Not much story, lots of special effects

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 1998)

As I said above, very little story, but plenty of special effects. The special effects are stunning, and this movie is action all the way, which is probably why I like it. The story is this: A team of the best oil -drillers in the world go into space to drill, drop a nuke into the middle of the asteroid, escape, and blow up the asteroid, which is the size of Texas. Paris and New York get very battered by incoming meteor showers. Those scenes are very spectacular. If you're looking for a movie with a lot of special-effects, and you are an action fan, this is the film for you. This movie is fast-paced, but still lasts 2 1/2 hours. The only thing I thought was ludicrously silly was after a scene where Bruce Willis was shooting golf balls at Greenpeace. Afterwards he finds out his best driller is in a relationship with his daughter and he goes after Ben Affleck with a gun and repeatedly shoots at him. That was very silly, but the rest of the movie was good enough to redeem it from that scene.