1998 · action · sci-fi
Armageddon
Directed by Michael Bay2h 31m1998
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman 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, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Our read: Armageddon (1998) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded action · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured action / sci-fi, grounded in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- redemptive
- epic-stakes
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