DEEP WATER HORIZON

DEEP WATER HORIZON

DEEP WATER HORIZON = C+

Straight up, straight forward story about the B.P. Oil tragedy in Louisiana years ago. Film was not over-dramatized with subplots to enrich the story and/or add more character development. The story was about what happened, who it happened to and how it effected them. Praise goes towards keeping the focus where it belonged. 

A little too much time spent on special effects/CGI for the explosions though. I would have preferred more elongated single shots on an explosion, one that showed detail in slower motion than the 1,000 frames per second we had thrown at us. Not sure why so many directors in the modern age choose to use this effect. It makes me dizzy and nauseous. I'm not a fan.

Mark Wahlberg was decent, Kurt Russell as always stole the show and John Malkovich, the conniving s.o.b. that he is, was once again able to create a character that you just loathe. Hollywood is a world of beg, borrow and steal and the scene with him getting in the lifeboat to save his own behind was reminiscent of when Bruce Ismay gets in the life boat in TITANIC.

I appreciated most the small, but well put together tribute to the real individuals who lost their lives in the tragedy.

And I didn't realize how big of a man Trace Adkins was.