Deepwater Horizon

About Deepwater Horizon

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S.

Deepwater Horizon (2016) is an action drama film directed by Peter Berg. It runs 107 minutes and was released in September 2016.

The film is filed under rescue, explosion, disaster, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is adapted from real events.

Mark Wahlberg appears as Mike Williams, Kurt Russell as Jimmy Harrell, John Malkovich as Donald Vidrine, and Gina Rodriguez as Andrea Fleytas. The screenplay is by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand. Production companies include Closest to the Hole Productions, di Bonaventura Pictures, and Leverage Entertainment. It streams on Angel Studios, Howdy Amazon Channel, and Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels in the United States.

The Towering Inferno, City on Fire, and Apollo 13 make useful companions to Deepwater Horizon, all filed under disaster movie. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 5,054 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.