After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind, who murdered his only son. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure in this post-apocalyptic action thriller.
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director:
Michael Bay
Stars:
Ben Affleck,
Kate Beckinsale,
Josh Hartnett
Hancock is a superhero whose ill-considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when the person he saves helps him improve his public image.
Due to a shuttle's unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA's under-funded yet resourceful team train the world's best drillers for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as the information reaches the public and hysteria results. As high-ranking officials play politics with the effort, the drilling team all faces deep personal issues which may jeopardize humanity's last chance...Written by
Paul Cezanne <Cezanne36@hotmail.com>
The premiere of Armageddon is held at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. See more »
Goofs
The dog actually puts 3 different animals in its mouth. The first shot shows a very small toy (green/orange). The next shot shows a much larger balloon type toy (mostly green). The third shot shows a balloon type toy (with plates on its back). See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
[Camera shoots past the moon to slowly zoom in on the Earth]
Narrator:
This is the Earth, at a time when the dinosaurs roamed a lush and fertile planet.
[From behind the camera, a giant asteroid appears, speeding towards the Earth ahead of it]
Narrator:
A piece of rock just 6 miles wide changed all that.
[Blazing through the atmosphere, the asteroid impacts with a spectacular display of fire and destruction]
Narrator:
It hit with the force of 10,000 nuclear weapons. A trillion tons of dirt and rock hurtled into the ...
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Crazy Credits
Portions of the video of Grace Stamper and A.J. Frost's wedding are shown during the final credits. See more »
Alternate Versions
American Television Version deletes a 5-second scene of the World Trade Center, damaged and in flames, after the opening asteroid shower. In addition, a second scene of the World Trade Center Tower 2 being hit by a fragment is cut short. See more »
First and foremost, it was great to see Bruce Willis doing something that didn't involve him rolling on the floor, machine guns blazing.
I have to agree and disagree with some of the comments posted about this movie. While it wasn't original and overly creative in its theme, I have to disagree that the movie doesn't make you think. My advice to those who missed the message? Rent the movie again, and this time, pay attention. Really folks, what would you do if you had 36 hours to live. Where would you be? Most of us don't know the answer to this, and those of us who do, would like to forget.
All that aside, I think the special effects in this movie were spectular, and even the side-line characters were interesting. And, wasn't it nice to have ONE government official - thank you Billy Bob Thorton - that had a touch of humanity in him?
All in all this movie kept going...would I let the man I love get on that spaceship? That's another story.
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First and foremost, it was great to see Bruce Willis doing something that didn't involve him rolling on the floor, machine guns blazing.
I have to agree and disagree with some of the comments posted about this movie. While it wasn't original and overly creative in its theme, I have to disagree that the movie doesn't make you think. My advice to those who missed the message? Rent the movie again, and this time, pay attention. Really folks, what would you do if you had 36 hours to live. Where would you be? Most of us don't know the answer to this, and those of us who do, would like to forget.
All that aside, I think the special effects in this movie were spectular, and even the side-line characters were interesting. And, wasn't it nice to have ONE government official - thank you Billy Bob Thorton - that had a touch of humanity in him?
All in all this movie kept going...would I let the man I love get on that spaceship? That's another story.