
Flicks, Dominic Corry
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.
Full reviewMark 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.
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.
Full reviewFor a movie in which you can't follow what's going on for 75% of the time, "Deepwater Horizon" proves remarkably thrilling...
Full reviewAccusations of tastelessness have some justification - if your priority is to respect the dead, why hire the director of 'Battleship'?
Full reviewThe 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.
Full reviewWahlberg 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.
Full reviewThe 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.
Full reviewIt's a tense time waiting for one of those rumblings from three miles down to turn Deepwater Horizon into its own floating towering inferno.
Full reviewA missed opportunity; a hit-and-miss collection of pretty arresting visual effects married with a strangely toothless narrative.
Full reviewAn efficient and no-nonsense depiction of the worst disaster in US oil drilling history, buoyed by excellent performances.
Full reviewDeepwater Horizon is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Neon Rentals.
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