“Deepwater Horizon” (*** out of four) was an impressively done action dramatization of the notorious April 2010 disaster when the title drilling rig exploded and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history and how one drill-worker (Mark Wahlberg), his captain (Kurt Russell), and the rest of the team struggle to stay alive and stop the spill. Gets off to a shaky and slow start but once the spill begins, the movie becomes harrowing and thrilling and an edge-of-your-seat action thriller! Director Peter Berg and cinematographer Enrique Chediak do a rock-solid job of creating time and place and putting you squarely on the ship in the midst of a historic disaster.

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