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Armageddon
1998
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Positive Reviews
43
Negative reviews
35
Average Rating
2.5
/5
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2.0
Bay directs Armageddon in a way that seems more concerned with constantly assaulting the senses than anything else, hoping perhaps that the quick cuts ..
Av Club
3.0
In Armageddon, the world never feels truly at risk, but the movie has an apocalyptic thrust all the same.
EW
1.3
The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained.
Rogerebert
0.5
This idiotic film is loud, boorish and smart enough to relish its own lunkhead bravado.
Time Out
4.0
But the special effects are stupendous and the suspense is palpable.
1.0
So predictable it could have been written by a chimp whos watched too much TV, the huge movie is as dumb as it is loud, and its way too loud. Watching ..
4.0
Just because youre big does not mean youre not brainy, and this smart, polished entertainment crushes the notion that fx/disaster films run only on lo ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
This is of little consequence in the summer blockbuster wars, in which storylines are lost and forgotten amidst the charred rubble of whatever metropo ..
1.3
In this movie, if you missed it the first time, youll love it the next five times.Dont do anything that cant be overdone.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Apostasy What a startling and bold debut feature this is, a thoughtful exploration of .. The Equalizer 2 Believe it or not, Denzel Washington has neve ..
2.5
2 STARS THE END OF THE WORLD is going to be very noisy and filled with some of the worst dialogue ever.
Ny Daily News
4.0
Critique: Two words: fun stuff.This movie is exciting, packed with action, humour, some tender moments, and doesnt pretend to be anything more or less ..
JoBlo
4.0
Director Michael Bay has fashioned a nonstop sci fi action adventure that runs full throttle from start to finish.
Spirituality And Practice
3.1
In the genre of mindless action/adventure/disaster flicks, this is an adequate entry.
ReelViews
3.0
Its noisy, glossy, and excessive, and more than a tad simplistic but its also nearly irresistible.
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.0
Not wishing to spoil the funpretty hard to come by anyway in this 1998 blockbusters 150 minutesI wont tell you the outcome, but Ill wager you can gues ..
Chicago Reader
3.0
This second and much anticipated big rock hitting the earth science fiction event epic is a major disappointment.
3.0
While Armageddon has great special effects, non stop action and comedy and some good acting talent, it lacks scientific credibility, the editing is ch ..
Lariat
3.0
Unfortunately, the movie tries to force us to do just that a few times too many.It IS fun, and it IS entertaining.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
The loved up subplot is a low point but, within such an expert thrill ride, its not the end of the world.
Radio Times
2.0
And when Pullman gets to play scenes with Stiller, who plays Zeros well groomed go between, it is like watching a fireworks display this pair crackles ..
Independent
0.0
I hate Armageddon for what it is: the unholy spawn of The Dirty Dozen and Con Air.
Rolling Stone
3.5
...this is a critic proof crowd pleaser that purposely intones God, Mom, and apple pie before pushing every other jingoistic, proto patriotic button o ..
Pop Matters
2.5
Everything about the first half hour of Armageddon, devoted to early signs of the impending calamity, is so coarse and crude that if you are watching ..
Cs Monitor
2.0
Armageddon is broad and coarse, an emotion machine, but every image is polished to such a high shine that you can almost convince yourself its just go ..
Film Journal International ..
2.5
Unfortunately, once you take out all the spectacular special effect sequences, all thats left are some half hearted attempts at characterization mostl ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Rent The Right Stuff and watch a real movie by real artists about real heroes.
Internet Reviews
3.1
Its time for some silly summer fun in Armageddon as Bruce Willis and Co. kick some asteroid tail.
Internet Reviews
3.8
Why did I enjoy a film that has numerous plot holes, too many explosions, and the IQ of a house plant
Internet Reviews
3.0
Michael Bays movie is frenetic from start to its conclusion two and one half long hours later, leaving the audience scarcely a moment to catch its bre ..
Internet Reviews
3.1
Armageddon features some dynamite special effects, but on the whole, its an empty, almost cynical movie in the way it manipulates its audience.
Internet Reviews
4.5
That said, Armageddon is still good. Well, maybe good isnt the right word. It is very entertaining and even features (gulp) a female in a sort of impo ..
Internet Reviews
3.1
There unquestionably is a lot of energy in Armageddon. But like the pieces of the asteroid that break off and spin harmlessly into space, much of it c ..
Star Tribune
1.5
American women are either bitches, whores, or semivirginal nymphs who need the protection of a manly man.
2.0
A silly, noisy, overlong, star driven popcorn movie about the end of the world
Emanuellevy
2.5
Too long, too loud, and featuring more camera movement and fast edits than ten other movies put together, Armageddon will be a powerful test of how fa ..
Q Network
2.5
Instead its just messy and wastes a really good cast of character actors.
Cinema Crazed
2.5
It cannot be said too often that the principal job of a modern mainstream movie critic is to distinguish smart formula crap from dumb formula crap.
Slate
3.0
The production is stylishly designed, and the visual effects are dazzlingly effective; its bland, rather than grand, escapism.
1.5
I must confess that at times I found myself rooting for the meteor to hit the Earth and put us all out of our misery.
Observer
3.0
I just think these guys should learn you can tell a story with more subtlety over two and a half hours than they do over three minutes.
Flim Threet
4.5
Affleck demonstrates a sexy Paul Newmanish charm and is clearly bound for stardom.
New Yorker
3.8
Despite its flaws, what sells Lethal Weapon 4 is the action, and between a spectacular midfilm freeway chase to Lis amazing acrobatics, it is definite ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.0
Armageddon is what it is, but it handles its new approach always competently and sometimes expertly.The big question is: is linear a bad word to you
Total Film
3.5
While theres some crater sized flaws if you want to be nit picky, Armageddon is Bays finest, earnestly entertaining film and an easy crowd pleaser.
Lyles Movie Files
2.5
With a lot of patience, Armageddon can be a fun movie in the turn your brain off blockbuster vein.
Groucho Reviews
0.0
This is a tedious, tiresome embarrassment and is without question the worst movie Ive seen in two years.
Spliced Wire
3.1
For sheer escapist entertainment, it is quite successful. On the other hand, there are a few too many angles from which to attack this film science, d ..
Movie Habit
2.5
You know youre in trouble when Deep Impact dwarfs your asteroid movie in terms of emotion and scope.
Film Freak Central
1.5
As a summer popcorn flick, the film has its moments and is ultimately enjoyable, even though the fate of the planet seems to take a backseat plotwise ..
Boxoffice Magazine
1.0
Everything in extreme movies is fast, faster, fastest the cutting, the camera moves, the exposition.But theres nothing thrilling about the pace.
La Weekly
3.8
Its still a noisy and dumb flick, but as far as summer popcorn movies go, who cares
Montreal Film Journal
1.5
Make no mistake that Armageddon is a disaster film but so much of the dialogue and action plays better as a comedy.
Solzy At The Movies
2.5
You can only suspend your disbelief so far, even if youre hanging upside down from the double loop. Even by summer blockbuster standards, Armageddon p ..
Post Gazette
2.5
Talk about overkill roller coaster thrills are fine, but everything has a saturation point.
Film Quips Online
1.5
The special effects are spectacular, even if the acting and script are patchy, but at two and half hours long, it overstays its welcome.
Film 4
2.5
Sporadically watchable, its at its best at those infrequent moments when it doesnt take itself too seriously.
La Times
3.0
Dont get me wrong, this kind of formula adventure story can be entertaining enough when its done right.
Decent Films
1.9
Its stupidity defies the reach of time, but so too does its mindless popcorn appeal.
Scifi Movie Page
2.5
Like Independence Day and Air Force One.Well HYPE this movie to death and itll make a killing!
Scifi Movie Page
1.5
How does Armageddon, a movie obsessed with countdowns and countdown clocks, manage to redefine downward the standard for summer stupidity Let me count ..
Wsj
3.1
This exploding thrill ride movie about an attempt to save the world from a killer asteroid quite rightly has been described by its makers as The Dirty ..
Articles Chicago Tribune
2.0
A legend: Mary Ellis, one of the last women pilots from World War II, dies at 101 Mary Ellis, one of the last surviving female aviators from the Unite ..
Rochester Goes Out
3.0
Its Armageddon all right.The best you can say about Armageddon is that its better than Deep Impact this summers other meteor disaster movie.
Sf Weekly
3.5
Instead, it simply does the job it set out to do: entertain, and provide a hellacious ride.
Need Coffee
2.5
But this is a Jerry Bruckheimer production, so the mayhem cant end there.
Seattle Times
3.0
Just when you think youve had it with this movie, there comes a farcical, rock n roll sort of comedy sequence, or a hilariously goofy line.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.1
The special effects are the best that $150 million can buy and the script plays like a near afterthought.
Articles Philly
2.0
Bay has simply botched the job. His action sequences, especially those on the asteroid, are impenetrable and chaotic. And the narrative, larded with t ..
Articles Philly
0.6
...a waste of 100 million dollars and the talent of great actors...
Cinema Phile
1.9
We will, we will rock you Review: Vapid, emotion tugging, music video of a meteor movie will likely hit its target, threatening intelligent filmmaking ..
Articles Baltimore Sun
2.5
If youve seen any of a dozen similar disaster movies, you know how it all turns out.Some characters crack under pressure, others prove themselves, but ..
Articles Sun Sentinel
2.0
If you dont feel like noticing it, you dont have to.The movies final and most charming obsession is with the power and reach of certain drills.
Nicks Flick Picks
4.4
More of those tearful reunions designed to bring tears to my eyes.
Paloalto Online
0.5
Not long into Armageddons two and a half hour length I found myself thinking, Let the planet go nothing is worth this aggravation.
Boston Phoenix
1.5
The first hour of Armageddon is not fun in the smallest degree.It is an unspeakable, paradoxical combination of being absolutely boring while being di ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
2.5
The action sequences never quite leave you completely satisfied, but youre never bored either.
Cine Matter
1.3
Its an awful movie, so outrageously excessive that it could be a parody of itself.
1.5
Even worse is the wildly overrated Affleck, whose failings as an actor become glaringly obvious here.
Sacramento Bee
2.0
Its this summers second big The asteroids are coming! disaster epic, following hot on the heels of the surprise hit Deep Impact.Is Armageddon the supe ..
Zaki's Corner
1.5
Its easy to be sucked in by all the glossy, nostalgic images that flash across the screen like some sort of psychological experiment, but like most of ..
Movie Views
1.0
Or even a shallow one.If it can be said to be about anything other than orchestrating the explosive string of special effects on which its..
Content Time
3.1
Its such a thrill ride, in fact, that after its 2 1/2 hours of thrills, youre likely to feel more pummeled than entertained, which is just the point.
Jackson Ville
1.3
Good action movies take the time to develop an interesting story with good characters.They methodically crank up the tension.
Angel Fire
5.0
...this film reaches its real dramatic power because it embroils us in deeper issues of heart and spirit.
Cinema Sense
1.5
But what if there is no ark And what if the movies nice couple isnt destined to make it through A few films have been willing to explore love at the t ..
The Magazine of Fantasy & ..
3.5
In the end, the script is probably the only true thing that I felt was lacking.
Upcoming Movies
1.9
breathless and utterly brainless... makes the similarly themed and much more sentimental Deep Impact look like Schindlers List by comparison.
IMDB
3.0
For all the uneven visceral enjoyment that its worth, Touchstone Pictures proudly presents Armageddon: a blockbuster a la carte.
Scott Renshaw's Screening ..
4.0
The summer thrill ride movie is becoming as much of a 4th of July tradition as the picnic and the fireworks.
Belie
3.0
Armageddon slick, overblown and formulaic to its core nevertheless amounts to this seasons closest screen equivalent to an apocalyptic thrill ride.
0.5
Armageddon is big and noisy and stupid and shameless and its going to be huge at the box office.
3.5
Its schlock, sure, but its fun schlock with good performances and good special effects and a reasonably brisk script.
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