Deepwater Horizon Rating: Director: Peter Berg Writing Credit: Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, based on an article by David Rohde and Stephanie Saul Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez Rated: 14A; language, violence, safety violations Genre: Drama, biopic Duration: 107 minutes Synopsis: The story of the 2010 disaster aboard the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon. Deepwater Horizon does very little that is new or improved when compared to past movies about real-life disasters. Of course, the drill at the centre of this tale doesn’t drill a perfect hole, and therein lies the drama. As the film opens, the Deepwater Horizon – a semi-submersible rig positioned some 70 km off the coast of Louisiana – is running over budget and behind schedule on its exploratory work for BP oil. But lesser movies don’t feature Mark Wahlberg (Lone Survivor and, crucially, The Perfect Storm) as Mike Williams, an electronics technician well aware of Deepwater’s operational deficiencies, but determined to make the best of them.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 18:45 UTC