Finally a disaster movie with some class...!

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 1998)

After surviving ''Deep Impact'' and ''Independence Day'' I was rather pleasantly surprised with this one. Special effects were fabulous of course, there's no attempt at any kind of CIA/FBI cover-up thrown at the viewer, and the bit of a history lesson at the beginning was a good way to kick-off. Most pleasing however were the characters themselves (no offense Bruce, but this ain't true of your earlier works). Bruce Willis is credible, likeable and believable (did I really say that?). Ben Affleck and Liv Taylor make a great couple -- wouldn't be surprised to see them matched again somewhere -- and the rest of the crew are just plain everyday people trying to do a job. It was really very well done where the characters are concerned -- even including the military that appeared like, uh, well, the military . (4 of 5 stars = rating)