Michael Bay directs a different kind of "rock" in big-budget disaster film.

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2007)

Review summary: Put your mind to rest and wallow in the mindless, summer excitement.
To start with, "Armageddon" was a fine film, but it relied too much on its wealth on special effects and big-named cast to give audiences a charm, but it misses a lot from what it needed. There is simply no comparison of this film to its counterpart "Deep Impact". Armageddon lacks a deeper human dimension. But what the heck! This movie's fun!
The reason for the comparison is they both show the same plot, they both give as a glimpse of the end-of-the-world, by a comet, and a group of "saviors" who try to blow it up and save the world. This time, it's Bruce Willis and his oil rig crew who are hired by NASA to pilot two space shuttle to blow up a large comet (aka "The Global Killer") before it hits the Earth.
The plot of course, is easy to take. I mean how hard will it be to understand a plot of a killer comet and a group of oil rig workers who sacrifice their lives, I guess the longest range of time will be 5 seconds. Stupid, yes, but its so wrong, its just all right. The characters, of course, don't sum up for too much, considering that the film stars big names (names like Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck may have you quite disappointed) . If the film added more to what it can offer, it would have turned out better. But as it is, Armageddon is worth a summer movie thumbs up and a big bowl of popcorn.
Rating: **** out of 5.