Michael Bay‘s filmography is certainly full of highs and lows, with many seeing the director as nothing more than a lover of mindless explosive action. Well, perhaps the peak of such mindless explosive action came in 1998 with the release of Armageddon, the tale of a hotshot crew’s attempt to prevent an asteroid from destroying the Earth by drilling into its surface and detonating a nuclear bomb. Sure, the premise might be far-fetched, but audiences loved it, with the film receiving a strong 73% rating from viewers on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.