good special effects, very weak plot

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 1998)

Well I think this movie received so much hype people had to see it. I think this could have been a very good movie except they fouled it up by putting in a weak plot. Ok, flying into space to plant a nuke on an asteroid to blow it up may be a little far fetched, but not entirely unbelievable, so does the idea of sending up a drilling specialist to oversee the task. But sending up a whole crew of misfits from an oil rig is totally unbelievable. If the world was in so much peril, do you actually think the government would take a gamble of such grand proportions? Come on people. I think this movie will only appeal to a misinformed audience(about 70% of the U.S. pop). I gave it a 6 just because the special effects were good.