Worst movie of the year

Rating: 1/10 (13 October 1998)

"Armageddon" is directed with so little faith in its audience that director Michael Bay feels he must cut scenes after they've only lived for brief seconds. The whole thing feels like nothing more than a trailer with its jittery cutting and sound-bite happy dialogue. The funny thing is, it still ended up being the most boring, predictable film of the year. This, added with the fact that we see some great actors (Billy Bob Thornton, Steve Buscemi, Ben Affleck) selling themselves out for a good paycheck, and this is also the saddest film of the year. The effects are lackluster, the human element is totally absent, and any real tension is destroyed by the ridiculous plot. Truly a stinker, in every sense.