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Armageddon

1998

Michael Bay

Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton ...

5.7

93,095

Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Drama. Action. Romance It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a series of asteroids came crashing into the shuttle, destroying it. These asteroids also decimated New York soon thereafter. Then, NASA discovered that there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the Earth, the planet itself and all of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The sight, however apocalyptic, isn't as scary as the prospect of raising a generation of Americans on movies like this."	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Bruce Willis saves the world but can’t save 'Armageddon'."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"A dazzling, warp-speed extravaganza featuring Bruce Willis in one of his most appealing portrayals"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"In a dismal summer for popcorn movies, this epic may be the silliest but still looks like the best shot (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"So predictable it could have been written by a chimp who's watched too much TV, the huge movie is as dumb as it is loud, and it's way too loud"	NEG
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"[Bay] seems more concerned with constantly assaulting the senses than anything else, hoping perhaps that the quick cuts and constant explosions will distract from his film's many flaws."	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It's the latest in a line of increasingly-stupid action pictures that amazes audiences with flashy special effects and nifty action sequences, but leaves them high and dry in both the character and story departments"	NEU
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Radio Times	"A witty, postmodern exercise (...) It's flashy, overwrought and excessive (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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