Clumsy exposition aside, the dialogue feels authentic, tossing around the shorthand and lingo of the job, and the script is precise on the details without getting overwhelmed by them.
Filmmaker Peter Berg is a U.S patriot, his body of work increasingly seems fascinated with the examples of heroics that are drowned out by controversy.
Deepwater Horizon may seem like forgettable blockbuster fare but it is refreshing to see a mega budget movie with something more than just mindless explosions on its mind.
The film depicts the worst oil spill in American history and director Peter Berg recreates the cataclysm of that day with unbearable tension and healing compassion.
You can't help marveling at the tightrope the filmmakers walk: honoring their courage and sacrifice while making an action flick entertaining enough to justify the more than $100 million it took to make it come alive on-screen.
The heaviness of its first half permeates the arrival of the medullar part, but it manages to strengthen its criticism to the executives who caused the environmental disaster that it approaches. [Full review in Spanish]
Viewers will leave with a fine sense of how it felt to be on that blazing rig, but they'll still have plenty of questions about how and why things went so wrong.
