Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 07/01/1998(USA)
Release Date: 07/19/2005
Run Time: 151 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Michael Bay (
The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the
When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid "the size of Texas" en route, a plan is devised to send oil drillers to land on the asteroid and drop a nuclear device down a 1000-foot shaft, a scheme calculated to crack the asteroid into two halves, saving Earth. NASA begins a crash program to train beer-besotted oil roughnecks for the mission. During a stopover to refuel at the Mir Station, the space station is accidentally destroyed, so a Russian cosmonaut also joins the team. Produced by Bay,
Jerry Bruckheimer (
Con Air), and
Gale Anne Hurd (
The Relic, The Abyss).
~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide