paulclaassen Based on fact, this was truly fascinating. Director Peter Bergh had an interesting vision for the film with excellent photography, and great attention to detail. The sound was also incredible. The film is an absolute masterpiece - from the great cast to the mind blowing visual effects. The music was awesome and highly effective. The build up to the disaster was very well done with tension almost from the start. Once the action started, it grabbed hold of you and never let go, as it plunged the viewer deeper into the "well from hell" with every frame. It was simply spectacular and one of my favorite disaster movies.

The Couchpotatoes After watching a couple really awful movies this week I needed a movie like this one. This one I truly enjoyed. Based on a true story so it always gives the movie a bit more punch. Everybody remembers the terrible tragedy that occurred that day. Some would think it's a human tragedy but to me it's an environmental catastrophe. Millions of liters of oil devastating marine wildlife and this for decades. The movie doesn't mention anything about that, but it still remains a good movie to watch. Just to have an idea on what happens on an oil platform like that. That the big oil concerns like BP are faulty in every way is obvious. That they will never face consequences doesn't bother anybody. That's just the way it is. The mighty lobbyists win again. Mark Wahlberg gives us a good performance, as well as the other actors. The catastrophe scenes look like they are all real so for that the movie gets big credits. The story is poignant and will make everybody think about the disaster that happened there. A good catastrophe movie, even for the people that are not really into this kind of movies.

siderite It's the second movie I see in a row where Mark Wahlberg is presented as the heroic average guy. Do all Americans see themselves as former underwear models? The movie was OK. First show how good and professional and real people are the heroes of the story, demonize the middle management who wants to get things done hoping it will all be OK and risking everybody's lives, express the idea that money hungry sons of bitches are to blame, then blow everything up.The film presents only the actual event, with lots of fire, explosions, blow outs and debris flying everywhere. The lower on the corporate ladder people are the more heroic they appear. That's dramatization for you. I would have loved to have a small part in the end dedicated to the BP cover up and the legal mess afterwards, but they kept quiet. I don't even know if it was all cleared up by 2010. However, you should look up Peter Berg's article about BP's interference with the movie. Just look for "The 'well from hell' – my fight with BP to film Deepwater Horizon" and you'll find it.Bottom line: classic disaster movie, with a straight story of the event, rather than the entire political and legislative chaos that ensued.

Michael Ledo This is a dramatization of the events surrounding the explosion and BP spill of the Deepwater Horizon floating platform located 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The film centers around Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) the Chief Electronics Technician (according to his hard hat but he was an engineer) of the crew and to a lesser extended through Andrea Fleytas (Gina Rodriguez) an operator. The operation of the drilling is explained early in the film by Mike's daughter using a coke can and honey for a school project. Ominously the coke sprays out the top.We see Mike struggle to maintain a safe ship against the pressure of schedule and profits as they drill "the well from hell." He says, "Every time I peel off a band-aid I find three or four more. " He butts head with John Malkovich who had the honor of playing BP engineer and representative Don Vidrine, the film's bad guy. He helps explains things to Don by comparing safety to noodling.The special effects were pretty intense. Like so many major accidents, people want to deny they are happening until too late. The irony is that this unsafe rig was getting a safety award for being BP's safest rig. I shudder to think.In the end, the film has a brief tribute to those who lost their lives for oil and profits.Guide: 1 F-word. No sex or nudity.