The emotional core of the film is presented in the Skype chats and relationship between Wahlberg’s Mike Williams and his wife, played by Kate Hudson (in her first on-screen appearance with step-dad Kurt Russell, though the two don’t share any dialog). The effects are pretty fantastic, and the film is edge-of-your-seat action from the beginning of the malfunctioning to the last moments of the film. The plot is mostly a vehicle of big budget action and effects, which is okay by me. Unfortunately, in only a matter of hours, the whole team’s worst nightmares begin to come true. With their hands forced by the money men, Marky Mark and Jack Burton himself give the go ahead for the drilling. Our lead characters are concerned, but ultimately decide to go forward despite their trepidation and being unconvinced of the result of their tests. The big boss men from BP are pressed for time, causing them to make hasty decisions. The film opened wide a few weeks later to strong positive reviews, despite grossing far less than anticipated. After the film wrapped and post-production was completed, the film premiered on Septemat TIFF. The remaining cast members were selected in the next few months and production began in April. Come January 2015, the film finally landed on its final choice for director, Peter Berg, who was brought in to replace JC Chandor on the request of the film’s star Mark Wahlberg, who previously worked with Berg on Lone Survivor. In its wake, it left open a gushing well that led to the largest domestic oil spill in US history.Īfter buying the rights to an award winning New York Times article on the explosion and the people who fought for their lives through the disaster, the producers began scouting for directors in mid-2011. It ignited with flames visible from over 40 miles away and resulted in the deaths of 11 workers and injuries to many others.
On April 20, 2010, the deep sea oil drilling rig known as the Deepwater Horizon exploded when drilling on a BP job about 250 miles Southeast of Houston. Disaster films can become my thing if they all feature such a competent cast of compelling actors that can sell a huge range of emotions in the process of action-starring it up.
And, in this case, the logic came through.
The logic is that there is not much chance that this cast won’t at least entertain me. However, when any film boasts a cast that stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, and John Malkovich, as well as great supporting cast members like Ethan Suplee and Kate Hudson, I’m in. Disaster films, natural or manmade, tend not to be my thing, to be honest.
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