The average viewer will walk away from the movie with a new understanding of a complex disaster. No movie is flawless and, as far as films based on true events go, Deepwater Horizon is pretty good. But, nonetheless, the movie largely excludes several moments when action by the film’s heroes could have reduced the scale of the disaster. Fleytas was understandably overwhelmed when 10 magenta lights-the most serious warning onboard-began flashing. The film captures that heroic moment perfectly, but misses her initial failure to activate alarms that would have warned people on the ship to an impending disaster. Take Andrea Fleytas, played by Gina Rodriguez, who heroically calls in a mayday despite not having the authority to do so. But the film also shows the employees taking quick heroic action when in reality many were unprepared and overwhelmed by the incident. In short, many of the people who survived the incident would not be alive today without their efforts. The stories of heroism aboard the Deepwater Horizon by Transocean are remarkable and worthy of praise.
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