Mynameisroman Remember Armageddon? That was a great movie about an asteroid on its way to earth. an action movie to be precise. this movie has the same background story but puts its focus on a couple of random people and their fates. but some of their story line feel forced and the outcome was no surprise. at least they are trying to be more realistic in terms of what could happen in such event. overall the movie is just okay... not really bad but also not great. you might watch it once on the tv and then probably never again

gabriel-hajas And i have seen a lot's of sci-fi movies. Plenty of plot holes and anyone with healthy brain will see them. It was really awful to watch. There were parts of the movie i enjoyed but were quickly overrun by something bad. Also pacing in this movie is weird. Everything happens in the end of the movie. I recommend to not watch this movie at all

gavin6942 Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive? Because of the time this film came out, it is often compared to "Armageddon". Both are about a collision course with earth and how to stop it. The timing is somewhat suspicious, but we will just assume it is a coincidence.There are some differences. "Armageddon" has a slightly better cast, and a bigger soundtrack. Yes, "Deep Impact" has Morgan Freeman, Kurtwood Smith and Robert Duvall. But it also stars Tea Leoni, who is one of history's worst actresses. Where "Deep Impact" succeeds, though, is in its darkness. "Armageddon" somehow becomes a romantic movie, whereas this film does not shy away from the likely, inevitable deaths of millions of people.

Bman777 It's crazy ... Throughout the movie, everyone shows very little reaction to the news that a comet the size of Manhattan is hurtling to Earth, potentially killing every person and creature on our planet. The expressions on the actors and actresses are blank, emotionless, kind of immediately resigned to dying in about a year. Weird how other reviews liked the acting and how the flick touched them. I seriously don't get it. Deep Impact was too unrealistic by how Americans acted or really didn't act. In reality, mass hysteria would build, criminal and impulsive behaviors would increase, and society would start unraveling. The President was totally unbelievable and and the reporter was literally like a zombie, stating horrible news like someone who is reporting the loss of a championship high school football game. No one reacted realistically. The characters on the rescue ship made efforts at showing some human emotion, but they came off as wooden and dull. The major flaw in the movie is that most people on Earth ... including the main characters ... would react far more strongly, more unpredictably, than the way everyone reacts in the flick.