Mike
Williams is a family man and works as the Chief Technician on Deepwater
Horizon, an oilrig off the coast of Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon is a
dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
that is owned by Transocean, but on lease to BP
for 12 years. The offshore drilling rig is kept
together with spit and duck tape, courtesy of Mike.
The
drilling is way behind schedule, almost a month, so BP would save time and
money by skipping ‘unnecessary’ tests that needed to be done before drilling
started. Under the seabed pressure is building up and damaging the base of the
well. Suddenly oil at over 400 psi bursts up from beneath the seabed and blows
off pieces of the oilrig as it rockets skywards. The air system sucks the fumes
in and turns it into a fireball.
In the
ensuing chaos, Mike and a couple of other people rush to help others who are
wounded, selflessly risking their lives to save others.
It was
saddening to see the greed and taking of shortcuts that caused the worst oil
spill in American history. BP had to pay out billions of Dollars in damage,
which could have been avoided by paying a much less fee of a couple 100 000
Dollars to test out the well before beginning to drill.
This is a must
watch movie, very real and inspiring. I recommend an older viewing audience for
this movie, the violence and gore in this movie is justified and different to
the violence and gore in action movies. This movie will have you on the edge of
your seat!
Title:
Deepwater Horizon
Actors:
Mark Wahlburg, Kate Hudson, Kurk Russel, Dylan O’Brien, John Malkovich, Gina
Rodriguez
Time: 1 hour
47 min
Genre:
Action, Drama, Thriller
Release
date: 30th of September 2016 (USA)
Age
restriction: PG-13
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