" It Happen before, it will happen again. It's just a question of when "

Rating: 10/10 (28 February 2009)

The praise for this film has not dwindled much since it's inception. The movie is perhaps one of the finest films of the past twenty years. The title is " Armageddon " which is synonymous with the end of the world. It's appropriate as this film purports to show what would happen if a gigantic size asteroid were to strike the earth. The story concerns the fate of the planet and what the earth's brightest men would do to save it. Concluding the best way to stop the rock in outer space, a brilliant research scientist Dr. Ronald Quincy (Jason Isaacs) devises a plan. The best drillers in the world are recruited to fly into outer space, land on the traveling asteroid, drill 800 feet into it's surface, plant a nuclear bomb and split it in half. The man requested is Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) and he is told by Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) the director of NASA that he has been selected to save the planet. Reluctantly, Stamper agrees but insists on taking his own crew which includes Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi as Rockhound, Owen Wilson and Michael Clarke Duncan as 'Bear.' The special effects in the movie are incredible as is the top notch acting by Peter Stormare as Lev Andropov the Russian Cosmonaut and Keith David as General Kimsey. Overall, the film story is terrific and the major components are deeply emotional, exciting and superb. The result is a major achievement for the movie industry and a well deserved honor as a Classic. ****