Deepwater Horizon

Well casted and edge of your seat exciting.

Very graphic imagery and really put this catastrophic event in better perspective. Mark Wahlberg did an amazing job.

BLOCK BUSTER! I only do 5 stars for a very few films. Great story, awesome cast and acting. Gripping visually. Great pacing. This movie checks all of the boxes for an action flick. It bums me out that @ 120 million= this thing never turned a profit? I didn't know anything about the movie but downloaded it b/c I like Wahlberg and Peter Berg Directed. Didn't know Russel was in it and I'm a huge fan. I hope this covers the expense in the long run b/c it was fantastic.

One of the best disaster movies I’ve seen, apparently very close to the true events. Had me gripped right up to the emotional ‘silent’ conclusion. See it.

ONe of the few disaster movies I have watched more than once for the excellent acting and the reality of the events. The movie does a great job focusing on the men and women involved. We understand tint only the enormity of the spill but the danger and mentality of the workers and officials.

Great Movie!! Highly Recommended!! A++ 🍿🎥🍿

Such a well made movie. Great performances all around.

WOW !! one of the best movies you can see. Based on true story and follows the events as they happened in this disaster. A MUST SEE. Great Acting Engaging true story. Excellent action and drama. This is a GREAT MOVIE.

Totally gripping and harrowing with real care for the actual oil riggers’ stories. Director Peter Berg’s historical disaster thriller Deepwater Horizon (2016) is surprisingly shocking as we witness how the BP Oil Spill happened. Berg gives us all the safety failures caused by corporate greed trying to rush back to drilling on an unsafe rig. Berg delivers raw, intense suspense as we know the rig will explode. Berg delivers the quiet beginnings, time with the oil riggers, causes for concern, then the pipe blowing up. Berg did a respectable job of directing Deepwater Horizon as a serious cautionary tale. Producer Mark Wahlberg was right to get this movie made to demonstrate how hard working class people have it, especially on an oil rig. Deepwater Horizon demonstrates how evil, arrogant, ignorant, greedy, and unsafe oil companies are as they recklessly damage the environment and risk human lives all for money. This is the human cost of a lack of safety protocols being followed by the suits interfering with the safety officers commands and opinion. Writers J.C. Chandor, Matthew Michael Carnahan, and Matthew Sand deliver intricate technical jargon that the oil riggers would actually use as well as the actual safety procedures followed or ignored. I was enthralled by how specific and informative Deepwater Horizon is actually. We get working class people speaking like how guys on an oil rig would actually speak and plenty of personality. I appreciate the serious tone and how alarming this situation is for the terrible loss of lives and sheer volume of oil spilled into the ocean. Mark Wahlberg is gripping as the cautious electrical safety guy Mike Williams, who tries to save lives as the oil rig collapses and incinerates. Wahlberg feels more like a regular guy than usual. It’s like his performance in The Perfect Storm. He feels worried for the workers’ safety and appropriately frustrated by the corporate suits’ lack of concern. Gina Rodriguez is great as Andrea Fleytas, who wants to shut off the valve early to save people, but gets denied by a corporate stooge. Kurt Russell is fantastic as the serious and stern safety commander Mr. Jimmy Harrell. Russell’s tough persona and iron will bring a real gravitas to Mr. Jimmy. He feels in control until BP’s corporate overseers come to ruin everything. If only people would listen to their safety officers. John Malkovich is infuriating as Donald Vidrine, who takes a cavalier approach to safety all to make BP more money, which gets men killed. He feels appropriately sleazy. Ethan Suplee is great as the oil pipe pressure overseer Jason Anderson. Kate Hudson is excellent as the worried wife of Mike named Felicia Williams. Dylan O'Brien’s brave oil rigger Caleb Holloway does everything he can in all the mud to try to shut off the pipe. The entire supporting cast feel like real oil rigger personalities. Editors Colby Parker Jr. and Gabriel Fleming build tension with cuts between the oil riggers’ actions and the oil rig underwater building pressure. Cinematographer Enrique Chediak has gripping close-up shots and long takes as people evacuate in striking wide shots. The moody lighting from Andy Ryan and Jaim O'Neil is crazy. The visual effects for the flaming oil rig from Tiffany Wu, Leslie Valentino, Jason Billington, Petra Holtorf, and Burt Dalton is astounding. Composer Steve Jablonsky’s insanely intense film score is harrowing and adds to the suspense and terror. It’s like one crescendo of musical explosions. Sound designers Renée Tondelli, Wylie Stateman, Dror Mohar, David Wyman, and Mike Prestwood Smith add groaning machinery and fiery noises all over for intense oil rig sonic atmosphere. In all, Deepwater Horizon is spectacular in its shocking oil rig explosive imagery, strong acting, informative technical terminology, realistic writing, and engaging acting.

I felt emotional about this film that dealt very effectively and respectfully with the real-life disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Above-average acting for an action movie - I usually truly enjoy Mark Wahlberg's protagonists.