Armageddon (1998), directed by Michael Bay and starring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck, is a large-scale disaster thriller centered on a mission to stop a catastrophic asteroid impact. When NASA recruits a team of oil drillers to destroy the incoming object, the film combines high-stakes space action with emotional drama and spectacle-driven set pieces. Known for its blockbuster scale and iconic soundtrack, the film became one of the highest-grossing releases of 1998. Från IMDB: After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.