Decent

Rating: 7/10 (1 October 2016)

Saw trailers & previews for this film & made plans to go see it as soon as.
The film is about an Oil Rig named Deepwater Horizon which suffered a catastrophic explosion on the 20th April, 2010. The film is based off of the real life events of those involved in the disaster over 6 years ago & the 11 who were killed.
I found the film to be decent, not the greatest. I never knew about the disaster until the film & even then never knew it was based off of true events. But it was a decent watch.
I found the film took a while to get going & dragged with too much dialogue until it got to the action pack explosion parts. This seemed to carry on in certain areas of the film til the end. I also felt some scenes alone dragged on a bit too long, it could have done with a trim in a lot of areas being honest. Get to the point is what I say!
The explosions & action parts were pretty good & spectacular. I did like the survival theme going on & the fire/explosion effects used. Though though all that, I found myself getting a bit lost at points in what was going on & what was happening & basically who was who. It was a bit confusing in areas through the explosions & fire.
The film's rating to a 12 was a turn off also. If they wanted to truly capture the dramatic effect of the horror & disastrous chaos that took place & unfolded that day, then why not kick the film up to a 15 rating? I found some parts of this film, the injuries to be too subtle & toned down which I found to be restrained. I'm not saying it has to be Saw gory, I'm saying that it could be beefed up a bit more.
I overall found this to be a great film, it was a watchable film based off the events of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. 7/10