It's easy for me, approaching 40 in 2024, to sit back after watching Bruce Willis aka Harry Stamper save the world from an enormous asteroid and say, "They don't make 'em like that anymore!"
Cliched but true.
Bruce is fantastic, and there isn't enough love given to his role as Harry Stamper when compared to his other famous roles. He was fantastic!
Throw in a ending that'll hit you RIGHT in the feels, a brilliant supporting cast - Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, Steve Buscemi etc. - plenty of funny one-liners, the Trevor Rabin score, Steve Tyler's Aerosmith power ballad for the ages, and the flair and style of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer...it's the perfect late-90's action movie storm.
Dumb? Yes. Highly improbable? Certainly. Absolutely riddled with plot holes? For sure. Cliched? Yes. Michael Bay overload? Yeah, that, too.
But, dang it, the thing works. Call it a guilty pleasure if you must, but nonetheless, I love this film.
I'd rate it just a tick below that other Bay/ Bruckheimer collaboration, "The Rock", which we all know is the GOAT of 90's actioners. But "Armageddon" comes close.
Cliched but true.
Bruce is fantastic, and there isn't enough love given to his role as Harry Stamper when compared to his other famous roles. He was fantastic!
Throw in a ending that'll hit you RIGHT in the feels, a brilliant supporting cast - Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, Steve Buscemi etc. - plenty of funny one-liners, the Trevor Rabin score, Steve Tyler's Aerosmith power ballad for the ages, and the flair and style of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer...it's the perfect late-90's action movie storm.
Dumb? Yes. Highly improbable? Certainly. Absolutely riddled with plot holes? For sure. Cliched? Yes. Michael Bay overload? Yeah, that, too.
But, dang it, the thing works. Call it a guilty pleasure if you must, but nonetheless, I love this film.
I'd rate it just a tick below that other Bay/ Bruckheimer collaboration, "The Rock", which we all know is the GOAT of 90's actioners. But "Armageddon" comes close.
