'Deepwater Horizon' is a slam-bang action movie
Fans of 'The Towering Inferno' will find a lot to like in 'Deepwater,' which centers on Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell as two old-school stalwarts who spend a great deal of screen time dodging mud, fire, bulletlike bolts, and collapsing derricks.
Mark Wahlberg stars in a scene from 'Deepwater Horizon.'
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In April 2010, BP鈥檚 oil platform off the Louisiana coast massively exploded into the Gulf of Mexico, creating the worst oil spill in US history. Now we have the slam-bang action movie 鈥淒eepwater Horizon,鈥� which is directed by Peter Berg and stars Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell as two old-school stalwarts who spend a great deal of screen time dodging mud, fire, bulletlike bolts, and collapsing derricks.
Their chief adversary is the greedy, heedless BP executive played by John Malkovich in his finest slinky-slimy mode. At its best, the movie is like 鈥淭he Towering Inferno鈥� but without all the sudsy subplots that doused that film鈥檚 fires. Grade: B+ (Rated聽PG-13 for prolonged intense disaster sequences and related disturbing images, and brief strong language.)