SummaryOn April 20th, 2010, the world’s largest man-made disaster occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This film honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone’s lives forever.
SummaryOn April 20th, 2010, the world’s largest man-made disaster occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This film honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone’s lives forever.
It's an impressive achievement, and even Berg's taste for the obvious — like shots of Old Glory, still waving through the worst of it — can't overwhelm the humanity behind the drama. Real people, real danger — and real self-sacrifice.
Outstanding, dramatic thriller about the events leading up to the explosive blowout on deep sea rig in April, 2010. Good portrayal of the key players by Russell, Wahlberg and Malkovich. If you feel complacent or curious about the life on an oil rig at sea, it is well worth seeing.
As entertainment, it works in the most rote way: the star power of Wahlberg, Russell, and Kate Hudson, who plays Mike’s worried wife; Malkovich’s predictable sliminess; the minor pleasure of seeing the good guys get out; the slight kick of watching something big crumble and burn while knowing that it’s only a special effect, real-world basis be damned.
Rollercoaster real events drama of a catastrophe announced and the heroic efforts of the workers. Maybe the initial documentary part is some slow, however, is a good choice for the hungry for action.
Excellent first act where the tension builds up like in the best of disaster films while at the same time leaving it clear for everyone of us to see how these repulsive money-hungry companies destroy us, their employees and the planet. Great second act where the disaster happens. Great scenes. Cringe-worthy third act with laughable group prayer included. Overall, something way better than what I expected from this smaller film which didn´t get much attention when it was released. At teh end of the day, I have never been a big fan of "true stories" in films. But this was good overall.
The unethical conclusion of the movie totally -- yes, totally -- ignores the colossal environmental impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Apart from a brief reference to environmental impact at 2/3 of the way through, via a scene with a distressed bird covered in oil which dramatically interrupted some humans (i.e. main focus was their inconvenience/surprise, not sadness at the ecological tragedy), there are no references to the colossal environmental impact whatsoever.
The movie's conclusion labours for five minutes in a "R.I.P." slide show listing of the 11 humans who died.
Their loss is a great tragedy, however 11 human deaths should never hide the 10,000's of animals who died due to this oil spill. The movie's conclusion completely ignores all of this.
Species killed and poisoned by this oil spill: North Atlantic Bluefin Tuna; Sea Turtles; Sharks; Whales and Dolphins; Brown Pelicans; Shorebirds. ****/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_the_Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
Peter Berg, the director: what a loser. What an unethical jerk.
We live in a co-dependent world with the environment and wildlife. 10,000's of animals were killed and their natural habitat destroyed, then a movie is made that pretends it didn't happen: totally unethical.
A great disappointment!
The dialog in the first half hour was mostly unintelligible and the rest of the movie incomprehensible -- a combination of accents, fast talking, irrelevant banter, and terse, unintelligible tech-speak!
Only the subtitle clarification helped to let the audience know what was going on.
The rest was continuous noise and flash-bang pyrotechnics.
The story was known from real life, so we knew what to expect, but this movie -- in my opinion -- didn't add much to appreciating it -- except the horror of it all.
Production Company
Summit Entertainment,
Participant,
TIK Films,
Di Bonaventura Pictures,
Closest to the Hole Productions,
Leverage Entertainment,
Leomus Pictures