We all have a movie that we are capable of watching a thousand times and you will never get tired of it. In my case I have several, but there is one in particular that I usually see at least once a year because it is a science fiction classic Well loaded with action and very impressive special effects. This is Armageddon and you have it available to stream whenever you want.
This great feature film directed by Michael Bay at the end of the 90s places us in a moment in which a meteorite suddenly falls in New York and a few seconds later is accompanied by dozens of them that destroy a large part of the city. Faced with this very dangerous and chaotic situation, NASA discovers that they are fragments of an asteroid of about 700 square kilometers that is approaching the Earth and will destroy it into a thousand pieces in just over two weeks.
After thinking about solutions of all kinds, scientists conclude that the best thing is pierce its interior and place a nuclear bomb inside that could divide it in two, causing a detour in its trajectory. It is then that they think of Harry Stamper, known for being the best driller in the world, who agrees to carry out this apparently suicidal mission, although he will only offer to do so if he is accompanied by his own men.
With so few days left before the cataclysm strikes, the crew undergoes extremely intensive training before leaving for space in two spaceships. However, As soon as they leave Earth, the problems do not take long to begin.seriously complicating the fate of this mission and the lives of its members capable of saving humanity, so moments of very intense and exciting action are constantly present from beginning to end.
The tension that it leaves you with at some moments, the setting and its magnificent special effects are some of its strong points. But if there is something that also makes it very special, it is its sublime cast of actorsled by Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton and Liv Tyler, who are also accompanied by Steve Buscemi, the late Michael Clarke Duncan, Will Patton and Owen Wilson, among many others, so they are faces that will be very familiar to you .
Watch Armageddon streaming
Those who prefer to rent Armageddon You have it available for 3.99 euros on Apple TV, Rakuten TV, Google Play, Microsoft Store and Prime Video, although you can also choose to buy it on each of these platforms for 8.99 euros.
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