
In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the BP oil company is beset with technical difficulties to the point where the general operational supervisor, Jimmy Harrell, and his Chief Electrical Engineer, Mike Williams, are concerned potentially dangerous trouble is brewing. Unfortunately, visiting BP executives, frustrated by the... (Full plot summary below)
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In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the BP oil company is beset with technical difficulties to the point where the general operational supervisor, Jimmy Harrell, and his Chief Electrical Engineer, Mike Williams, are concerned potentially dangerous trouble is brewing. Unfortunately, visiting BP executives, frustrated by the project's long delays, order curtailed site inspections and slanted system tests to make up for lost time even as Harrell, Williams and his team helplessly protest for the sake of proper safety. On April 20, the workers' fears are realized in the worst possible way when the rig's various structural and system flaws spark a catastrophic cascade of failures that would create a massive blowout and explosion that threatens them all, even as it also begins the worst environmental disaster in US history.
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| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseSmartly written, perfectly acted, and genuinely heart-stopping throughout, it's a compelling dystopian vision of corporate greed rendered as a spectacular special effects action-adventure. |
| SlateRebecca OnionI left the film moved to tears, and still feeling like something huge was missing. |
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA harrowing tale of survival topped off by justice being duly served. What more could you ask for from an action-oriented morality play? |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyClumsy exposition aside, the dialogue feels authentic, tossing around the shorthand and lingo of the job, and the script is precise on the details without getting overwhelmed by them. |
| SensacineXavi Sánchez PonsA classic 'survival' that, thanks to Berg's good planning, a mixture between the spectacular of Michael Bay and the hyperrealism of Michael Mann, becomes a roller coaster for the viewer. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Stuff.co.nzGraeme TuckettPeter Berg's film of the disaster -- teaming up again with his Lone Survivor leading man Mark Wahlberg -- is a more than solid and exceptionally technically proficient tour-de-force of fact-based film-making. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicThat anger, sadness and frustration felt throughout Deepwater Horizon is matched by excellent craft and skill in re-enacting this man-made disaster with an immersive, absorbing pull. |
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderThere's something undeniably alluring about what Berg has cobbled together from a scattershot script that foregoes subtext in favor of kick-ass special effects that put you smack in the middle of an exploding ball of fire. |
| NPRBob MondelloAn action flick entertaining enough to justify the more than $100 million it took to make it come alive on-screen. And come alive, Deepwater Horizon does, in 107 minutes of terse, tight storytelling, a good 95 of which are white-knuckle tense. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanWorks extremely well as both a nail-biting recreation of a horrific accident and as a celebration of the American worker. |