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28/09/2016 Drama, Action 1h 47m
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When faced with our darkest hour, hope is not a tactic.

Overview

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

  1. Peter Berg

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mark Wahlberg

    Mike Williams

  2. Kurt Russell

    Jimmy Harrell

  3. John Malkovich

    Donald Vidrine

  4. Gina Rodriguez

    Andrea Fleytas

  5. Dylan O'Brien

    Caleb Holloway

  6. Kate Hudson

    Felicia Williams

  7. J.D. Evermore

    Dewey Revette

  8. Ethan Suplee

    Jason Anderson

  9. Dave Maldonado

    Capt. Curt Kuchta

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Reviews

A review by Dark Jedi
Written by Dark Jedi on 2017-03-03
As expected this is a bit of a propaganda movie against BP but that was of course rather expected. It is still watchable. The dramatization is fairly well done and the effects are believable as well as enjoyable. If you watch it as a disaster drama and special effects movie it is definitely okay.

As a documentary, well I would say that it falls short. The movie only covers the initial explosion. Once the platform is evacuated the movie stops. I am somewhat disappointed at that. I would at least have liked to see the attempts to put out the fire. Where are the scenes with the boats trying to...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$110,000,000.00

Revenue
$121,790,376.00

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