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Plot

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).
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sci-fi disaster action, sensuality and brief language..
Genre(s):
Action,Horror
Run Time:
151min.
Theatrical Release Date:
07/01/1998
DVD Release Date:
01/05/1999
Distributor(s):
Buena Vista
Director(s):
Michael Bay
Starring:
Bruce Willis , Billy Bob Thornton , Liv Tyler , Ben Affleck , Will Patton
Themes:
End of the World,Daring Rescues,Race Against Time,Hotshots,Space Travel,Heroic Mission
Tone:
Humorous,Tense,Ominous,Stylized,Flashy,Rousing,Slick
Keywords:
asteroid,astronaut,collision-course,earth,mission [quest],oil-rig
Country of Origin:
USA (07-01-1998)
Language:
English