Meteor (1979)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Dr. Paul Bradley	Sean Connery	½
Tatiana Donskaya	Natalie Wood	½
Harry Sherwood	Karl Malden
Dr. Dubov	Brian Keith
General Adlon	Martin Landau
Sir Michael Hughes	Trevor Howard
Secretary of Defense	Richard Dysart
The President	Henry Fonda
General Easton	Joseph Campanella

Review

This sci-fi yarn about an asteroid on collision course with earth may not be ideally titled, but in return it is matter-of-factly and politically objective, in stark contrast to the two similarly plotted films from the 1990s, Armageddon and Deep Impact. Meteor's rationality is admirable, but also makes the film academic, almost pedantic at times, as doctors Sean Connery and Brian Keith discuss the theoretical aspects of their rescue mission. There's some fun action in here too, however, most of it on a far more macro level than in the aforementioned 90s films, and thanks to at times impressive miniature visuals, they are not at all ineffective. Fine supporting work by Martin Landau and Karl Malden elevate the drama, and Russian doctor Keith's conversations with Connery via interpreter Natalie Wood remain a fascinating oddity, even if the so-called romance between the latter two falls completely flat.