Deepwater is HOT as Hell

Rating: 7/10 (12 October 2016)

I usually hate CGI, but the director and his team got it right on this one! WOW! Wahlburg keeps playing these hero characters and has taken below average talent as an actor to the limit. Evidently, he is box office gold because he works consistently.
For those who want this to be Lone Survivor, guess what...it is a different movie! Yes, it played like so many other movies where the director lays the first thirty mins with backstory, hoping to develop identity. This played very similar to Ladder 49 years ago.
I was surprised to see Nic Cage with such a small role. Same with John Malkovich, but we got to see some classic Malkovich'isms in his character. Kurt Russell never disappoints. He can become believable in a minute to his character.
This movie was very emotional (again, credit to the director) and Wahlberg did a good job, especially when he broke down in the hotel room. The relationship he had with his wife laid the foundation that this was a man of character and that they were deeply in love with each other.
The BP oil guys seemed cliché, but if that really happened, and I believe it did, we see how; "you cannot get a man to understand something when his career depends upon him NOT understanding." Bottom line, one's loyalty to company blinds him/her of truth. We are all guilty of this in some manner.
Watch this movie in the theater. It is very intense! That said, how many commercials can one take before the movie starts? Are you kidding me? No wonder people stay home. I paid the price of admission, leave the commercials to TV! Absolutely ridiculous.