BP deserves the full criticism

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2017)

Peter Berg's "Deepwater Horizon" would've been better had it concentrated directly on BP's irresponsibility and ensuing cover-up. Instead, most of the movie is more like an action flick, with explosions and people running in every direction. While the movie did make clear the executives' disdain of safety concerns, it should've shown the complete destruction caused by the spill, and how BP stationed armed guards to prevent anyone from filming what was going on. Not to mention CEO Tony Hayward's tone-deaf remarks ("The Gulf of Mexico is pretty big, so not much got damaged" and "I want my life back"). This unnatural disaster was a second major blow to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. It should have been the indisputable call to reject fossil fuels.
As for the movie's plot, Mark Wahlberg's character is the only one who really has any depth. The movie could have been so much more.