Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4283 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-04-04
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 116 minutes

Synopsis
A reporter believes that she has discovered a Congressman's affair. But as it turns out, Elle isn't a mistress, but something used to describe an event so cataclysmic that it could destroy the planet...
When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of Americans make different preparations for the end of the world. While Leo Biederman (played by Elijah Wood), the fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer who discovered the comet, deals with the pangs of first love, an ambitious newswoman (played by Tea Leoni) attempts to reconcile with her estranged parents. A former astronaut (played by Robert Duvall) finds himself in the stars once again in an attempt to prevent the catastrophe from occurring. Mimi Leder directs from a script by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin.

Customer Reviews

One of the best disaster movies
In 'Deep Impact" a meteor the size of New York is discovered heading straight towards Earth and civilization has one year to prepare for the collision which will most likely make the every living thing on Earth extinct unless it can be stopped.
The film is from America's perspective, lead by the US President (Morgan Freeman) who has set up a team of the best astronauts (including a fantastic performance by Robert Duvall) to drill some nuclear warheads into the meteor to hopefully break it up or change is course. The lead character (Tia Leoni) plays the news reporter who gives America the details of the mission as it happened.

The story is very similar to Armageddon which also came out in 1998, but instead of going for the macho, USA save the world (again) approach that Jerry Bruckhiemer gave his film, Deep Impact goes for a more emotional and realistic image, focussing more on everyday people and how this is going to affect their lives, rather than just following the "heroes".

I am a huge fan of disaster films (like The Day After Tomorrow, War of the Worlds, Independance Day, Twister etc) and although I did really like Armageddon I did feel that Deep Impact is definitely the superior film of the two. The acting is brilliant and believeable, the story is full of shocks and surprises, the special effects are extremely good for it's time and overall this is a hugely enjoyable film which I think will be still very re-watchable in years to come.

Just Fantastic.
Starring a young Elijah Wood as Leo Beiderman he descovers an asteroid heading on a collision course towards earth, the Asteroid is 4 miles wide and is set to destroy mankind so the Americans join together with Russia to build a rocket that is to be sent to the Asteroid to plant an nuclear weapon inside it and destroy it but not all goes to plan.
I will say no more but i will tell you what i thought about the film, i thought it was incredibly intelligent and was more about the political and emotional side that an event like this would bring to the world.
Starring simply 3 of my favourite actors in Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall & Elijah Wood, this movie is really a tremendous acheivement although not for everyone i would suggest that even though you may be sceptical seriously check it out.

It's the end of the world!!! - Or is it???
One of the other reviewers has hit the nail on the head by using the analogy of an old Sunday matinee. This film is absolutely all about a handful of characters just going about their everyday business, with a bit of romance, a bit of family drama...

Then along comes a reality check that stops everyone dead in their tracks.

It's a brilliant attempt at showing how both governments and everyday people would repsond to an event which could literally snuff out all life on earth.

At the time this was made, CGI was still in it's early days. Consequently, whilst the special effects are both dramatic and effective, they are relatively short-lived. Considering how long the film is, more time should have been focused on the destruction at the end.

One of my top 10 films.