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Asteroid (1997)

Asteroid poster
Directed by
Bradford May
Genre
science fiction film, disaster film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h
Rated
PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The US government races to stop a giant asteroid from hitting Earth. Scientists and military leaders work together to find a way to deflect the incoming threat before it causes mass destruction.

tenseurgentsuspensefulaction-packeddramaticscientifichigh-stakes

What happens

Asteroid is a 1997 NBC TV miniseries about the United States government trying to prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth. The miniseries aired February 16–17, 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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