palabras sobran del porqué se ha convertido en un clásico y un referente de la cultura pop noventera. Una banda sonora brillante, con una no solo posiblemente mejor canción original de una película, sino una de las mejores canciones de su década, actuaciones llenas de personalidad, y un Michael Bay que, a pesar de que en tiempos recientes ha sido criticado por lo rimbombante de su cine, es innegable que este hombre tiene una facilidad para crear líneas de guion y escenas increíbles que con el paso del tiempo se han vuelto icónicas. Uno de mis géneros favoritos siempre ha sido la acción, películas con una temática simple, sin intenciones de reinventar el género, y con un protagonista que demuestra tener razón en el punto crucial de la historia; la típica fórmula de los 80's que Hollywood ha buscado exprimir al máximo. Pero lo que hace grandioso a este género es que, sin importar lo simple y monótono que pueda parecer, muy pocos directores tienen el talento, la visión y el interés real en crear una pieza épica. Los Tony Scott, Roland Emmerich, Michael Bay y en tiempos recientes Chad Stahelski y Joseph Kosinski nos han demostrado el poder narrativo que este tipo de historias pueden crear en el espectador. Y, sí, su cine está lejos de ser considerado arte, pero su manufactura es tan pura y noble en solo buscar que el público salga emocionado y conmovido, que es imposible no rendirse ante su historia y personajes, y "Armageddon" es una más de esta lista. Yo sé que si indagamos en esta historia, esta está llena de incongruencias y posiblemente hasta ofenda a alguien que sepa aunque sea un poco de ciencia. Pero más allá del nacionalismo y de los miles de huecos argumentales que soy consciente que tiene, este tipo de historias son las que me hacen amar al cine. Una historia llena de personalidad en todos sus sectores, una cinematografía hermosa y sobresaturada con un tono naranja que automáticamente nos transporta al cine de Bay, y lo más importante, una película con el poder de hacer sentir algo a cualquiera que la vea, así sea alguien que se la topó en TV abierta y que el cine en sí le interesa poco, hasta alguien que disfruta de este medio. Películas así me recuerdan por qué el cine tiene el poder de llegar hasta a los lugares más lejanos del mundo, en donde sin importar la nacionalidad, una persona de un extremo del mundo puede hablar con otra del otro lado del mundo del porqué amaron la misma película. "Armageddon" a lo largo de los años se ha convertido en más que una "simple cinta de acción". Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/25 Full Review Devan B. I loved Armageddon! It is a suspenseful movie, with a wonderful cast! And it gets its name from biblical roots! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/25 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, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Buena Vista Television, Digital Image Associates
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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