Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

jameskrackham Amazing cool film with super graphics, I laughed, I cried and I cheered! Should have won oscars, I DEMAND A RECOUNT! Deffo see this! Has to be seen to be believed!

stevenrotherforth Deepwater Horizon There are some disaster movies that are straight up disasters. Hollywood likes to feed us a steady diet of them. Usually from the guys and gals that brought us Independence Day regurgitated or ridiculousness like Geostorm!Here director Peter Berg has brought us a fantastic film that tells the story of a real life disaster. An explosion that occurred in 2010 on the off shore oil rig named Deepwater Horizon, which created the worst oil spill in history. Like I said, a real life disaster. A story that is told by firstly introducing us to real life characters that are developed before any chaos ensues. This is masterfully done by Berg and scriptwriters Matthew Sand and co to cement the audiences care for what happens to the lives on screen. There's no hot shot scientists here played unconvincingly by Hollywood's latest Beef cake! Instead Mark Wahlberg proves that he can actually act when he's not too busy getting caught up in Transformers nonsense. We also get a commanding performance from the always brilliant Kurt Russell as Mr Jimmy, the man in charge. Peter Berg takes his time setting the movie up before events unfold. He gives the audience a chance to learn a little about oil extraction and the pressure that is applied by multi billion dollar companies wanting their payload. John Malkovich gives a solid performance as the BP executive named Vidrine who is applying such pressure to Russell's character. A great performance even if Malkovich's accent seemed a little erratic at times.When disaster does eventually strike it is incredibly staged and this movie looks and sounds fantastic. The special effects are some of the best I've seen in recent years. Sound design is ear shatteringly good. If like I, you missed this movie at the cinema, please watch this on the biggest TV you can find with a good 5.1 surround sound set up. This film deserves that much. Deepwater Horizon is as much as an immersive experience as it is good story telling. The Dolby Atmos sound mix is a tool wonderfully utilised. Picture quality is top notch too with rich colours accentuating the unbearable heat caused by the devastating explosions. I thoroughly enjoyed Deepwater Horizon and this movie is proof that when done right a disaster movie doesn't have to be a disaster.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Deepwater Horizon" (2016)A movie including one of the most intense action sequences in motion picture history with running time of thirty minutes of non-stop high-pressured terror of a microscopic world in shape of an oil rig lying the Gulf of Mexico took fire in an real-life event in Spring 2010, where employees of British Petroleum (BP) and their affiliated contracted companies, got into scenario of nature's retaliation for digging too deep, too fast into grounds of sea bottom's earth.Director Peter Berg undertook everything to avoid pointing fingers; so does the Lorenzo di Bonaventura produced picture, starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich and Kate Hudson preaching hyper-realism without falling into traps of being a documentary shaped movie, keeping the cinematography evolving, making the spectator a first-hand eyewitness of a straight story editorial of 95 Minutes (excluding thanks givings, honorees and credits) by Gabriel Fleming & Colby Parker Jr., who avoid any dull moments. The picture and sound editing by Wylie Stateman & Renee Tondelli stay true to cinema, building a relentless drive through fifty two minutes of suspense accumulating; even though every audience member knew what event was about to happen, this movie does the trick of being highly effective in his action pay-offs without neglecting thrilling elements of human struggle in extreme situations."Deepwater Horizon" stands apart in a line of disaster movies; embracing, if not to say evolving from classics as "The Towering Inferno" (1974) or more recent disappointments "San Andreas" (2015) to focus on the essence of any character's life-threatening situation to get out dead or alive as soon as possible. This movie directed by Peter Berg represents truthfully the struggle of survival and fast over-comings without giving in into overlong crying-out-loud family sweeteners; a picture, which must likely to be watched on a quality movie theater screen with an audience to breath with.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

classicsoncall I didn't expect the film to be that much of an action movie, even though the Deepwater Horizon incident remained at the national forefront for over three months. After the characters are established and the premise of the story is set, the semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig known as Deepwater Horizon turns into a veritable fireball with employees scrambling for their lives, or in the case of the eleven who didn't make it, a final, forbidding resting place. There's just enough well drilling science interspersed throughout the story to guide the uninitiated about what happened, with a thorough indictment made against the cost cutting maneuvers of the British Petroleum honchos calling the shots. Besides what we see here, I was also expecting in some way the eventual successful effort that shut the oil spill down, but the picture really only followed the tragedy through the first few days until the surviving crew members were all rescued. One's visceral response to the blazing inferno that consumed the oil rig is tempered by the fact that this was a real event that claimed eleven lives. What's impressive is the mammoth undertaking director Peter Berg accepted when offered the challenge to make the film. Extra features on the DVD describe the formidable task, putting you right in the middle of the disaster.