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Peter Berg's film about the Deepwater Horizon explosion almost entirely ignores the enormous environmental impact of the disaster, focusing instead on the build up to, and immediate human cost of, the event.
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Deepwater Horizon
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell and John Malkovich star in this disaster film based on the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion - the incident which saw 11 workers killed, 17 workers injured and a massive oil spill leak into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the deemed the largest environmental disaster in US history.
2016Rating: M, Offensive language107 minsUSA
ActionDramaTrue Story & Biography
- Director:
- Peter Berg ('Lone Survivor', 'Battleship', 'Collateral')
- Writer:
- Matthew Michael CarnahanMatthew Sand
- Cast:
- Mark WahlbergDylan O'BrienKate HudsonKurt RussellGina RodriguezEthan SupleeJohn MalkovichHenri Esteve
Deepwater Horizon | Reviews
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Variety
For a movie in which you can't follow what's going on for 75% of the time, "Deepwater Horizon" proves remarkably thrilling...
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Time Out
Accusations of tastelessness have some justification - if your priority is to respect the dead, why hire the director of 'Battleship'?
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The New York Times
The anger and grief you feel leaving the theater constitute a kind of catharsis, a modest symbolic compensation for the failure of justice in the real world.
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The Guardian
Wahlberg doesn't act, he just projects himself, and his naturalness makes a cool counterpoint to Russell's glowering integrity and Malkovich's lip-pursing villainy. It's nail-biting stuff.
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Rolling Stone
The film depicts the worst oil spill in American history and director Peter Berg recreates the cataclysm of that day with unbearable tension and healing compassion.
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New Zealand Herald
It's a tense time waiting for one of those rumblings from three miles down to turn Deepwater Horizon into its own floating towering inferno.
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Newshub
A missed opportunity; a hit-and-miss collection of pretty arresting visual effects married with a strangely toothless narrative.
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Empire Magazine
An efficient and no-nonsense depiction of the worst disaster in US oil drilling history, buoyed by excellent performances.
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Deepwater Horizon | Release Details
Deepwater Horizon is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Neon Rentals.