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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)
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Deep Impact

1998
Drama
Sci-fi
2h 0m
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Rated 20 Aug 2016
82
51st
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 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 28 May 2007
7
57th
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 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 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 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 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 15 Oct 2008
82
64th
This is much more of a character piece than the similarly themed Armageddon and it benefits by it.
Rated 29 Jan 2007
80
96th
better tham armageddon
Rated 05 Apr 2012
84
57th
Pretty well done. Will watch every few years or so.
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 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 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 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 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
68
72nd
An asteroid movie with 100% fewer tear-jerking freedom rock songs by Aerosmith.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
59th
The better of the two asteroid movies - by a long shot.
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 16 Sep 2020
50
28th
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 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 22 Jul 2009
60
29th
Better than Armageddon, but what isn't...?
Rated 21 Apr 2007
43
14th
Yes, it is better than Armageddon, but that doesn't imply much.
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 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 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 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 14 Aug 2007
74
29th
Some cool effects, but a bunch of wah-wah emotionalism. The chick Frodo marries is cute though.
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 11 May 2023
85
60th
Quite good. One of the better and more realistic movies about an extinction asteroid.
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 14 Aug 2007
4
43rd
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 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 14 Apr 2020
1
11th
Going out on a limb to say this is NOT better than Armageddon.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
2
15th
Objectively better than the similarly-themed Armageddon, anyway.
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 16 Dec 2006
40
10th
I think it may be marginally better than Armageddon. Then again, maybe not.
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 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 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 23 Jul 2009
78
61st
Comparing this movie to Armageddon is like comparing crap to a turd. Think about it.
Rated 04 Jun 2021
70
66th
If you're going on a 90's revisit this movie should absolutely be part of it. James Horner's soundtrack is stunning
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
73rd
Fairly realistic portayal of an end of the world scenario.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
69
21st
I love corny disaster movies, a little hidden pleasure of mine.
Rated 28 Oct 2015
3
12th
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 07 Jan 2010
40
13th
like Armageddon, but worse.
Rated 27 Aug 2008
75
41st
It could be worse. It could be much much much MUCH worse. It could be Armageddon.
Rated 12 May 2015
4
18th
If a fart goes wrong, it too will make a deep impact in your pants.
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 01 Sep 2021
65
12th
Physics inaccuracies, plot holes, barely acceptable CGI, dubious decisions, strange changes of pace, swinging acting, unacceptable writing...should I continue?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
89th
Ten times the movie Armagedon was, yet, Armagedon was the blockbuster. I'll never understand it.
Rated 18 Sep 2016
50
8th
One of the most generic apocalypse movies made at a time when a lot of apocalypse movies were being made. Deep Impact has some bright spots in it's casting but it doesn't seem to lean on any of them for very long which makes it hard for the audience to care about the characters in this movie. This movie was very much a product of its time, meant to slingshot the careers of many of this cast using this summer blockbuster as a vehicle. I'm sure it not usually first on their resumes.
Rated 31 Aug 2007
70
58th
Gay version of Armageddon
Rated 11 Dec 2023
40
31st
emotional
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
25th
Not really that good at all. You want to see a decent comet-related movie, watch Armaggedon.
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 28 Mar 2014
55
17th
Another 90's disaster flick , with a plot that tries to be more that it is but only looks good in comparisons to the other myriad of disaster films that came out around the same time.
Rated 01 Sep 2011
45
21st
Could have been better.
Rated 10 Mar 2008
60
37th
Ah, 1998, the year we all feared asteroids and comets hitting the earth. The year we got to see Frodo Baggins and Holden McNeil save the world.
Rated 29 Aug 2007
53
12th
TERRIBLE.
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 23 Dec 2017
74
54th
Almost as much fun as Armageddon. Great silly and lighthearted movie which is never boring.
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 12 Jul 2008
30
7th
I must have seen this film four or five times due to events outside of my control, and still remember nothing except for the fact that a meteor hits and makes a deep impact, which is where they got the idea for the name of the film from. Pretty rubbish.
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 16 May 2008
60
16th
horrivel
Rated 17 Sep 2008
20
15th
gaab
Rated 23 Jun 2010
67
38th
this is good science fiction,this was my favorite on school days.
Rated 03 Apr 2010
50
17th
This gets points for being way more thoughtfully designed than most disaster movies. You might actually care about the characters, for instance, which is something that is generally frowned upon in the Michael Bay school of film making. However, it is still not that good.
Rated 21 Apr 2017
60
31st
2017/04/19
Rated 03 Mar 2007
78
53rd
The movie that truly outdid Armagedon as far as end of the world movies go.
Rated 03 Oct 2010
34
34th
#90s#, popcorn, story
Rated 26 Apr 2013
65
15th
Not too cheesy while being cheesy. Might even manage to hold your attention.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
60
9th
Black presidents aren't lucky
Rated 25 Jul 2009
50
14th
26/7/9 - Schlock. Utter utter schlock
Rated 23 Jul 2013
54
20th
Only marginally better than Armageddon, but it's not like that's a huge achievement.
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 26 Jan 2010
70
14th
Big ass comet destroys the world. Ho hum.
Rated 19 Apr 2024
70
36th
Rated 05 Mar 2008
79
16th
Too sad for my taste.
Rated 31 Jan 2011
1
17th
Plans are hatched, emotions are expressed, buildings get destroyed. This movie doesn't really do anything wrong, but it certainly doesn't do anything right either.
Rated 25 Mar 2009
79
20th
has some touching moments. a luke warm recommendation.
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 15 Jun 2012
47
17th
Bull
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 15 Mar 2008
60
47th
A movie as pedestrian and dull as its title
Rated 19 Aug 2016
70
51st
I kind of liked this movie, if only because I went in having absolutely no clue what to expect so the tonal shift caught me completely off-guard and straight-up worked for me. I'm not claiming this is a great movie or anything - Tea Leoni is distractingly awful in the lead role and the first half of the movie is weirdly goofy - but I thought this was a great guilty pleasure type movie, if nothing more.
Rated 07 Oct 2009
65
39th
For its time this is a very good movie, but Armageddon is in almost every aspect better, apart from the 'teenage love' story that armageddon lacks and deep impact doesn't do a very good job to really bring this up-close.
Rated 14 Dec 2012
53
20th
And you thought Barack Obama was the first black president.
Rated 11 Jan 2022
62
23rd
Much more engaging in the sci-fi parts that deal with comet and its destruction, even if it is all not scientifically correct. It's less so in the dramatic parts, mainly in the later half when it fears into sentimental melodrama. Leoni's character, a grown up journalist who reacts like an adolescent to her parents divorce specifically was grating. And I could have done without the whole Elijah Wood subplot in the second half.
Rated 13 Mar 2009
67
61st
Exciting yarn. Freeman is the rock-solid U.S. president, Duvall a veteran astronaut on a space mission to explode the comet; their authoritative presence lends weight to this saga, while Leoni seems a bit of a flyweight as the ambitious TV newswoman who breaks the story.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
34
8th
I am disappointed.
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 06 Apr 2018
67
35th
Toby!
Rated 26 May 2007
35
12th
Bleh, not that great.
Rated 24 May 2012
60
20th
Reviewing this movie is hard to do. It's terribly made yet suprisingly entertaining
Rated 06 Sep 2008
90
84th
better than armageddon
Rated 21 Sep 2022
70
50th
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 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 27 Feb 2008
86
98th
ger
Rated 26 Aug 2008
28
33rd
Way suckier version of "Armageddon" and an insult to the genera.

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