Armageddon
Michael Bay · 1998
A 1998 American action film directed by Michael Bay, Armageddon follows a team of oil drillers recruited by NASA to destroy a Texas-sized asteroid hurtling toward Earth. With a $140 million budget and an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, it prioritises emotional clarity, physical craft and relentless momentum over scientific plausibility or psychological nuance. Though critically divided, it became the highest-grossing film of 1998 and remains a benchmark for large-scale, character-driven spectacle.
