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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

In a re-creation of the catastrophic fate that befell the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Mark Wahlberg features as an ordinary Joe engineer caught up in the conflagration. While the temptation for Hollywood must have been to amp up the melodrama, director Peter Berg (who previously cast Wahlberg in Lone Survivor) instead decides to keep it real, resulting in much impenetrable technical dialogue. Still, this creates a strong sense of hard-nosed professionals going about their work, whereupon all hell breaks loose. Kurt Russell's veteran fixer is tangling with John Malkovich's BP exec over safety short cuts taken for budgetary reasons, neither being aware that an unstoppable torrent of oil is about to gush up from the seabed, soon to cause the worst environmental damage in US history. The immediate danger, however, is for the ever-believable Wahlberg and his crew, and their bravery in extreme circumstances is played out in scenes of gruelling intensity, all thanks to the stunning integration of physical sets and digital effects. Both a stirring memorial and a cautionary tale on the grandest of scales.

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Credits

Cast

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Mike WilliamsMark Wahlberg
Jimmy HarrellKurt Russell
VidrineJohn Malkovich
Andrea FleytasGina Rodriguez
Caleb HollowayDylan O'Brien (1)
Felicia WilliamsKate Hudson
David SimsJoe Chrest
Jason AndersonEthan Suplee

Crew

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DirectorPeter Berg

Details

Theatrical distributor
Lionsgate
Released on
2016-09-29
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, some swearing.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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