you can tell what sort of movie this be by the way the music change depend on whether be look at the ( extremely phallic ) american or russian missile while whether be watch them change aim and whether be watch them launch and whether be watch them run out of fuel and whether be watch them approach the asteroid or strike it in a cataclysmic trobe effect or whether be just watch them gleam in space . and the bi national musical theme sort of merge when the missile join up together . all the while there be helpful large letter on the control centre monitor and tell you which missile launch satellite be slowly go through it motion . there also an unmistakable deep synthesiser fnaaaar fnaaarp to indicate that be watch the asteroid . asteroid and mind you and not meteor . the meteor get kill in the first reel . so the missile be the actual star of this cross between battlestar galactica and paint drying represent the final reckoning . the message must be that nuclear missile be actually capable of do a lot of good and give the right circumstance . i suppose a lot of people and apart from the scriptwriter and work really hard to get this film to the screen . it unfortunate that the costume designer really do a number on sean connery and who doesn not let the impending end of the world interfere with his attempt to score with the ( no disrespect to miss wood ) somewhat mumsy russian translator . mind you and when youre lock up in those command center underneath new york you tend to get a bit and er and undiscriminating . and karl malden keep his trilby hat on as long a he can . other reviewer have point out the occasional sparkly bit in this terrible movie and but it a shame the only enjoyment to be have be in pick it apart . i give it a two because i be think and if the asteroid be in space and it weightless so why do they need 20 hundred megaton warhead to divert it . and and then in a flash i understand the theory of relativity . darn . i hope i do not spoil relativity for you .