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Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2005)

Without a doubt Armagedden has to be one of the worst all star films since Ishtar. From Bruce WIllis sleepwalking through his role, to Liv Tyler's over-dramatic performance, this film almost falls into plan 9 from outer space territory, but with none of the campyness. This god awful turkey disproved one theory: You can make a really bad film, despite having Steve Buschemi in the cast. What we simply have is yet another big budgeted, Hollywood mistake. I honestly tried to give the movie a chance, but often found myself laughing and things that weren't intended to be funny. I'm a long time fan of sci fi flicks, and I've seen some really bad ones, but Armagedden takes it's rightful place in the dishonorable roll. Thankfully, there will be no sequel. Armagedden is another example of late 90's film making. A movie whose soundtrack was better then the film itself (example, Godzilla). Remove the ultra cheesy animal crackers track, the one with the spoken words of Aerosmith's I don't wanna miss a thing, and the soundtrack is great, even with the sham verison of Journey on the album. Unremarkable special effect, a script that appears to be have written during a drinking binge, and overwrought, and chew the scenery acting doom what could have really been a decent movie. Alas, yet again, we're stuck with another example of why Indy films do better then Hollywood.