Great trailer; pity about the movie.

Rating: 4/10 (25 August 2000)

ARMAGEDDON has some spectacular effects, exciting moments and good one-liners, nearly all of which can be seen in the trailer or the music videoclip. A good cast and a lot of money are wasted on a badly dumbed-down script, which is not only scientifically illiterate (e.g. there are no asteroids the size of Texas), but internally inconsistent and occasionally just plain stupid. It's reasonably entertaining if you don't think about it, but it could - and should - have been much better.