It's not the truth, but it sure is inconvenient (part II)

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2007)

After a space shuttle and part of New York is destroyed by a meteor shower large asteroid on a collision course with Earth is detected. Impact would mean, as the title suggests, Armageddon. But not to worry, as a plan is hatched to destroyed the asteroid with nukes that are to be planted by oil drillers led by Bruce Willis. Yes, you read that correctly.
Whether someone reads the preceding summary first or sees the trailer first, one thing is 100% apparent: escapism. This movie is flat out impossible and that is obvious to someone who has virtually no knowledge of astronomical physics. But it is good escapism. There is a group of interesting characters with a BIG problem and as they set out to solve it, there is a whole bunch of exciting situations. In addition to Grade-A Hollywood pyrotechnic mayhem and destruction. It is all a bit long and overly edited at times with cuts literally every half second for a minute straight, but overall this is a very entertaining movie. Also an example of what Michael Bay does best and after trying to venture into more serious territories like war (Pearl Harbor) and more plot driven science fiction (The Island) it is nice to see him back this summer with Transformers.
This film belongs next to science fiction films like The Core (2003) and Godzilla (1998), which is practically a companion piece to this. Lots of mayhem, lots of special effects, one liners and humor spell good entertainment. Though several moments of extreme dramatic cheese bring it down a notch. --- 6/10
Rated PG-13 for destruction and mayhem