Inspired by a true story of real-life heroes.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Dylan O'Brien, Gina Rodriguez, Brad Leland, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson |
| Director |
Peter Berg |
| Screenplay | Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand, from the article by David Rohde, Stephanie Saul |
| Music | Steve Jablonsky |
| Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
| Editing | Gabriel Fleming, Colby Parker Jr. |
| Sound formats | DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2016 |
| Produced by | Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage Entertainment, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ |
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| Genre | Action thriller |
| Language | Frequent, moderate impact |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Frequent, moderate impact |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| Suggested age limit 13 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Herman Lategan  Ontploffings en vlammesee | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Hell on water in disaster film. | 15 |  |
| Metacritic.com 36 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 80 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Deepwater Horizon makes effective use of its titular man-made disaster to deliver an uncommonly serious -- yet still suitably gripping -- action thriller. | 16 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Thrilling tale of heroism during deadly oil rig explosion. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 578 Netizens Confusing direction during disaster sequences and incomprehnsible technical dialog | 15 | |
Average .. 70% | 14 | |