Directed by: Peter Berg Written by: Matthew Sand, Matthew Michael Carnahan Produced by: Mark Wahlberg, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, David Womark Production year: 2015 Original release: September 30, 2016 Running time:1 hour, 47 minutes Other cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson Misc: IMDB | Amazon | iTunes |
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, igniting a massive fireball that kills several crew members. Chief electronics technician Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) and his colleagues find themselves fighting for survival as the heat and the flames become stifling and overwhelming. Banding together, the co-workers must use their wits to make it out alive amid all the chaos.