Deepwater Horizon
2016 · Movie · PG-13 · 107 min · ★ 6.9 · 75% critics
An offshore drilling crew heads into a high-pressure workday as safety concerns and corporate demands collide far out at sea. Based on a real 2010 disaster, the film follows the growing danger aboard a massive oil rig and the fight to survive when everything goes wrong.
Based on Deepwater Horizon
Also known as Crise à Deepwater Horizon
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-09-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (4,913 votes)
- Box office
- $118,807,390
- Budget
- $156,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you want a tense, emotional real-life disaster drama like The Finest Hours; Not for you if you prefer lighter stories or broader coverage of the aftermath.
Pros: intense disaster action; emotional true story; strong cast | Cons: slow early stretch; limited wider aftermath; simplified blame
Themes
- rescue
- sea
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- based on true story
- disaster
- explosion
- oil spill
- trapped
- oil rig
- disaster movie
- gulf of mexico
- bp
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2017 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2017 · nominated
Cast & crew
Mark Wahlberg
as Mike Williams
Kurt Russell
as Jimmy Harrell
John Malkovich
as Donald Vidrine
Gina Rodriguez
as Andrea Fleytas
Dylan O'Brien
as Caleb Holloway
Kate Hudson
as Felicia Williams
J.D. Evermore
as Dewey Revette
Ethan Suplee
as Jason Anderson
Dave Maldonado
as Capt. Curt Kuchta
Henry Frost
as Shane Roshto
Directed by Peter Berg