Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A low earth orbit space station is in the middle of a repair mission with the space shuttle when an unforeseen meteor shower obliterates them both This sudden event sends fireballs hurtling to Earth & scientists scurrying to telescopes An amateur astronomer is the first to spy a gigantic fireball headed towards the planet & notifies NASA Turner (Thornton) informs the president of the asteroid & describes it as being the size of Texas a planet-killer With eighteen days to impact NASA frantically tries to find a solution but ends up turning to an outside contractor Harry Stamper (Willis) & his team of ragamuffin roughneck oilmen are called upon to save the planet as only they can