It didn't look like much from the trailer but Deepwater Horizon was very a satisfying piece of true-story adaptation.
The partnership between Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg continued strong in this second outing from the pair. Berg always brings with him that sense of realism, and in this case he provided the laymen's point-of-view when it came to the intricacies of the inner workings in an offshore drilling rig.
I won't pretend I understood everything about it, but the movie made the explanations and at the same time kept it entertaining and engaging. I was interested to learn about it even though I had no interest in a drilling rig.
Wahlberg delivered when he was in Berg's Lone Survivor. Here he did it again. At no point did I get reminded of Transformers: Age Of Extinction. Although some of Berg's aerial, sweeping shots did remind me of Michael Bay's style - something that took me out of the movie a few times in the beginning of the movie.
Kate Hudson also wasn't distracting in this movie. She served her purpose and was adequate. As was Kurt Russell, however, stood out with ease. I loved his exchanges with John Malkovich.
A lot of things in the story could have been over-exaggerated but Berg managed to keep everything subtle. For example, the heroics of certain crew on the rig came out of nowhere but it wasn't done in a jarring way. Berg's soft touches were the key to making this disaster movie worked.
This was a very good surprise for me; that's why I'll be looking forward to his next outing with Wahlberg in Patriots Day, which is a more interesting subject to me with a more interesting cast and trailers.
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