Apex Mountain
Michael Bay’s post-Armageddon freedom makes this the unanimous “Baypex,” with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton receiving substantial secondary cases.
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- Willis has a second-summit case because he converts extraordinary leverage into this film, The Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable, though Die Hard remains his stricter apex.
- Bay uses Armageddon’s success to obtain total freedom and Pearl Harbor-scale resources; all agree this accumulation of power is the Baypex.
- Michael Clarke Duncan’s peak arrives with The Green Mile, while Will Patton, Liv Tyler, Keith David, and Aerosmith have other stronger moments.
- Thornton’s authority may elevate this movie more than his work elevates any other, though Monster’s Ball and Friday Night Lights complicate his case.
- Titanic wins the 1990s-disaster-movie apex over Armageddon.