SYNOPSIS

A low earth orbit space station is in the middle of a repair mission with the space shuttle when an unforeseen meteor shower obliterates them both. This sudden event sends fireballs hurtling to Earth and scientists scurrying to telescopes. An amateur astronomer is the first to spy a gigantic fireball headed towards the planet and notifies NASA. Turner (Thornton) informs the president of the asteroid and describes it as being ‘the size of Texas,’ a planet-killer. With eighteen days to impact, NASA frantically tries to find a solution but ends up turning to an outside contractor. Harry Stamper (Willis) and his team of ragamuffin roughneck oilmen are called upon to save the planet as only they can.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

August 07, 1998

DIRECTOR

Michael Bay

WRITER

Robert Roy Pool, Jonathan Hensleigh

COMPANY

Buena Vista International

GENRE

Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller

CERT

12

RUNTIME

150 minutes

IMAGES