But it's well done. It's like a prime cut still succulent on the inside after being blackened by prolonged exposure to a white-hot flame. A case in point is a scene early on where a street mutt viciously attacks plastic statuettes of Godzilla, one after another, unrelenting. Both involve huge meteors streaking toward the earth and how humanity copes with such a dilemma. Harry and his crew are to rocket into space to intercept the asteroid, punch a hole deep into it and slide in a nuclear weapon to be detonated from afar, safely splitting the big bad boulder into pieces that will fly into space away from earth.
Nothing goes quite according to plan.
Even this dirty dozen drillers isn't as expendable as some would prefer. A.J. already grated on Harry's nerves for being so prone to bet on his hunches. As this wild bunch trains, the meteor is only days away from a planet-obliterating collision. Frequent reminders of the danger are long shots of the cosmic juggernaut from outer space. Director Bay turns up the gain on the suspense by using every formula and trick ever used - though not breaking any new ground.