deepwater horizon

Rating: 9/10 (5 December 2016)

I had the opportunity a few months ago to see Deepwater Horizon in theaters during a college strike day. I love watching films that are based on true stories because afterwords I love to do some research on the actual stories themselves and to compare and contrast the Hollywood version and the actual events.
So Deepwater Horizon was based on a semi-submersible drilling rig owned by Transocean off the shores of the Golf of Mexico about 250 miles away from Huston, Texas. April 20, 2010 there was a large explosion causing the largest oil spill in the United States.
Directed by Peter Berg there was an excellent cast that included Mark Wahlberg,Kurt Russell as the main characters. The whole movie was set on the oil rig and what the crew members had to go though in 2 days. The head crew members knew something was wrong with the drilling machine but the cost was adding up everyday they were not drilling so the owners of the rig were pushing hard to drill even though there were red flags of the drilling being unsafe. The movie added real life clips from news channels. Also, at the end of the film before the credits the director added actual pictures of the crew members and their stories of what happened to them after the explosion. The director did a great job keeping the suspense and action pack through out the film. Trying to keep details such as when the explosion happened you see the slush of mud and water exploding out all over the crew members and the fire on the rig. There was not much of a love story going on except the opening scene with the crew members saying good by to their loved ones as they make there way to the oil rig. There was also the occasional phone call or Skype while on the rig.I liked how the story was based on the rig and the explosion without the extra Hollywood love story added in. This kept the viewer focused on the events that were played out. As a viewer you almost feel as though you are standing on the rig with them. I really thought the details were great the camera angels and lighting were well done to give you that action pack suspense feel of being part of the movie. Deep water Horizon kept ya on your toes especially knowing that it was based on actual events watching the crew members struggle to survive gave me a more emotional feel towards the movie.
Like any Hollywood film representing a true event you will always see added scenes that were not part of the actual events to keep the movie watcher engaged but doing some research on the actual event i thought that the director did an excellent job keeping it pretty realistic. I was surprised on how fast this film came out when the actual even only happened 6 years ago so its still very fresh in peoples minds. I would recommend this film to anyone to watch!