The title is 'Deep Water Horizon' - not '2010 Oil Spill'.
The story is about the rig.
The only reason the story is being made about said rig - is because it blew up.
Hence, the 1st act is the set up for the explosion, the 2nd act is the explosion, the 3rd act is the aftermath.
And it's all done really well.
Anyone complaining about it are in one of two camps - people complaining the whole 2nd act was about the explosion - and people who wanted it to be about something else.
They both must lack anything better to do.
Malkovich steals the show with how he transformed himself. Russel is great. And Mark Wahlberg is always Mark Wahlberg. That's no surprise.
The only reason I'm giving it a 7 instead of higher, is because disaster movies like this have no rewatch value.
But as far as the subject matter goes, they did the best that could have been done, with such a simple story to be told.
Rig there one day.
Boom.
Rig not there anymore.
The story is about the rig.
The only reason the story is being made about said rig - is because it blew up.
Hence, the 1st act is the set up for the explosion, the 2nd act is the explosion, the 3rd act is the aftermath.
And it's all done really well.
Anyone complaining about it are in one of two camps - people complaining the whole 2nd act was about the explosion - and people who wanted it to be about something else.
They both must lack anything better to do.
Malkovich steals the show with how he transformed himself. Russel is great. And Mark Wahlberg is always Mark Wahlberg. That's no surprise.
The only reason I'm giving it a 7 instead of higher, is because disaster movies like this have no rewatch value.
But as far as the subject matter goes, they did the best that could have been done, with such a simple story to be told.
Rig there one day.
Boom.
Rig not there anymore.