Deep Impact

1998 "Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives."
6.2| 2h0m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 08 May 1998 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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Revenue: 0
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A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

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Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Sankari_Suomi In 1998, everyone was getting ready for the big Year 2000. People had mixed feelings about the whole thing, with many predicting global disasters on an apocalyptic scale. Hollywood decided that the best way to address these fears was to monetise them, and created two movies—Deep Impact and Armageddon—that shared the same basic plot:* giant asteroid is heading to Earth * it's going to hit and wipe out pretty much all life on the planet * we might be able to stop it just in time * this will involve sending astronauts up in space to land on the asteroid and blow it upToday Deep Impact is widely seen as the ginger-haired step-cousin of Armageddon, but I personally believe this is an unfair assessment. Both movies were released in summer, and both performed extremely well at the box office, although Deep Impact (with box office returns of $350 million against a budget of just $80 million) was easily the more profitable of the two.Deep Impact begins strongly, with an innocent scientist burning to death after just three scenes have elapsed. It's a great start. Twelve months flash by, and we're introduced to Téa Leoni, who was smoking hot at the time this movie was made, with no suggestion of the sad decline that would later follow.We also meet Elijah Wood, playing some awkward little scrote that nobody cares about.Morgan Freeman naturally gets a part, because if the world is going to end we need a decent voice-over.Most of all, ladies and gentlemen, we are graced with the presence of a dangerously jailbaity 15 year old Leelee Sobieski, who looks as though she just might be legal, but absolutely is not.The plot unfolds pretty much as you'd expect, but unlike other movies of its type, Deep Impact commendably resists the temptation of a predictable 'everything's-going-to-be-OK-now' conclusion. Earth still gets hit, squillions of people die—including Téa Leoni!—and the Twin Towers are destroyed by some reasonably convincing CGI.It's not without its weaknesses, but when compared with other summer disaster films, Deep Impact can hold its head up pretty high. And it gave us Leelee Sobieski, for which I am eternally grateful.I rate Deep Impact at 23.31 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a perky 7/10 on IMDb.
johnpendarvis The glowing reviews for this manipulative, scientifically dubious, dreadfully put together piece of drivel are very amusing. Could not be more generic. There is one scene in this horrible abortion than pretty much sums up every cliché' ever-the "holding our breath in the control room" scene every half assed sci fi contains, inevitably followed by the melodramatic, last second success of the mission, and the requisite cheering and hugging. You can set your watch by it. Actually, you can predict every scenario and scene in this dreary thing. And please, somebody put a mirror under Tea Leone's nose so we can ascertain if she's still alive.
gabriel-hajas And i have seen a lot's of sci-fi movies. Plenty of plot holes and anyone with healthy brain will see them. It was really awful to watch. There were parts of the movie i enjoyed but were quickly overrun by something bad. Also pacing in this movie is weird. Everything happens in the end of the movie. I recommend to not watch this movie at all
kleebfamily Whereas the technology that made Armegedon stand out as a visually desirable Michael Bay movie, Deep Impact's at superior story still holds water. In tterms of superior scientific accuracy, deeper characters, and compelling story Deep Impact had aged well and continues incite deep emotion and enjoyment.