Move over, science weenies and military wonks: Saving the world from space junk is a job for Joe Six-Pack! We're informed by the voice of Moses (sorry, Charlton Heston), that 65,000,000 years ago an asteroid killed the dinosaurs, and
it could happen again. Cut to the present: NASA engineer Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) discovers that 18 days hence, the world's Filofaxes will be filled with "prepare to meet maker" notes unless someone comes up with a viable asteroid-busting plan. His strategy--familiar to anyone who saw DEEP IMPACT--involves sending a crew to nuke the space invader, and he bullies third-generation wildcat oil driller Harry Stamper (Bruce Will...
Released:
1998
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
150 mins