Michael Bay directed this $150 million science fiction action thriller about an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, sending fireballs down on Manhattan, prompting a plan to split the asteroid into two sections before it arrives and causes human extinction. NASA executive director Dan Truman ( Billy Bob Thornton ) brings in the world's number-one oil driller, Harry S. Stamper ( Bruce Willis ), who assembles his team that is trained for the task. The group includes top crew hand A.J. Frost ( Ben Affleck ), who is involved in a relationship with Stamper's daughter Grace ( Liv Tyler ). With only days remaining, two shuttles head into space to drill 800 feet into the asteroid and nuke the rock. Back on Earth, as mini-asteroids pelt Paris and Shanghai, humanity hopes and prays for a successful mission. — Bhob Stewart