The perfect ’90s sci-fi action blockbuster is on Disney+

By Chris Snellgrove | Published 8 seconds ago

With the holidays right around the corner, many families are trying to find the perfect movies to watch together, but that can be difficult when the most interesting films hit theaters (from Nosferatu to little girl) isn’t exactly kid-friendly. But did you know that the perfect ’90s blockbuster is just a click away and that the whole family can enjoy without leaving home? Armageddon is now on Disney+, and this is the perfect time to revisit this timeless story of hardened thugs recruited to save the world from an asteroid that threatens to wipe out the human race.

The Armageddon Plot

In ArmageddonNASA discovers that an asteroid will impact the planet in 18 days and will cause humanity to follow the path of the dinosaurs. They devise a plan to drill a hole in the asteroid and drop a nuclear bomb, but this means finding expert drillers on short notice. To this end, NASA recruits a veteran oil driller and his team of misfit employees, and whether or not they can work as well in space as they do on Earth will determine whether they will have a planet to return to when their mission ends.

the plot of Armageddon It’s delightfully wacky, but it’s backed by some great performers, including Billy Bob Thornton as the grumpy NASA executive in charge of recruiting an oil team led by Bruce Willis. The best worker on the team is Ben Affleck, who often has his eyes more on the boss’s wife (played by Liv Tyler) than on the job. As for the work, its success or failure depends on the talent of the eccentric oil crew, whose characters are brought to life by quirky genre veterans like Steve Buscemi and Owen Wilson.

Great box office but criticized

When Armageddon Released in 1998, it was a huge hit with audiences thanks to everything from the star-studded cast to Aerosmith’s hit song and music video. With a budget of $140 million, this movie grossed a stellar (or maybe that should be interstellar?) $553.7 million. Surprisingly, this film never had a sequel, but its cultural influence continues to resonate to this day.

Unfortunately, Armageddon didn’t exactly resonate with critics: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an astronomically low critical rating of 43 percent. Overall, critics complained that the film’s slick presentation was ruined by a very silly script. However, the public did not care and Armageddon it has a much higher Popcornmeter rating of 73 percent.

Critics aren’t wrong when they say this is the kind of script you need to tune out to enjoy. However, if you can do that, you will find Armageddon 90s action inherited from all those “snobs vs. slobs” movies of the 80s. Now, the snobs are the ones running the show, but ultimately they must beg their help to do nothing less than save the world, and the resulting movie It is tremendously entertaining to watch.

Plus, the sheer talent pool means you can always count on a veteran actor to steal the scene through a combination of silly dialogue and killer line delivery. There’s also some fun physical comedy that helps give this disaster movie enough off-kilter laughs to avoid being serious. Armageddon It also has a touching romantic subplot, and the sticky sweetness of these characters’ love pairs perfectly with the salty sarcasm of… well, almost everyone else.

Will you find? Armageddon hit out of this world like we did, or will you want the asteroid to wipe us all out when the credits roll? You won’t know until you stream it on Disney+. Just be careful: you’ll have a certain Aerosmith song stuck in your head for a long time after this one ends.