Great disaster film

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2020)

When an armature sky watcher notices a giant rock in space, he contacts NASA. It is discovered that the asteroid is on a direct collision course with Earth, and is large enough to snuff out life as we know it. A plan is hatched to send up a team of deep Earth drillers to lay in a nuclear device and split the asteroid before it gets too close, deflecting the two halves enough to miss us.
Once again, for the slow people in the back, it is a disaster film. The science is going to be terrible. If you have not yet figures out that fact from this and any other disaster films, you never will. I feel that the people that watch these and then judge them based upon how bad the science is are the same people that go to a Star Trek movie with a book that gives a breakdown of the Enterprise and get upset when the movie ship and book ship differ. These are meant as fantasy and escapism devices, not science lessons.
This is a good film, with a great cast and many amazing one liners. As I say with all my disaster movie reviews, put it on, shut off your brain and enjoy. This one is definitely one hell of a ride.