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Name: Armageddon
Director: Michael Bay
Genre: action, science-fiction, adventure
Released: 1998
Duration: 2 h 31 min
Rating: 6.7

Armageddon has an iRankMovies score of 55.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Armageddon (1998)

For love. For honor. For mankind.

Release:1998

Runtime:2h 31m

Country:United States

Director:Michael Bay

Language:English

Genre

ActionScience FictionAdventure

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Keywords

DaughterRace Against TimeSpace MarineMoonWashington Dc UsaSaving The WorldCataclysmParis France

iRank56

Armageddon rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 477K votes

Rotten Tomatoes42%

Metacritic42%

TMDb6.834/10· 9K votes

With 42% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 42/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Armageddon

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.

Cast of Armageddon

Bruce Willis
as Harry S. Stamper
Billy Bob Thornton
as Dan Truman
Ben Affleck
as A.J. Frost
Liv Tyler
as Grace Stamper
Will Patton
as Chick
Steve Buscemi
as Rockhound
William Fichtner
as Willie Sharp
Owen Wilson
as Oscar
Michael Clarke Duncan
as Bear
Peter Stormare
as Lev Andropov
Ken Hudson Campbell
as Max
Jessica Steen
as Jennifer Watts

Armageddon facts

Budget: $140M
Box office: $553.8M

Our take on Armageddon

Michael Bay's 1998 disaster spectacle sends a crew of blue-collar oil drillers into space when an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth. With NASA out of better options, veteran driller Harry Stamper agrees to land on the rock and plant a nuclear bomb, bringing along his own rough-and-ready team, including a hotshot he doubts is worthy of his daughter. Bay mixes large-scale action and effects with broad comedy and open sentiment, aiming squarely for crowd-pleasing thrills rather than plausibility. It works for viewers who want a loud, fast, unabashedly emotional ride and can meet its scientific liberties with a shrug; those seeking restraint or realism should look elsewhere.

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