In the film, a team led by bruce willis plants a nuclear bomb deep inside a 600milewide. Bruce willis, billy bob thornton, liv tyler, ben affleck, will patton. Willis has always been a box office success during his career and had occasional positive response. Sorry, bruce willis, asteroid wins in real armageddon. After discovering that an asteroid the size of texas is going to impact earth in less than a month, nasa recruits a misfit team of deepcore drillers to save the planet. Armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck. Baby hayes pertrucio 19851989 the sixth sense malcolm crowe 1999 trauma center det.
Bruce willis leads a desperate mission to save earth from a direct hit by a monstrous asteroid in this disaster epic. Traveling back in time isnt simple, as james cole bruce willis learns the hard way. Bruce willis 10 most badass movie characters, ranked. With the asteroid getting all of this attention, we may see armageddon and deep impact start to climb the itunes movie charts over the weekend. Armageddon 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bruce willis, ben affleck, steve buscemi, peter stormare, and liv tyler form an allstar cast that really work well together and are able to bring a lot of personality to their characters. Its easy to admire deep impact, but its hard to love. Born to a german mother and american father in idaroberstein, germany, he moved to the united states with his family in 1957. The executive director of nasa, dan truman, decides there is no choice. Friends paul 3 episodes 20002000 the whole nine yards jimmy tudeski 2000. Instead, this movies thin plot device requires that the bomb is placed within a hole inside the asteroid.
Nasa puts together a team of oil drillers, lead by harry stamper bruce willis, considered to be the best deep core driller in the world, and plans to send them up to the asteroid in order to plant a nuclear warhead 800 feet deep inside of it. Potentially deadly asteroid is hurtling towards earth. Bruce willis kicks asteroid george magazine july 1998 cmon, come to papayou little bucktoothed bastards. A nasa rep billy bob thornton recruits an oil driller bruce willis and his team of mavericks to save earth from an oncoming asteroid. His career began on the offbroadway stage in the 1970s. Twenty years ago, dueling asteroid movies made an impact on hollywood. Armageddon starring bruce willis, ben affleck movie rewind. In the 1998 movie armageddon, bruce willis plays an oildrilling platform engineer who leads a team that lands on an asteroid aimed at earth, drills a hole into its center and explodes a. As doomsday nears, the human race prepare for the worst. Armageddon the movie certainly isnt drawn from the book of revelation, like armageddon the word 16.
Oct, 2019 in recent years, its been a shame to see willis phone in so many performances, because it means that a lot of fans are forgetting the actors glory days. It turns out the 1998 asteroid disaster movie armageddon was a tad unrealistic. Bruce willis celebrates his 65th birthday on march 19, 2020. See more ideas about armageddon movie, armageddon, movies. Every single person in this moving is a walking cliche. With bigger stars bruce willis rules, bigger explosions, and bigger sentimentality. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Bruce willis did not suffer a heart attack on the set of his new film, despite a laughably wrong report. Armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton. Mimi leders deep impact opened may 8, 1998, and was swiftly followed by michael bays armageddon just weeks later on june. Potentially deadly asteroid is hurtling towards earth, wheres bruce willis. Four students at the university of leicester spent years researching the plausibility of willis movie armageddon and concluded that bruce willis is not harry stamper, the best miner in the world who is willing to sacrifice his own life for love and.
Imprisoned in the 2030s, james is recruited for a mission that will send him back to the 1990s. Plot a huge asteroid, big as texas, is heading toward earth at a speed of 22,000 miles per hour. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Mar 03, 2020 the latest bruce willis for 2018 is a remake of the charles bronson 1970s movie death wish.
With bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck, liv tyler. Walter bruce willis born march 19, 1955 is an american actor, producer, and singer. Aug 07, 2012 in the 1998 movie armageddon, bruce willis plays an oildrilling platform engineer who leads a team that lands on an asteroid aimed at earth, drills a hole into its center and explodes a. Bruce willis is an american actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, and. Mimi leders deep impact opened may 8, 1998, and was swiftly followed by michael bays armageddon just. Nasa has confirmed that there is an asteroid travelling towards earth at a speed of almost. With another asteroid the size of texas en route, a plan is devised to send oil. Read the armageddon movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Aug 20, 2012 well, it turns out that willis may not actually be able to save the world from an asteroid. Williss career began in television in 1984, most notably as david addison in moonlighting 19851989, and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. Willis has always been a box office success during his career and had occasional positive response from critics as well.
Aug 07, 2012 in the 1998 film, bruce willis plays an oildrilling platform engineer who lands on the surface of an earthbound asteroid, drills to the centre and detonates a nuclear weapon, splitting the. It is about an asteroid that is going to destroy the earth,if something doesnt happen within 18 days. Recalling the amazing boxoffice assault of 1996s independence day, which was also released over the july 4 weekend, touchstone pictures is understandably optimistic about the performance of their big summer gun, the latest from midas producer jerry bruckheimer crimson tide, con air. During his talk, plait showed a clip from armageddon in which bruce willis character struggles to detonate the bomb, by hand, before. Potentially deadly asteroid is hurtling towards earth, where. When dan truman and his staff hear the news about an asteroid is going to hit the planet in 18 days,he hears about harry stamperbruce willis,is an expert oil driller,truman calls for him,to help. Reviewed in the united states on may 24, 2019 verified purchase. Just before the movies release, astronomers announced that the asteroid 1997 xf11, about one mile across, will impact the earth at a speed of over one hundred thousand miles one hundred sixtyone thousand kilometers per hour at 6. This is a great movie,full of action from start to finish.
In fairness, hes probably the only one who knows what movie hes in. With the nasa rockdrilling organization never formed, the agency finds harry stamper, a deepocean driller played gruffly by bruce willis. Stamper, the greatest expert on oil drilling in the world. Space physicist dr carrie nugent talks about the chances of earth being hit by a giant asteroid and why she owes her job to a bruce willis movie sun 19 mar 2017 06. He later achieved fame with his leading role on the hit television series moonlighting 19851989. The film follows a group of bluecollar deepcore drillers sent by nasa to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with earth. Even bruce willis couldnt save earth from armageddon. A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with earth. Bruce willis 10 best movies according to rotten tomatoes. Oct, 2016 armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck.
Bruce willis is probably the worst ive ever seen him. Sep 16, 2014 during his talk, plait showed a clip from armageddon in which bruce willis character struggles to detonate the bomb, by hand, before the asteroid smacks into earth and destroys all life. Why deep impact couldnt top armageddon hollywood reporter. Asteroid chase the shuttle crash by movieoriginalscore. Armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben. Bruce willis is an american actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, and screenwriter. The hope is that the warhead will blow the asteroid into two pieces, both of which will safely fly past the earth. Why does the asteroid look like something that was designed by tim burton. To remind us, here are bruce willis 10 best movies, according to rotten tomatoes.
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