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'Deepwaater Horizon': "Slum-burger, democrat"

Posted by Billy Wonka on September 30, 2016 at 14:28:56:
Could BP look any worse?

Our good ole boys catch their choppers to the Deepwater Horizon to put in their 21-day shift. Wahlberg and Russel (Mr Jimmy, rig boss) arrive to be greeted by BP company men who are ready to start production after being 43-days behind schedule. The "Slum-burger" crew heads out not even finishing their last tests of the concrete. The semi-evil Malkovich plays the BP company man pushing for production right then and there. Russell insists on some last minute pressure testing and that's when this nearly compelling film shifts from semi-technical to experiencing the Bismarck's final moments.

The script does give one a small undergrad education of what drilling and life aboard an exploration rig are like. Just as on the Titanic, some of the crew were not readily aware of beginning fireworks. The rig seems real and the cast portrayed earnest, hard-working men. Wahlberg is the most fully developed character with scenes from his marriage to Kate Hudson. He is also the POV in the beginning of the story.

There was a uniformity of character among the cast. The only standout was Malkovich with his near Cajun accent which was hard to understand at times (for me). In fact, in the beginning of the story, I had trouble following a lot of the dialog against the fully operational rig.
Otherwise, this was a finely crafted film even though it appeared to be shot in HD.

I learned something and felt the tension of a rig blowing out. About 120 crew members were on board and 11 died which was quite remarkable for such a disaster. (The film ends at rescue.)

Worth a walk in.