Greasy Palms Spill Blood and Oil.

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 2017)

Peter Berg's directing style is incredibly similar to that of Michael Bay's, no matter how much one tries to ignore it, Peter Berg makes it very difficult to brush off. This time round however, instead of always coming second to Bay in almost every way, when comparing Deepwater Horizon to 13 Hours, Deepwter Horizon blows 13 Hours out the water, so to speak... Sadly, Peter needed a budget 3 times higher though, to accomplish that.
The build up in the movie and the character interactions, are very reminiscent of films like Armageddon, Transformers and 13 Hours... Peter Berg tried this before with Battleship, and failed dismally. This time though, it came across as a whole lot more natural... And, he has the cast to thank.
Unlike Battleship, that was helmed by Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker and the oh so terrible Rihanna, Deepwater Horizon had Mark, Kurt, Dylan and John; nothing, but a talented cast all around.
The rig explosion set piece was, amazingly wonderful. Cinematography was on point, even though there were quite a few mechanisms I didn't understand, that translated into visual jargon.
While watching the movie, I wondered to myself; is Vidrine really in the wrong here? When arguing with Mr. Jimmy, he presented arguments that nobody could oppose, and on top of that, even suggested a second test, to prove his theory. But then I remembered, that, from the VERY moment Mr. Jimmy set foot on that rig, he constantly wanted to know the "cement" situation, because of how vitally important it was, just to find that, Vidrine and Kaluza were behind that suicidal decision to begin with.
I appreciated that Deepwater Horizon didn't go on longer than it needed to. The directing was perhaps Peter Berg's best, the cinematography was on point and the cast, top notch. Why Kate Hudson was such a misrepresentation of Felicia Williams however, I guess we'll never know. Anyway, well drilled 7.5/10.