Deepwater Horizon movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, and Gina Rodriguez is scheduled to release on 30th September 2016. The movie is about Deepwater Horizon, a submersible drilling rig, used to dig multiple deep water oil wells in the gulf on Mexico. This movie covers the events leading up to the 2010 explosion that resulted in the death of 11 crewmen and the resulting oil spill disaster in the gulf off the coast of Louisiana. Among others, BP was found guilty of negligence and willful misconduct and could end up paying for damages to the tune of $5 to $20 billion.
Deepwater Horizon Movie Cast
Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg reunite after their success with Lone Survivor to give another crisp drama that will keep you on the edge.
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Director: Peter Berg
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin
Deepwater Horizon Movie Story
Deepwater Horizon movie is another account of corporate greed vs. the right thing. At the center of this is our technician hero Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg). The movie begins with Mike Williams being shipped to the oil rig for maintenance work, along with the safety manager (Kurt Russell) and some suits. The suits don’t care about the safety and are ready to take risks and even put life of the crew members in danger to make their reports and bottom-line look good.
After this difference of approach and opinion is made clear, the movie moves on to the disastrous explosion where Mike does everything he can to get as many out to safety as he can in the middle of spraying mud and raging fire.
Deepwater Horizon Movie Review
It has been some time that we have seen a good disaster movie. The outcome of this story is not in question. There is no suspense here. But the director creates a pacey account of the hours leading to the disaster that builds all the anxiety and anticipation for the viewers. The non-stop action starts early, and doesn’t let up as you are sucked into the disaster scene, says Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter.
What was one of the biggest environmental disaster in the US, it was equally difficult to find and assign blame. The movie keeps it that way by using technical jargon and a fast conversation. So unless you are a drilling or piping engineer (real engineer) trying to understand everything that the characters discuss should not be your aim, according to Jake Cole from Slant.
But for a story that you already know, and technical part that you may perhaps never understand, the movie surely makes up with some awesome graphics and real-life sets. With all the minute to minute action, you won’t have the time to dwell on something that happened a few minutes before.
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