Two-Movie Tuesday: Darkwater Horizon
Nothing good comes from putting profit before people.
Dark Waters
A perfectly paced procedural (the suffocating length of the case is captured really well—see the provoking time titles) with a horror aura, as striking cinematography sweeps across bleak and poisoned corporate and natural landscapes and with each new shocking discovery and small success we see more of the central monster. Hathaway’s Sarah veers occasionally into generic wife character territory but is fortunately given a few notable dialogues that flesh her out a bit. Well scored and acted.
7
Deepwater Horizon
The build-up is perfect, right from the chilling opening “spoiler” audio: Excellent foreshadows (see the coke can) and an eerie soundtrack keep you on the edge of your seat amidst the well-crafted sense of normalcy (the jargon-heavy dialogue does a great job here), while the classic tension between money and safety is well executed (Malkovich’s Vidrine is a chilling adversary). The explosion-heavy scenes that follow start to tire, but an emotionally potent epilogue is suitably cathartic.
8
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The waters of corporate greed are deep and dark; here’s hoping for a brighter future on the horizon.