Review of Deep Impact (1998) by Brandon W — 03 Jun 2016

Deep Impact is directed by Mimi Leder, and it stars Téa Leoni in a science fiction disaster film about a comet that's coming towards Earth that'll destroy all of mankind, and so there are many attempts to destroy the comet.

There was a time that disaster movies were everywhere during the 1990s, and in 1998, there were 2 disaster movies that has some similarities of the plot, this movie, and Armageddon. In terms of scientific accuracy and movie quality wise, Deep Impact is better than Armageddon.

The movie does focus more on the characters than on the plot, which is nice, but I didn't find the characters that memorable. The acting is fine, and the effects, most of the time, look really good.

I was interested to see where it was going, even if it's predictable at times, and the ending is a bit different than your average disaster film. The main problem that I have with it, is that Elijah Wood's character is honestly very pointless in the film, and that if the movie doesn't show that character, it would've made no difference whatsoever.

Even though I was a bit negative on it, but I was entertained on it for a dumb film.