Not totally sure of the point of this movie

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2016)

Turned up at the cinema to find that our chosen movie was sold out, so decided to take a punt on Deepwater Horizon. I'm not sure whether it's possible to put a spoiler into this as most people will already be fully aware of the story line. I really can't see the point of the movie because of this. If you have spent the past few years is isolation then the movie tells the story of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in the Gulf Of Mexico. They are drifting behind schedule and starting to take short cuts in an attempt to reduce costs and save time.
I'm a fan of Wahlberg and Malkovich, so some of their scenes were enjoyable to watch. Think the movie may have been better if it focused more on Mike Williams and less on the event. A lot of the dialogue was a bit clunky though and felt like it had been lifted from the investigations. There were also a couple of very contrived scenes. The film does give you a flavour of what it must have been like to be on the Deepwater Horizon. Maybe that was the point of it.