Like Berg's previous film, Lone Survivor, it does a nice job of honoring those who died at the rig and the families severely affected by the tragedy. It doesn't take you out of the film, but you will feel like it could have been handled differently. Berg never loses sight of the end goal here, but some 'action'-ish scenes are almost a little too much, considering how contained this story feels. With all that said, sometimes the high octane thrills feel to be heightened just for heightening certain situations. She plays Wahlberg's wife, and it's simply her reactions to the devastation on the oil rig while she's at home, that really got to me. I feel like she hasn't gotten a lot to do since her breakout with Almost Famous, but this may be the best she's been since. Usually, it's those small moments that bring the emotions out of me, and that was Kate Hudson here. All of them get the opportunity to act in small intimate moments as well as physically demanding scenes.

It stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, and Kate Hudson.

Deepwater Horizon is perhaps his biggest scale film thus far, but it's also incredibly personal as well. Even taking that note into a smaller scale with Friday Night Lights, Berg is great at managing to balance intensity and emotion. Putting Battleship aside, Berg has always had a knack for directing high intensity sequences of trauma and thrills. And much like the recently released 'Sully', this film is a strong tale about the power of the human spirit. He has the skills of an action film director while also having the delicate hand for an emotionally powerful touch. Berg is always a guy to count on with this type of harrowing true story. Deepwater Horizon tells the story of the crew members of the rig of the same name in April 2010, when the largest oil spill in U.S. Deepwater Horizon is the first of two Peter Berg directed films this year, and if Patriots Day is anywhere near as good as this film we could be looking at quite a few nominations for Berg come February.

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