The best "bloodless" action film of the decade.

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 1998)

In 1950, this movie would have been hailed as a masterpiece of cinema. People wouldn't care about critics and the unbelievable special effects then, and would care to be entertained. But this film was released in 1998, just over a year before the 2000th year after Christ. This film delivers what it's supposed to deliver: an effects-filled, 2-D character driven, entertaining action picture, and I can't imagine it any better at all. It would be blasted for its try-hard attitude if it decided to be more clever and try to put more research into the NASA part of the storyline. That ridiculous film "Deep Impact" put substance-over-style, and failed miserably in entertaining anyone. That film got better reviews than "Armageddon", but disappointed most viewers because of the dark, seriousness about the film. I don't wanna give the ending away, but any action film would be better off to have just a few heroes die than have the whole damn astronaut crew sacrifice their lives. Plus, no other action-packed film had a more powerful moment at the end of this blockbuster film (except probably John Woo's classic gangster pic "A Better Tomorrow").