Laughable

Rating: 3/10 (10 October 2002)

This movie is pretty bad, particularly for the amount of money that was positively thrown at the screen. The plot about space shuttles being sent to space to blow up and asteroid is ridiculous (the idea being that it is easier to teach oil drillers to be astronauts than it is to teach astronauts to drill a hole), and the romantic sub-plot including Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler frankly nauseating.
At a pinch, the performances of Billy Bob Thornton and Steve Buscemi aren't bad, and a sub-plot involving a divorced father and his estranged child has a smidgen of emotional resonance, but overall, its your classic Jerry Bruckheimer pic, and you should know what you're getting when you play your video rental fee.