Introduction
Motion picture industry never stops developing new stories and many powerful movies have appeared recently. Deepwater Horizon is an American disaster film that came out in September 2016 (Deepwater horizon 2016). The film is based on real events that took place in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. A few explosions on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform ended in the death of eleven oil platform workers and releasing an enormous amount of oil into the water. The movie was a success as many people had a certain interest in the tragedy that had happened six years ago.
Analysis
Mike Williams and other members of a crew work on an oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico. Well, the site construction process is behind schedule and this is why top managers of the oil company decide to increase the speed of work ignoring essential safety provisions. Having arrived at the platform, Mike realizes that there is something wrong with it and then tells about the problem to his chiefs.
Following the directions of the top management, they tell everyone to continue working in these conditions; at the same time, everyone understands that such a method causes the formation of punctures. A few hours later, the first explosion occurs and some crew members die on the spot; oil flows out into the ocean and takes fire, making a real hell out of the platform. A few survivors evacuate but the disaster is going to cause a significant loss to our planet.
Deepwater Horizon is worth watching not just because of its stunning visual effects that make the viewer believe that it all happens to him; the range of problems that are touched upon is able to make everyone learn a lesson. The situation that oil platform workers face is not their fault. It is a crime of top managers of the company who believe the health and lives of their workers to be less important than the substantial profit that they are going to get if the work is done timely.
This disaster is another story reminding us of an enormous responsibility that we bear for our work, decisions, and people who are connected to us. The issue of management irresponsibility reaches the height in this movie as we see that chiefs lack ethical values such as being unselfish and thoughtful of others. There is a struggle between their avarice and common sense in which the victory is scored by the former.
Conclusion
To conclude, this movie can be regarded as important for our society as it shows what happens when people forget about the entire world while pursuing their own goals.
Reference
Di Bonaventura, L. (Executive Producer). (2016). Deepwater horizon [DVD]. United States: Participant Media.