Deepwater Horizon is a movie that succeeds on two levels: as an action-packed blockbuster and as an honest depiction of a tragic disaster. Hi, Robbie K here bringing you another review of the latest films to grace the screen. Tonight we hit Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell.
It's also a film that really muddles the geography and timing of what happened and when. The best section of the movie is. Deepwater Horizon makes effective use of its titular man-made disaster to deliver an uncommonly serious -- yet still suitably gripping -- action thriller.
Deepwater Horizon toes a fine line between honoring a real-life tragedy and being one of the most exhilarating Hollywood disaster movies in. "Deepwater Horizon" is based on the true story of the explosion of an oil rig off the Louisiana coast that killed eleven people and damaged a vast marine ecosystem. Scott writes: "Deepwater Horizon" is a swift and suspenseful action movie, full of noise, peril, muck and fire. Read Common Sense Media's Deepwater Horizon review, age rating, and parents guide. Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media. Deepwater Horizon effectively turns the real-world disaster into an action/drama that's more disturbing than thrilling to watch. The worst ecological disaster in American history becomes a white-knuckle disaster movie, focusing on the men who survived the Transocean oil rig explosion, while ignoring its countless other victims.
Trailer Deepwater Horizon
What strengthens Deepwater Horizon and raises the. Deepwater Horizon was the oil rig that experienced the greatest oil rig disaster in American history. The crew working on the rig have formed a family of sorts.
On that fateful day, the Deepwater Horizon, an ultra-deep-water, advanced oil rig owned by the Swiss company Transocean and leased by British Petroleum, was drilling deep in a well named Macondo. Deepwater Horizon is, the title says, a movie about an oil rig. It's also the place on which we spend virtually the entire movie, save for a very brief opening section where we're introduced to Mike Williams (Wahlberg), the kind of stoic everyman Wahlberg has down to a fine art, at home with his family. Deepwater Horizon is the consummate disaster movie that was based on the biggest and most costly oil spill disaster in history.