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.
- Director:
- Peter Berg ('Lone Survivor', 'Battleship', 'Collateral')
- Writer:
- Matthew Michael CarnahanMatthew Sand
- Cast:
- Mark WahlbergDylan O'BrienKate HudsonKurt RussellGina RodriguezEthan SupleeJohn MalkovichHenri Esteve
Reviews & comments
A digital effects spectacular of an oil-rig explosion tacked onto a modest melodrama back-story
The moral of most man-made disaster films is that when civilisation disrespects nature the results can be catastrophic. Such films work best when we get both sides of the story: the why and what happened on humanity’s side, and nature’s response and effects on the other. It is clear that big money was involved in the 2010 oil-rig disaster that is examined...
What Lies Beneath
My, my and didn't ths disaster make global headlines. I am glad that this story is about those people who worked this oil rig. The scenes that spoke volumes to me was towards the end of the film when all survivors had made it aboard the ship Did help really arrive, when all the crew and workers were off the rig? The roll call of all those who were...
Variety
pressFor a movie in which you can't follow what's going on for 75% of the time, "Deepwater Horizon" proves remarkably thrilling...
Time Out
pressAccusations of tastelessness have some justification - if your priority is to respect the dead, why hire the director of 'Battleship'?
The New York Times
pressThe 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.
The Guardian
pressWahlberg 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.
Rolling Stone
pressThe 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.
New Zealand Herald
pressIt's a tense time waiting for one of those rumblings from three miles down to turn Deepwater Horizon into its own floating towering inferno.
Newshub
pressA missed opportunity; a hit-and-miss collection of pretty arresting visual effects married with a strangely toothless narrative.
Empire Magazine
pressAn efficient and no-nonsense depiction of the worst disaster in US oil drilling history, buoyed by excellent performances.
Variety
pressFor a movie in which you can't follow what's going on for 75% of the time, "Deepwater Horizon" proves remarkably thrilling...
Time Out
pressAccusations of tastelessness have some justification - if your priority is to respect the dead, why hire the director of 'Battleship'?
The New York Times
pressThe 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.
The Guardian
pressWahlberg 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.
Rolling Stone
pressThe 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.
New Zealand Herald
pressIt's a tense time waiting for one of those rumblings from three miles down to turn Deepwater Horizon into its own floating towering inferno.
Newshub
pressA missed opportunity; a hit-and-miss collection of pretty arresting visual effects married with a strangely toothless narrative.
Empire Magazine
pressAn efficient and no-nonsense depiction of the worst disaster in US oil drilling history, buoyed by excellent performances.
A digital effects spectacular of an oil-rig explosion tacked onto a modest melodrama back-story
The moral of most man-made disaster films is that when civilisation disrespects nature the results can be catastrophic. Such films work best when we get both sides of the story: the why and what happened on humanity’s side, and nature’s response and effects on the other. It is clear that big money was involved in the 2010 oil-rig disaster that is examined...
What Lies Beneath
My, my and didn't ths disaster make global headlines. I am glad that this story is about those people who worked this oil rig. The scenes that spoke volumes to me was towards the end of the film when all survivors had made it aboard the ship Did help really arrive, when all the crew and workers were off the rig? The roll call of all those who were...
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