Armageddon
DOWN &
DIRTY:
Action/Adventure: The world's
best deep core oil drilling crew
blasts off into space to land on
a giant asteroid, plant a nuclear
bomb, and blow it up before it
hits the Earth.
NITTY GRITTY:
After a meteorite storm ravages
New York City, NASA discovers
that an asteroid the size of
Texas is speeding toward Earth.
With just eighteen days before
impact, NASA director Dan Truman
(BILLY BOB THORNTON) discovers he
has only one viable option --
drill a hole in the asteroid and
explode a nuclear bomb hoping
that the internal explosion will
split the rock into two pieces
that will miss Earth.
The government enlists Harry
Stamper (BRUCE WILLIS) and his
deep core oil drilling team,
known to be the best in the
world. The team -- which includes
A.J. Frost(BEN AFFLECK) Chick
Chapple (WILL PATTON); Rockhound
(STEVE BUSCEMI); and Max (KEN
CAMPBELL) train for their
dangerous mission.
Blasting off into space aboard
two space shuttles, they dock
with a Russian space station
where cosmonaut Lev Andropov
(PETER STORMARE) joins them after
an explosive fueling accident.
From there, the team races toward
the asteroid. Encountering
various obstacles and
bureaucratic blunders back on
Earth, Harry and his team race
against time to drill eight
hundred feet into the rock, plant
the nuke, and blast off before
the asteroid plummets into the
Earth.
THE ENDING:
The drilling team has to re-wire
the nukes after the government
officials try to set them off
early. Now someone will have to
stay on the asteroid and fire
them manually. So, they draw
straws ( where did they get
straws in space?) and Frost gets
the short straw. But, Harry can't
have him die on the asteroid,
Frost has to go back and marry
his daughter Grace (LIV TYLER),
so Harry stays and blows the
asteroid and saves the world. Now
all high schools will be named
after him.
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT:
The special effects are GREAT,
but why would NASA take machine
guns into space? Were they
expecting trouble from some bad
asteroidians?
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