Armageddon
A rough-edged team of deep-core drillers is sent into space to destroy an asteroid before it ends life on Earth.
Overview
A team of unlikely heroes must save the world from an impending asteroid disaster.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- bombastic
- frantic
- sentimental
- blockbuster night
- disaster movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly agreed that the film delivers impressive spectacle and momentum while sacrificing intelligence and coherence to furious editing and bombastic execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The asteroid threat, global panic, space launches, and hazardous drilling mission are staged as maximalist action spectacle.
NASA turns to Harry Stamper and his drilling crew, making their practical expertise essential to saving humanity.
Harry's relationship with Grace and her romance with A.J. receive sustained attention alongside the asteroid crisis.
The collision-course asteroid drives NASA's recruitment, training, public hysteria, and drilling operation.
Films like Armageddon, and why
deep impact
shared asteroid disaster premise, space mission, sacrificial heroism, and high-energy spectacle
independence day
shared large-scale catastrophe, ensemble survival mission, patriotic urgency, and blockbuster action
apollo 13
shared space-bound crisis, technical problem-solving, teamwork under pressure, and emotional stakes
the core
shared science fiction disaster scenario, frantic pacing, spectacular destruction, and global survival stakes
Movie Details
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Release Date
- 1998-07-01
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (8863)
Cast
- Bruce Willis
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Ben Affleck
- Liv Tyler
- Will Patton
- Steve Buscemi
- William Fichtner
- Owen Wilson
- Michael Clarke Duncan
- Peter Stormare
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Armageddon about?
- A rough-edged team of deep-core drillers is sent into space to destroy an asteroid before it ends life on Earth.
- What is Armageddon like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Armageddon as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Armageddon violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Armageddon as mild.
- What did critics think of Armageddon?
- Critics broadly agreed that the film delivers impressive spectacle and momentum while sacrificing intelligence and coherence to furious editing and bombastic execution.
- Which films are like Armageddon?
- Films with a similar feel include deep impact, independence day, apollo 13, and the core.
- How long is Armageddon?
- Armageddon runs 151 minutes.
- Where can I watch Armageddon?
- In United States, Armageddon streams on fuboTV, YouTube TV.
