Big-budget crowd-pleaser that's more sentimental than you'd expect from the decade of cold serious sci-fi. Once again, the world is facing extinction as a huge meteor is discovered hurdling towards Earth.
It's down to deep-core oil driller Bruce Willis, and his team of hardmen miners (Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Afflick, Steve Buscemi to name a few) to save the entire planet from certain doom.
As if the seemingly unavoidable destruction of the planet isn't bad enough, the crew endure various personnal termoils, especially when Willis' daughter (Liv Tyler) shows up on the scene.
While hardcore sci-fi fans may dislike the soap-like drama at times (not to mention the overly familiar theme), you do have to admire the incredible special effects, the non-stop action, and the way director Michael Bay can emmotionally manipulate an audience. This is the film 'Meteor' should have been.
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