It's clear immediately that filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone
of Paul Greengrass» work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general
lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in
terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize
authenticity over exposition (ie much
of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).