Being a true story distinguishes Deepwater Horizon from other action movies and the fact that the BP oil spill's specifics remain not terribly well - known enables Peter Berg's thriller to be exciting in addition to polished. (dvdizzy.com)
He deftly pivots between the moments of mourning and the righteous wrath of Quan, following in the footsteps of other action movie elder statesmen like Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and Liam Neeson. (bullz-eye.com)
One of many reasons that «Vengeance» works, and something that other action movie producers could look at, is that McTiernan and writer Jonathan Hensleigh never betray how seriously they take their larger - than - life narrative. (rogerebert.com)