Its over the top but its a fun ride

Rating: 9/10 (22 November 2017)

Hadn't seen this in years and thoroughly enjoyed myself in a long overdue re-watch. Special effects still stand up today, fantastic cast, humorous and excellent in terms of an action popcorn flick.
Sure it heads into far fetched, over-the-top territory by the end as one thing after another goes wrong while shuttling about through an asteroid field, but I was invested. Its a fun ride including a sweet romance, multiple side stories from the extended cast and that iconic theme song from Aerosmith.
If I remember correctly there was a string of asteroid disaster films that all came out around the same time Deep Impact was another I enjoyed.
The story here goes; NASA is desperate to stop a gigantic asteroid from wiping out humanity so they recruit an outfit of misfit oil drillers to detonate a nuclear bomb that will blow up the massive rock before it reaches earth.