Good action, but where's the science?

Rating: 5/10 (20 August 2015)

Ohhh, this one is a visual masterpiece alright...but believability took a vacation big time. First off, asteroids simply don't look like that, except perhaps in an artists tortured mind, nor do they act like this one does. Also, shuttles don't fly like fighter planes in space, banking and maneuvering like the infamous Battle Star Galactica fighters. Secondly, NASA just happens to have not one but two "shuttles" of a never seen before design sitting around begging to be used. Third, but probably most telling, is that the NASA people can't seem to do much of anything right, so they have to recruit Harry and his crew to save the planet in only 18 days...with a unique little compact drilling rig that NASA conveniently "stole" from Harry himself but can't get working right...and the obligatory Nuclear weapon that just so happens to be the right size to fit into the hole they drill.
Ohhh, and don't forget the old decrepit Russian "gas station" parked in orbit that conveniently can refuel both shuttles, complete with its own "attendant", an eccentric and grumpy old codger who believes the only correct solution for anything mechanical or electronic is to give it a good bashing with whatever wrench is handy.
Well, you get the picture I suppose. The movie is actually quite entertaining in its own way, if you leave your brain at home and forget any hint of common sense.