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Deep Impact

Deep Impact

1998
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 0m
As a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival. They randomly select eight hundred thousand people to be saved in order to keep the human race alive. (imdb)

Directed by:

Mimi Leder

Screenwriter:

Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin

Starring:

Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, James Cromwell, Téa Leoni, Jon Favreau, Ron Eldard, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Schiff, Leelee Sobieski, Rya Kihlstedt, Laura Innes

Genres:

Drama, Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, Russian
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Deep Impact

1998
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 0m
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billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 09 Jul 2020
65
42nd
I like watching fake movie presidents attempt to solve an impossible problem and keep a level head , stable geniuses. The 90s hell teen hooting at Elijah during some town meeting thing that he’s gonna have so much sex and it cuts to a dad sweating. This movie is glorious sappy trash.
Rated 09 Jul 2020
beedubBeeDub
Rated 20 Aug 2016
82
50th
I mean, you can only do so much when working off the Hollywood disaster movie template, but this one at least has more brains and heart than that OTHER asteroid movie from 1998. Passable entertainment if you're as interested in the characters' lives as in seeing stuff get blowed up real good.
Rated 20 Aug 2016
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 28 May 2007
7
58th
A well paced, fairly entertaining mixture of drama and spectacle. Some moments even manage to choke me up and unlike 'Armageddon', I actually found myself caring for the characters involved. While far from being a great film, it still holds a place in the upper echelon of disaster films. A guilty pleasure of mine.
Rated 28 May 2007
hstephen9hstephen9
Rated 24 Aug 2008
80
54th
Much more realistic portrayal of events surrounding a cometary impact. Gets a little (or a lot) sappy in places. Vastly better than the other meteor movie that year
Rated 24 Aug 2008
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 31 Jul 2009
75
76th
A true guilty pleasure of mine. I have always really liked this film. The characters are well rounded and have a little bit of depth, and the plot is nicely paced and not totally predictable. Much better than Bay's awful 'Armageddon', this is a really fun film, with a little touch of emotion.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
yilbyilb
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
7th
One can imagine how a drama about the extinction of the human race would be interesting. This is not that movie. Banal situations are the norm, so the suspense building wait before the smattering of cool special effects is interminable. Tearjerker.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 10 Mar 2010
35
20th
Surprisingly, this movie has nothing to do with pornography. In the year of the killer comets, this was the dampened cousin of Armageddon. Most people will tell you that this one is the better of the two, but seeing as they both feature the most crystallised display of human stupidity, I'd say it's a matter of taste. Who in their right mind, having been accepted as a selected few to enter life saving caves, would let their kid go save the girl next door? "Sure son! Catch you on the flip side!"
Rated 10 Mar 2010
madisomadiso
Rated 29 Jan 2007
80
96th
better tham armageddon
Rated 29 Jan 2007
absentisabsentis
Rated 30 Jul 2007
28
13th
A poor mans armageddon... it almost seemd like both were fighting to be same distater movie. It was missing key elements, mainly Bruce Willis, but just the fun parts of that movie and the characters from it. Go watch armageddon if you want to see an astaroid disaster movie.
Rated 30 Jul 2007
gibberishgibberish
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
57th
A more intelligent asteroid movie than its counterpart 'Armageddon'. This film has its moments and great special effects to boot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
neuroticerotNeuroticErot
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
59th
The better of the two asteroid movies - by a long shot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
kojilessKojiless
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
72nd
An asteroid movie with 100% fewer tear-jerking freedom rock songs by Aerosmith.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
danielcsslDanielcssl
Rated 05 Apr 2012
84
57th
Pretty well done. Will watch every few years or so.
Rated 05 Apr 2012
calhardingcalharding
Rated 16 Jul 2008
60
28th
Entertaining enough, but it can't decide whether it wants to be a human drama or a special effects bonanza. Too little by way of excitement to make it an "effects movie," but too flat on script to be a drama. Nevertheles, it's entertaining enough to keep you awake and far more intelligent than the *other* asteroid movie Armageddon. Come to think of it, that's not saying much.
Rated 16 Jul 2008
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 27 Jul 2008
80
70th
I actually liked this movie, it's good as far as apocalyptic space movies go. There's just something about this movie that appeals to me, in a way that some others in the genre don't necessarily. It might be Morgan Freeman and the blonde chick (Leelee Sobieski). Robert Duvall was a pretty sympathetic character too.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
garlonussGarlonuss
Rated 15 Oct 2008
82
64th
This is much more of a character piece than the similarly themed Armageddon and it benefits by it.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
tripwyreTripwyre
Rated 22 Jan 2009
50
29th
Like calharding said, the movie is split on being a tear-jerking human drama or a whiz-bang special effects extravaganza. Maybe it can't decide what it is, or maybe it wants to be both at the same time, but the end result is too muddled and fails on both counts. It's entertaining though, and much better than the preposterous Armageddon. Most notable for casting Morgan Freeman as the President of the United States. Thank you Obama, for vindicating this film.
Rated 22 Jan 2009
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 13 Oct 2009
50
33rd
Enjoyable disaster movie that gets a "little" too sentimental and long-haired towards the end, but compared to the other meteor-movie from '98: Armageddon, it at least tries to take the setup serious...
Rated 13 Oct 2009
magbMagb
Rated 16 Dec 2006
40
10th
I think it may be marginally better than Armageddon. Then again, maybe not.
Rated 16 Dec 2006
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 19 Mar 2007
2
15th
Objectively better than the similarly-themed Armageddon, anyway.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 21 Apr 2007
43
14th
Yes, it is better than Armageddon, but that doesn't imply much.
Rated 21 Apr 2007
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 12 May 2007
76
47th
Tries to take a standard disaster movie plot and put something more into it. It succeeds in part, but doesn't seem willing to completely break free of convention. What we get is an original movie, but one that doesn't really gel together at the end.
Rated 12 May 2007
sheepslashersheepslasher
Rated 14 Apr 2020
1
11th
Going out on a limb to say this is NOT better than Armageddon.
Rated 14 Apr 2020
servantdagonServantDagon
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
29th
Some cool effects, but a bunch of wah-wah emotionalism. The chick Frodo marries is cute though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
auritechauritech
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
18th
If you wondered what Armageddon would be like if it were a tearjeaker instead of an action flick, this is it. Its only notable feature is introducing the world to Leelee Sobieski, referred to at the time as Helen Hunt's clone.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
taleaTalea
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
50th
While both of the comet films of this year are trite, this one is slightly less so than Armageddon. There is more moral ambiguity and better acting, save the ham-fisted Tea Leoni. And Morgan Freeman is President. Can't beat that.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
ytadelYtadel
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
44th
Pretty uninspiring, particularly taking into account the fact that the END OF THE GODDAMN WORLD should by default be a pretty overwhelming event. The meteor impact is pretty cool though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
stflyst_fly
Rated 22 Aug 2007
88
90th
Very Good. An engaging and expertly crafted movie about a group of astronauts sent to counter and destroy an incoming comet before it annihilates the Earth. Deep Impact was sadly overshadowed by the similarly themed "Armageddon", even though the former was far superior than the latter.
Rated 22 Aug 2007
spikycactusSpikyCactus
Rated 01 Feb 2020
70
46th
Top badass moment? Morgan Freeman has been president more times than Vladimir Putin. It’s overwrought, clichéd and includes a romance shallower than the topping on an Asda frozen pizza. Despite that, Frodo and a load of people from Star Trek help Robert Duvall and some woman named after a hot beverage, (mostly) avert a global catastrophe in a fairly entertaining way. Also features a traffic jam the M25 would be proud of, whilst flipping the bird at CND. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 01 Feb 2020
castlevania2Castlevania2
Rated 04 Jan 2015
85
40th
Too "Oscar baity" for a disaster movie. Let alone when Armageddon came out a few months later and cucked America's imagination. Still good to see mass destruction.
Rated 04 Jan 2015
afx237viafx237vi
Rated 20 May 2012
40
23rd
I was amused by how much of this film is spent watching other people watch TV. Either that's an ironic comment on the pervasive nature of rolling 24-hour news consumption (hey, it's the end of the world, let's watch MSNBC) or it's just a really lazy way of inserting exposition into the script. I can't decide (I can really).
Rated 20 May 2012
bellamyrbellamyr
Rated 12 Jan 2008
66
32nd
Decent effects but to see them you have to sit through the film which is weak in every other regard
Rated 12 Jan 2008
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 13 Jan 2008
25
17th
Comparing this to Armageddon is the obvious thing to do. However, they're two entirely different movies. While Armageddon is action this is drama. What they have in common is that they both do a terribly mediocre job. This has more obvious logical fallacies than Armageddon, but on the other hand it's far more involving and you find yourself actually caring whereas all you want in Armageddon is for Ben Afflec to die. This is a slightly better film, then.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 20 Jan 2008
63
35th
A comet is heading towards earth. NASA launches a shuttle team to change it's trajectory. Michael Bay's version has less brain cells, but better characters, better effects, more humor, and was frankly a lot more fun. 'Deep Impact' does have an impressive tidal wave sequence though, and you can't beat Morgan Freeman as the President of the U.S.
Rated 20 Jan 2008
pigletPiglet
Rated 22 Jul 2009
60
29th
Better than Armageddon, but what isn't...?
Rated 22 Jul 2009
spleenspleen
Rated 23 Jul 2009
78
61st
Comparing this movie to Armageddon is like comparing crap to a turd. Think about it.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
gamul1Gamul1
Rated 11 May 2023
85
60th
Quite good. One of the better and more realistic movies about an extinction asteroid.
Rated 11 May 2023
tonytheponyTonythePony
Rated 11 Mar 2010
52
16th
A Hollywood disaster movie that doesn't rape your ears and eyeballs, just sorta gropes them; explosions and destruction without the fist-pumping. Relationships provide the alternate focus - everyone gets all feely, minus the thinky contemplation. Meanwhile, hysteria is oddly subdued. Who knew Americans would be more worried about a black president initiating health care reform than by one calmly declaring imminent destruction by a Jewish named asteroid.
Rated 11 Mar 2010
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 16 Sep 2020
50
29th
Again, nostalgia plays a big role in my rating; I saw this film at the cinema as a kid for my friend's birthday. Good memories, although the film itself is just another 'disaster' move, but as a kid it was somewhat confronting in an existential way.
Rated 16 Sep 2020
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 22 Sep 2010
64
39th
I will argue til the day I die this is better than Amrageddon. For one the comet crew isn't armed with machine guns and not every character is a cartoon stereotype. Now the bad side; so far over the top with the sentimentality and melodrama it's painful at times and Tea Leoni. Still a subpar affair but there are some decent effects when they finally get there.
Rated 22 Sep 2010
cryptcrypt
Rated 07 Dec 2006
76
39th
i dont know why but this movie effected me too much. i think its too realistic
Rated 07 Dec 2006
cinematicespCinematicESP
Rated 22 Feb 2007
75
34th
Actually not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Aside from a few over-melodramatic and poorly written scenes, it works surprisingly well.
Rated 22 Feb 2007
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 26 Feb 2007
50
35th
Good film.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 22 Apr 2007
1
6th
Actually worse than Armageddon. At least Bay's film has some personality.
Rated 22 Apr 2007
juicejuice
Rated 26 May 2007
35
12th
Bleh, not that great.
Rated 26 May 2007
matthias99Matthias99
Rated 13 Jul 2007
82
28th
Armageddon was a lot more fun.
Rated 13 Jul 2007
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 31 Oct 2015
55
28th
Surely dumb, but still entertaining in it's own way. I found the graphics have aged decently as well.
Rated 31 Oct 2015
agentsnipeAgentSnipe
Rated 14 Aug 2007
46
4th
Relatively hard to distinguish among all of the various eco-disaster movies of the 90s. It has a good ensemble cast, but this movie never quite had the energy or buzz of other notable films in the genre.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
starsirenStarSiren
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
5th
I only watched this movie when it came out because I had a big crush on Elijah Wood and not even that crush could make me see this film as anything but terrible.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
tripleshTripleSH
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
16th
One person said, "This is just a crack at civil rights, claiming that having a black President would lead to catastrophe." Whether that's true or not, this movie sucks regardless.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
moviefartsMovieFarts
Rated 12 May 2015
4
18th
If a fart goes wrong, it too will make a deep impact in your pants.
Rated 12 May 2015
mystericemysterice
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
73rd
Fairly realistic portayal of an end of the world scenario.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
25th
Disaster movies were better in the 70's
Rated 14 Aug 2007
grimsoothgrimsooth
Rated 14 Aug 2007
36
23rd
The other Ateroid movie was better, although this one was done by a woman and has better writting. Which is to say it has some dialog. Since it's really lacking on sound and visuals though, so it is the better renter.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
rymRYM
Rated 29 Mar 2015
46
13th
2.28/5
Rated 29 Mar 2015
fudgiebfudgieb
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
89th
Ten times the movie Armagedon was, yet, Armagedon was the blockbuster. I'll never understand it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hyp3r10nHyp3r10n
Rated 19 Aug 2007
20
5th
BOOOOORING
Rated 19 Aug 2007
shaoShao
Rated 29 Aug 2007
53
12th
TERRIBLE.
Rated 29 Aug 2007
galnigalni
Rated 31 Aug 2007
70
58th
Gay version of Armageddon
Rated 31 Aug 2007
warchildWarchild
Rated 22 Feb 2008
85
60th
Better acting than Armageddon, but less action. This one is also more emotional.
Rated 22 Feb 2008
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 27 Feb 2008
86
98th
ger
Rated 27 Feb 2008
forehead1forehead1
Rated 10 Sep 2020
40
26th
There's a lot to like about Deep Impact: the more serious/thoughtful tone, the effects when the comet hits, Morgan Freeman, etc. But there's even more to dislike, primarily the fact it feels as if it was being written on the fly and never really has a backbone for the audience to focus on (The kids with the telescope? Tea Leoni's character? The astronauts?). The tidal wave of factual inaccuracy and stupid shit throughout can't be ignored either, even if it is far from surprising here.
Rated 10 Sep 2020
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 28 Oct 2015
3
11th
Funnily enough, I often complain about the exact opposite, but this one time I'll have to say it: This movie has too little crazy action and cool explosions, and too much character driven plot. I never thought I'd ever write that sentence in my life.
Rated 28 Oct 2015
derbarneyDer_Barney
Rated 19 Apr 2008
72
20th
I've since come to appreciate Elijah Wood's work in the LOTR films (although I'm still not enamored with him), but he was the main reason why i hated this movie.
Rated 19 Apr 2008
leobprleobpr
Rated 16 May 2008
60
16th
horrivel
Rated 16 May 2008
cestmoicestmoi
Rated 18 May 2008
50
26th
The last scene with Tea Leoni and her dad was touching, but maybe only if you're a daughter. The rest was not good.
Rated 18 May 2008
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 27 Jun 2008
49
50th
okay movie
Rated 27 Jun 2008
rankings2kRankings2k
Rated 11 Dec 2023
40
31st
emotional
Rated 11 Dec 2023
keggles88keggles88
Rated 06 Apr 2018
67
35th
Toby!
Rated 06 Apr 2018
joeliusJoelius
Rated 26 Aug 2008
28
33rd
Way suckier version of "Armageddon" and an insult to the genera.
Rated 26 Aug 2008
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 27 Aug 2008
75
42nd
It could be worse. It could be much much much MUCH worse. It could be Armageddon.
Rated 27 Aug 2008
crazybobcatcrazyBobcat
Rated 01 Sep 2008
45
40th
It could have been better, but it could have been so much worse. Tia Leoni is a true bright spot in this rather bleak flick.
Rated 01 Sep 2008
tarwebroodtarwebrood
Rated 10 Jul 2023
77
60th
2023-07-10 better than Armageddon
Rated 10 Jul 2023
igormacheteigormachete
Rated 23 Dec 2017
74
53rd
Almost as much fun as Armageddon. Great silly and lighthearted movie which is never boring.
Rated 23 Dec 2017
hakkanarejohakkanarejo
Rated 02 Jan 2021
97
76th
14-year-old Leo Beiderman discovers a new comet by chance. The ambitious journalist Jenny Lerner gets wind of it and sees the scoop as a handy career move, because, as the first black president Tom Beck announced: humanity has only a few months to go. As a stopgap solution a gigantic underground air-raid shelter is being constructed where one million chosen ones can survive years of winter that will cause the comet impact For Plan B astronaut Spurgeon Tanner is being brought back from retirement
Rated 02 Jan 2021
glmglm
Rated 14 Dec 2011
48
13th
47.750
Rated 14 Dec 2011
sarahjeansarahjean
Rated 18 Nov 2008
70
3rd
which meteor movie of 1998 was this one?
Rated 18 Nov 2008
phantomzonePhantomZone
Rated 23 Dec 2008
70
34th
Not bad. Morgan Freeman helps.
Rated 23 Dec 2008
uniquenameUniqueName
Rated 15 Jan 2009
60
18th
Meh, I wasn't too crazy about it, it's not bad for a disaster movie, but it's not great either.
Rated 15 Jan 2009
luordluord
Rated 04 Aug 2017
55
33rd
Not as memorable as Armageddon, it nevertheless has enough interesting characters to make one care about the disaster looming.
Rated 04 Aug 2017
desertpunkDesertPunk
Rated 23 Jul 2013
54
20th
Only marginally better than Armageddon, but it's not like that's a huge achievement.
Rated 23 Jul 2013
cmonsterCMonster
Rated 01 Sep 2011
45
21st
Could have been better.
Rated 01 Sep 2011
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 23 Mar 2009
25
15th
A boring disaster movie, with horrific acts, an improbable plot from beginning to the end.
Rated 23 Mar 2009
rthornhillrthornhill
Rated 25 Mar 2009
79
20th
has some touching moments. a luke warm recommendation.
Rated 25 Mar 2009
ermanenermanen
Rated 31 Mar 2009
94
74th
it impacted me when i watched.
Rated 31 Mar 2009
rocketluccoRocketlucco
Rated 29 Jun 2009
25
12th
Overall Enjoyment: 10/40, Plot/Themes: 5/20, Cinematography/Direction: 5/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20
Rated 29 Jun 2009
fmoraesfmoraes
Rated 21 Apr 2017
60
31st
2017/04/19
Rated 21 Apr 2017
sebbysebby
Rated 13 Aug 2011
40
15th
Here's a film that unsatisfactorily attempts to toe the line between being subtle and scientifically competent, and being an "entertaining" blockbuster geared toward rockheads. Tea Leoni is distractingly bad, the kind of actress that's not even believable as a news anchor. Morgan Freeman does his best Morgan Freeman impression and it comes off pretty nicely.
Rated 13 Aug 2011
freqflyerfreqflyer
Rated 31 Jul 2009
10
14th
Stupid.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
chemical404chemical404
Rated 16 Sep 2009
15
2nd
Comets hitting earth was a big thing in cinema in the end of last century. Glad it's over (?) now. They never managed to make a decent movie out of this.
Rated 16 Sep 2009
chemtrailschemtrails
Rated 03 Oct 2009
25
9th
Total garbage
Rated 03 Oct 2009
naurunauru
Rated 04 Jun 2013
38
28th
Better than Armageddon, but that's not saying much. Morgan Freeman is very convincing as president of the US, and the tidal wave effects are impressive. Unfortunately the rest of the cast (save James Cromwell and Robert Duvall) is disappointing. And the decisions of many of the characters make no sense.
Rated 04 Jun 2013
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 14 Dec 2012
53
20th
And you thought Barack Obama was the first black president.
Rated 14 Dec 2012
overratedoverrated
Rated 10 Jan 2010
32
23rd
Is this the movie where the asteroid impact/tsunami carries off a guy reading a newspaper on a park bench?
Rated 10 Jan 2010
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 26 Jan 2010
70
14th
Big ass comet destroys the world. Ho hum.
Rated 26 Jan 2010
thegreyfoxthegreyfox
Rated 21 Sep 2022
70
51st
I have watched this movie at least 3 times: I dont know why, other than it is a disaster movie with some human emotion in it (somewhat like Norwegian disaster movies). Whilst it tails off a little when everyone starts to either outrun, or succumb to a 2000ft tidal wave ( you can probably tell who will, and who wont) the first part has real heart, thanks to Cromwell, Regrave, Freeman ( of course!) and Leoni. I am not sure how the 1st comet fragment managed to outrun the 2nd, but its a small point
Rated 21 Sep 2022
darkcloudDarkCloud
Rated 26 Apr 2013
65
15th
Not too cheesy while being cheesy. Might even manage to hold your attention.
Rated 26 Apr 2013
jkathrensjkathrens
Rated 29 Aug 2010
65
35th
The less-successful and miles better cousin of Armageddon. Parallel development is real!
Rated 29 Aug 2010
nobletNoblet
Rated 25 Sep 2010
57
32nd
At least it tries to have a decent plot, but it only really looks good compared to other disaster films.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 03 Oct 2010
34
34th
#90s#, popcorn, story
Rated 03 Oct 2010

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