Armageddon: Some show, no go

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 1998)

The second asteroid related movie of the summer is not all it's cracked up to be. The film starts off with a brief, special effects laden meteor shower, which is entertaining, but then the film goes downhill. Armageddon tries to mix many different genres into it, action, drama, romance, but doesn't succeed in any. In fact the film is more enjoyable when it doesn't take itself seriously and decides to dish out some jokes, most of which come from Steve Buscemi. It goes for about an hour or so of pointless training exercises getting ready to go into space, and it has no point to it. The plot is also terrible. If there is one reason to see this movie, it's the special effects, they are cool, but that's about it. Oh, and if you do go, sit in the back, this movie is very, very loud.
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