is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It remains one of the most commercially successful disaster movies ever made, notably becoming the highest-grossing film of 1998 . Plot Summary

: A brilliant but eccentric geologist played by Steve Buscemi .

The story begins with the discovery of an asteroid the size of Texas that is on a direct collision course with Earth. With only 18 days until impact—the "Armageddon"—NASA executive Dan Truman ( Billy Bob Thornton ) devises a plan to drill a deep hole into the asteroid and detonate a nuclear bomb from within to split it in two.