Deep Water Horizon (2016) - Full Reaction
Added 2025-06-06 19:05:39 +0000 UTCWOW. Just wow. This was intense from beginning to end. My heart was absolutely pounding throughout so much of this. It's one thing to know the basics of a real-life tragedy, but to see it unfold on screen like that?? It was gripping and honestly terrifying!! Definitely a moving watch. What did you guys think of this one?
Comments
Still not lined up, is something wrong with your word clock
Sean Kay
2025-07-12 09:47:01 +0000 UTCBeing Canadian, this world event might not have been a huge thing in your news. There was probably a little bit about in in the first few days but not like in the US where it was basically the top story for nearly 3 months. I would also recommend World Trade Center (2006) if you haven't seen it.
McDiesel92
2025-06-13 20:08:39 +0000 UTCIn the spirit of Peter Burg who Lone Survivor as well as this movie, please watch The Kingdom.
joserodriguez6195
2025-06-10 05:09:40 +0000 UTCIt’s obvious sad and terrible that people die in this disaster. But as regards to the movie I’ve always thought it was pretty average & giving it a rewatch hasn’t changed my opinion. I personally can’t believe it won the poll as they was at least 5 other movies that were a lot better imo. Like Patriots Day, Sleepers, American Made, Invictus & Air. Also think the other polls the best movie hasn’t won again as Bridge of Spies is twice the film Charle Wilson War is just for Mark Rylance’s performance alone. Sorry for moaning as I really should be used to the movie I think should win not winning these polls by now 😂. But it just baffles me sometimes how some of these films win the polls.
Dean Holt
2025-06-09 10:46:20 +0000 UTCI was part of cleaning up that oil spill one of the worst things I have ever been a part of. All those dead birds. Trying to save everything we could. I blame BP for all of this they had to pay 20.8 billion in clean up costs. Kevin Costner was down in Gulf Port Mississippi, where I was. No I didn't meet him. He was down there promoting something he invented. That takes the oil right out of the water.
Zachary K. (Caitlin Clark fan)
2025-06-08 22:13:10 +0000 UTCThat's your opinion. It's called dry humour. Stop turning comments into something they are not.
John Cranberry
2025-06-08 07:57:25 +0000 UTCFinally got to watch this one. I had just started rewatching Lioness when this got posted, so for obvious reasons I had to finish both seasons first. Thankfully it’s so bingeable it didn’t take very long. i knew Cassie would enjoy this movie, despite being heartbreaking. Too bad Carly couldn’t watch along on this one. This movie is better seen with someone else. No matter how many times I watch this movie, I still get choked up watching it.
Luke Godfrey
2025-06-08 06:24:25 +0000 UTCIt did say 'In US history' and not "in world history', so maybe there was an even worse one somewhere.
Brian's Dog
2025-06-07 23:51:42 +0000 UTCHumans are the worst detriment to the planet ever. Bring back the dinosaurs!!!
2025-06-07 20:42:07 +0000 UTCBetter movie than I was expecting, always better in my eyes when they go with a more realistic approach to actual historical events especially with practical effects. Out of interest why were you getting popups during your film
Gray
2025-06-07 16:44:24 +0000 UTCWow, these reactions get more and more emotional. Absolutely phenomenol reaction, one of Cassie's best.
MikeLL
2025-06-07 15:45:24 +0000 UTCI love Gandhi (1982). Watched several times. I had my son watch it with me as prep for our India trip. We went to Gandhi's house in Mumbai. Gandhi (1982) = Won 6 Oscars incl. Best Picture, Ben Kingsley (Best Actor).
Clay F
2025-06-07 15:05:27 +0000 UTCThat’s Fascinating Clay, thanks for sharing.
Mark White
2025-06-07 14:54:57 +0000 UTCFar out, Ben. Just divorce him already. 😒
John Cranberry
2025-06-07 12:47:07 +0000 UTCI was thinking about the "The Great White Hype" as I was watching this, and I forgot Peter Berg directed "The Kingdom". The latter has a cast that Cassie has a lot of fondness for.
Mojo One Thousand
2025-06-07 08:23:21 +0000 UTCSorry Mojo, it is Josh Brolin (Thanos, Gurney Haleck), not Jeff Bridges in "Only The Brave". :)
JAKH
2025-06-07 06:16:14 +0000 UTCSince you love true stories and history you should definitely watch Gandhi (1982). Just an amazing biopic about Mahatma Gandhi. No reactions to it yet so you would be first. I was a bit miffed that it didn't even make the poll.
Teemu Laitinen
2025-06-07 05:53:17 +0000 UTCHBO/Max
TheSingulatarian
2025-06-07 05:45:36 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure the cards the BP execs were giving them were the keys to their hotel room, not DQ gift cards. This accident probably didn't change things in the oil industry as much as you'd think.
D. T. Nelson
2025-06-07 05:21:56 +0000 UTCIt was big news back then, the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico was truly an unfortunate event. The hungry Mongul Oil company BP is still in existence today tells you they don’t worry about innocent lives they only care how much metric tons of oil they can get under their feet.
FranciscoGios
2025-06-07 05:17:08 +0000 UTCExcellent film. Excellent. This was the 2nd film in director Peter Berg’s unofficial “True Story Trilogy,” following Lone Survivor (2013), which you saw, and ending with a film released the same year as Deepwater Horizon… Patriots Day (2016), also starring Mark Wahlberg. This film is about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Peter Berg is a director that I don’t think gets enough credit for his work. I feel like I hear more about his misses, like Battleship (2012), than I do his Hits, which is too bad. Battleship (2012) isn’t even a film I consider a miss, IMO. I enjoyed the crap out it. Yes, it’s a big dumb action film that doesn’t make sense when you stop and think about it. But, the film knows it, and just has fun with it. Battleship was a film made about 15 or 20 years too late. If that film had come out in the 80s or 90s, it would’ve been a cult classic, like something like Last Action Hero (1993). Excuse the side track. Battleship was cool, and I don’t care what anyone says. Anyhoo… I’ve heard good things about the miniseries American Primeval (2025) on Netflix and only just now, looking at IMDB, that I realize Peter Berg did it. He’s very much under the radar. For more of Peter Berg’s excellent tight direction, check out… Very Bad Things (1998), a very Dark but very hilarious Comedy, written and directed by Peter Berg, starring Christian Slater, Jon Favreau and Cameron Diaz. Friday Night Lights (2004), based on a True Football Story, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw, Connie Britton and a cast of young soon to be more famous faces. The Kingdom (2007), an Action Thriller, starring Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman and Chris Cooper. Peter Berg started out as an actor and was pretty good too. He usually makes cameos in his films. He could be seen in Deepwater Horizon talking to Jimmy before getting on the helicopter. The guy Jimmy couldn’t hear. You, Cassie, have seen him before, in Collateral (2004) as Mark Ruffalo’s partner. To see Peter Berg in some larger starring roles, check out… Aspen Extreme (1993), starring Paul Gross, Peter Berg and Teri Polo. If you like Skiing movies… this one’s for you. Fire in the Sky (1993), based on a True UFO Story, starring D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Henry Thomas and James Garner. The Last Seduction (1994), a (not too ;-) Erotic Thriller, starring Peter Berg, Linda Fiorentino and Bill Pullman. The Great White Hype (1996), a Boxing Satire Comedy film, written by Ron Shelton (Bull Durham/White Men Can’t Jump/Tin Cup), starring Samuel L. Jackson, Damon Wayons, Peter Berg, Jeff Goldblum and many others. And a Highly Recommend film, which is long time coming… Cop Land (1997), written and directed by James Mangold (Identity/3:10 to Yuma/Knight and Day/The Wolverine/Logan/Ford v. Ferrari)… a Crime Thriller with an All-Star Cast, including Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Harvey Keitel, Peter Berg and Sylvester Stallone. Again… Highly Recommended. Lastly… Deepwater Horizon featured some people, who rightly so, had some superstitions. As someone who grew up with a mother who had many superstitions, that are now ingrained into myself… I can say that Kate Hudson’s character committed a superstition faux paw in her first scene. If you have a nightmare, then you should never tell it to anyone or speak of it, until you’ve had breakfast or eaten something… or else it increases the chances greatly of the nightmare becoming a reality. No Fooling :-)
Larry Darrell
2025-06-07 04:50:26 +0000 UTCThis gave me Chernobyl vibes
Shawn Kildal
2025-06-07 04:33:27 +0000 UTCSorry Cassie, it is Jeff Bridges in "only the Brave" not Kurt Russell, but when they have the greying gruff characters on they can look a bit similar. Kurt was in a different fire fighting movie "Backdraft" which you watched some time back, where gets a double-whammy by playing two related characters that meet tragic ends. As others have mentioned this is directed by Peter Berg, he is also in the movie as the worker leaving the rig that "Mr. Jimmy" (Kurt Russell) has the conversation with on the helipad as he arrives. Berg was a well-known TV actor prior to switching to directing, and also directed the other Wahlberg vehicle that was in the poll and mentioned "Patriot's Day", both released in 2016. Berg and Wahlberg have been frequent collaborators over the years. Seeing Ethan Suplee ("Jason Anderson") made think about the Denzel/Chris Pine movie "Unstoppable", which is also based on true events. It had come a a bit in the past, but I don't remember seeing it in on this poll or comments in this poll. It is a pretty good movie, Tony Scott does well to make a movie about trains dynamic... maybe it was his work on the remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123" that helped him out there (also with Denzel). And, John Malkovich is one of those actors that is just great in everything he does, regardless of the overall quality of the movie (I am not referring to this movie with that statement). He would work with director Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg again a couple of years later in the action movie "Mile 22", although I don't think Malkovich and Wahlberg share any scenes together.
Mojo One Thousand
2025-06-07 03:43:21 +0000 UTCJason Anderson was the gentleman's name. Jason Alexander plays "George Costanza" on "Seinfeld".
Mojo One Thousand
2025-06-07 03:27:28 +0000 UTCYes, Peter Berg is the director. He is also an actor, and is the worker that "Mr. Jimmy" (Kurt Russell) has the hard-to-hear conversation with as they pass each other on the helipad as "Mr. Jimmy" arrives on the rig.
Mojo One Thousand
2025-06-07 03:24:06 +0000 UTCI really, really want to see a reaction to “Patriots Day”
Daniel N
2025-06-07 03:09:42 +0000 UTCHow does one watch this? There's no usual link :(
Brad
2025-06-07 03:08:23 +0000 UTCThis was my first time watching this movie. I was aware of the blowout and that it took months to cap the well and stop the spill. It was all over the news for months. But it was nice to see this movie and get a little look into what went on. Great reaction Cassie. Very emotional movie and reaction.
Rick Williams
2025-06-07 01:16:27 +0000 UTCI believe this had the same director starring the same actor as lone Survivor and patriot day
Jerrod Acree
2025-06-07 01:11:45 +0000 UTCGood movie and great reaction. Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russel, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, and Kate Hudson all did excellent. The impressive special effects relied heavily on practical effects. I’ve lived on the Gulf Coast in SE Texas/SW Louisiana most of my life, so the Deepwater Horizon incident was not too far from my neck of the woods. Currently in my job as a patent attorney, I am writing two patent applications for a big company (in the oil/gas industry) dealing with their inventions related to cementing a wellbore (the same cement that went untested in the movie b/c Schlumberger was sent home). BP paid out a massive amount of money in the aftermath of Deepwater Horizon but remains a wealthy company. I did work for BP over the years, including 25-30 years ago as a chemical engineer in which BP paid most of my salary. In 2005, the BP Texas City refinery (between Houston and Galveston) had an explosion killing 15 workers and injuring 180. All the fatalities were contractors working out of temporary buildings close to the operations. A few years earlier, I worked as a consulting engineer at that same BP refinery in a temporary building close to the operations.
Clay F
2025-06-07 00:39:36 +0000 UTCOooooof
Alex Gorell
2025-06-07 00:11:55 +0000 UTCecocide
Clay F
2025-06-07 00:04:36 +0000 UTCThis was a much, much better movie than I thought it would be. There are many ways to fuck up a disaster movie, and this one avoided most of the pitfalls. John Malkovich will always be the fucking man.
Carol_White
2025-06-06 23:43:52 +0000 UTCMaybe it was mentioned during the reaction (I only watched the intro and outtro), but the first episode of The Newsroom dealt with the BP oil spill. It was also right around when I began investing in the stock market and I bought BP shares 10 days before the explosion🫠
Cole Jennett
2025-06-06 23:31:31 +0000 UTCrobert kaluza, donald vidrine, and joseph hazelwood: environmentalists extraordinaire.
2025-06-06 23:16:58 +0000 UTCThis was wild literally like staring into the the fires of hell . I hadn't seen this one before. Marky Mark was pretty good in this one. These true tragedy story are tough. The family aspect always hits you hard Cassie. Good pick here
Canadianant
2025-06-06 23:02:42 +0000 UTCBP is still around. They were fined $20 billion by the US government in civil court and $4.5 billion in criminal court, settled $7.8 billion to various victims, and were barred from any government contracts for 4 years. Transoceanic was fined $1 billion, $211 million in settlements, and lastly Haliburton was fined $200,000 for destroying evidence and had $1 billion in settlements. The courts found BP was responsible for 67% of the accident, Transoceanic 30%, and Haliburton 3%. Jason Alexander who was killed in the drill shack wasn't even supposed to be there. He had been promoted but stuck around because he was the most senior driller in Transoceanic.
Reed James
2025-06-06 21:35:30 +0000 UTCNo worries Cassie. Ben is human just like the rest of us. Out of the bazillion uploads that he has to contend with, a boo boo here and there is bound to happen. Looking forward to watching this later tonight.
Dan M
2025-06-06 20:09:48 +0000 UTCMom and dad took us to Cancun four years ago and we flew over the gulf and you could still see the oil floating around out there from the sky. Really unfortunate.
Chris Thom
2025-06-06 20:09:26 +0000 UTCNo worries Cass.. it happens. Typical life of a YTer.. he does a great job editing and you give him great material to work with.
Johnny Bullis
2025-06-06 20:02:15 +0000 UTCI agree! A "PIB Day-in-the-Life" would be super fun!
kaiielle
2025-06-06 19:32:46 +0000 UTCThis is the film I use to show off my home theater. Phenomenal sound mix. Kurt Russell is always great and another feather in John Malkovich's cap for a god-awful accent, see Rounders (1998). This is also the final film in Peter Berg's unofficial "Survivor" trilogy with Lone Survivor (2013), Patriot's Day (2016) and this film. And I realized way too late that this is the true story of the oil rig accident that started the 2010 BP Oil spill.
Blake Evans
2025-06-06 19:29:43 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to watch this reaction tonight. 🤪 Would love to see some behind the scenes of what Ben does one day. I bet it’s super fascinating to produce these reaction videos.
Luke Godfrey
2025-06-06 19:17:36 +0000 UTCDitto, to what everyone else is saying, Cassie/Ben you two do a great job.
Mark White
2025-06-06 19:17:00 +0000 UTCAwesome. You're doing a great job you two, don't let the whiners get you down.
Alex
2025-06-06 19:13:48 +0000 UTCI remember when the real incident happened. When safety inspections, tests, and quality control are ignored and when corners are cut to save time and money this is what can happen. 😔 Saw this in theatres and it felt like my heart was about to explode.
Zane From Canada
2025-06-06 19:12:26 +0000 UTCLike the movie and can't wait to watch this. That month it was happening was even more wild and tense with the coverage with all the side drilling and relief wells under the sea. I learned the whole thing is kind of fragile from that. That had like live video under the seabed site and everything.
Brian's Dog
2025-06-06 19:12:09 +0000 UTCHey don't worry about it. No need for apologies I was actually thinking I dreamed that posting. Thanks for keeping us updated. We will catch up with this one tomorrow. I think with your update it's makes me appreciate Ben that much more.
Zachary K. (Caitlin Clark fan)
2025-06-06 19:10:19 +0000 UTCOr maybe to Edmonton to cheer on the Oilers.
Anthony Carlson
2025-06-06 19:09:36 +0000 UTCSuper underrated. Peter Berg dropped two bangers that year. This and Patriot’s Day which is equally as gripping and has one of the best movie shoot outs of all time. This movie changed how I see the fossil fuel industry in a huge way. This much risk and devastation while actively fighting against any naturally renewable energy source like wind or solar is mind boggling.
djKENTO
2025-06-06 19:09:12 +0000 UTCThanks for making the update. No worries about the mix up earlier today (things happen).
Ted Whalen
2025-06-06 19:08:45 +0000 UTCFigured it was a mixup. Your computer must have a vacation day, it decided to escape to a different file instead. 😂
Anthony Carlson
2025-06-06 19:08:27 +0000 UTCThanks Ben !!! He should get a weekend getaway with all the fellow Dads to Orange County or Las Vegas. Whatever is best for them
Bill Maurer
2025-06-06 19:07:43 +0000 UTCThank you, Cassie and Ben! You do a good job and are appreciated. 😎👍
Zane From Canada
2025-06-06 19:07:36 +0000 UTC
