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FilmPG-132016

Deepwater Horizon

DramaAction

Directed by Peter Berg

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. From TMDB

99 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 12, 2026 · How this works

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Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 drama action film, directed by Peter Berg, starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell and John Malkovich.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg are developing the live-action ‘CALL OF DUTY’ movie. Sheridan (‘Sicario’) will co-write the film and Berg (‘Deepwater Horizon’) will direct. (Source: Deadline)

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  • LeeWasHauntedHere 🎃👻 @leewashere.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Errol in top form in an unsentimental WWII action film set in Norway tops my viewing this week. Deepwater Horizon was very good, but the other two should be avoided. TFLH only got a 3-star rating cuz of Myrna and Melvyn! Have a great weekend folks! Stay cool.

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  • Barrista @onbluskysku.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    Make a Deepwater Horizon movie about the Edmund Fitzgerald you cowards

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  • Mobile Bae 🥄 @kellyess.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    Deepwater Horizon the movie (Mark Wahlberg in another maritime disaster!) came out only six years after 11 men lost their lives on the rig. #HATM

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  • wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    Wait, Deepwater Horizon is actually a good film about engineering, elite panic, and the hubris of extraction economies?

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  • Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2026

    I’ve been seeing these clips of the Deepwater Horizon movie and you’d think Mark Wahlberg would have the worst Louisiana accent in that movie but you’d be wrong.

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  • dani & the hunt for Ben Solo @cardiganvixen.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    I just watched that Deepwater Horizon movie and I don't think that corporations are people y'all.

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  • ChickenLadyLovesLife @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 31, 2025

    I used to work at the Comcast Center in Philly. In 2010 they won the Consumerist's "Worst Company in the World" contest (after being the runner-up the previous year). The following year they sent out a company-wide email asking employees and contractors to vote for any other company. They were bailed out by BP and Deepwater Horizon, "fortunately". They would also regularly send out emails telling employees to download the Comcast and Xfinity apps and rate them 5 stars. I would just *assume*…

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  • David Lafuente 💀 @davidlafuente.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2025

    Finished watching Deepwater Horizon. I'm deeply saddened for all the incredible vfx artists who worked this show. Some of the best fire effects I've seen. What a gigantic piece of shit of a film. Not even a word regarding the environmental consequences of the spill. Fucking insane.

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  • AltNIOSH @altniosh.altgov.infoBluesky · May 9, 2025

    Did you know…. The NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation group was asked to perform an assessment of health effects experienced by responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil release. The one that later became a Hollywood film. #saveniosh #psrw www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/re...

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  • Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    Best line on the realities of hope- Movie- Deepwater Horizon "Hope ain't a tatic" Is truth on a stick.

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  • sanitation @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 23, 2026

    'The Mosquito Bowl',directed by Berg (Lone Survivor,Deepwater Horizon), will open in U.S. theaters Oct. 30 before making its Netflix premiere Nov. 25.

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  • Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2025

    Lemme just pop on this (un)natural oil disaster movie real quick Now watching: DEEPWATER HORIZON

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  • James Corck 🦅 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamescorck.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    I forgot to mention, I recently re-watched "Deepwater Horizon" - www.imdb.com/title/tt1860... The production value and spectacle of the disaster are worthy of praise, but the characters aren't really engaging, this ringing the tragedy kinda hollow. 6/10 #Movie #Review #DeepwaterHorizon

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  • TheSpookioPhi 🎃 @thesociophi.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2025

    Movie Idea: “Deepwater Horizon” but instead of oil there’s just a whole lot of instant jello mix.

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  • Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.deBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    76. I've made a number of movie-related predictions on Twitter, a surprising number of which ended up correct. My proudest ones were Deepwater Horizon getting an Oscar nomination for Sound and Neil Blomkamp never directing an Alien movie. (Embarrassingly, it's possible that Blomkamp saw that tweet)

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  • The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.comBluesky · Aug 14, 2024

    The Bay is a great found footage horror movie about ecological collapse Deepwater Horizon is the middle of Peter Berg’s unofficial blue collar America trilogy and is very good The End We Start From is a really smart, muted look at the aftermath of disaster

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  • The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.comBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    I have complicated feelings about Peter Berg's work and really simple ones about Marky Mark (He can fuck off), but Deepwater Horizon is full of really effective, quiet moments. There's a 'HEY! Calm. Down.' that stops the movie at one point which is great

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  • Danny @skirmishmonkey.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2026

    I just watched Deepwater Horizon film where BP was the biggest cause of sea bourne disaster in US history. Just saying.

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  • Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    "Hope ain't a tactic." Movie-Deepwater Horizon Anyone who is of the belief this "cease fire" will end Israels hell bent genociding of the Palenstian Peoples has not been paying attention to CentCom, the far right in the Kanesset (sic) & in the US Evangelicals. I am too old for fairytales.

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  • [AGP] @alangamble.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2025

    A few recommends of titles that are better than you might expect or lesser known but good. Deepwater Horizon (2016) Jarhead (2005) Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) October Sky (1999) Pain & Gain (2013) - The Rocks best movie Silence (2016) - A Scorsese no one talks about Speed Racer (2008) - Insane

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · May 1, 2025

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Nope on Film4, Mad Max 2 on ITV4, Deepwater Horizon on Legend or The Ladykillers on Sky Arts. At 10pm, West Side Story on BBC4 or The Beach on BBC3. At 11pm, The Heart Of Me on BBC2. At 12.55am, Unsane on C4. At 1.25am, Other People’s Children on Film4 #telly

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  • metacritic @metacritic.comBluesky · Mar 25, 2025

    Deepwater Horizon [68] is on Max: www.metacritic.com/movie/deepwa... #11pmspecial "Berg offers a visceral experience that overwhelms with startling humanity." - Michael Roffman, Consequence

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  • Matthew 🌿 @wcforager.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Starting off today's April #disastermovie marathon with: The Impossible (new one for me!) Movies watched so far: San Andreas The Ice Road Deep Blue Sea Geostorm Twister The Perfect Storm 2012 Deepwater Horizon The Hurricane Heist The Core letterboxd.com/wcforager/li...

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  • 💜 Bene 💜 SHOP LIVE @beneceadraws.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    Let me tell you, when I played that game I did the same thing. And then my partner suggested we watch the movie Deepwater Horizon. I did not expect to cry twice because of oil rigs in one day like wtf

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6.40pm, Steel Magnolias on Film4. At 7.15pm, Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban on ITV2. At 7.30pm, The Mask on BBC3. At 9pm, Moon on Film4 or Deepwater Horizon on Legend Xtra. At 9.35pm, Bridget Jones double bill on BBC3. At 10.05pm, Taken on ITV4. At 11pm, Darkman on Film4 #telly

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  • MISTER FILM STOCK @misterfilmstock.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) and Peter Berg (Deepwater Horizon) are teaming up to develop a live-action Call of Duty movie at Paramount. Sheridan will co-write the script, with Berg set to direct. (Source: Deadline)

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Everything Everywhere All At Once on Film4, Deepwater Horizon on Legend, Ocean’s 13 on Sky Showcase or All the Money in the World on Great Movies. At 10.45pm, Creed on ITV1. At 12am, All the President’s Men on BBC2. At 2.35am, Simon Amstel’s Benjamin on C4 #telly

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  • Rob @rflixtv.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2025

    A solid disaster film that delivers the tension you’d expect. My ★★★½ review of Deepwater Horizon on Letterboxd boxd.it/9L7A51 #filmsky

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  • Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    "Hope ain't a tactic." Movie-Deepwater Horizon

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  • Jeremy J. Shapiro @jeremyjshapiro.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2025

    I wonder if Trump will sue HBO. They're showing a film about the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster, and their description refers to it as having taken place in the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • Time Traveler @imesoamericano.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    Finally watched the movie Deepwater Horizon... Those bozos from BP Oil reminded me so much of the commanding leadership of the Republican Party 2025, specifically the white Afrikaner, Musk. BP Inc. pushed and rushed the engineers toward unsafe practices until BOOM! www.imdb.com/title/tt1860...

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  • Conor @ernekid.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2025

    Gonna watch the Deepwater Horizon movie because I want to watch Mark Wahlberg look confused at an explosion

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6pm, The Spider & The Fly on @TalkingPicsTV. At 6.45pm, From Russia With Love on ITV4. At 9pm, Deepwater Horizon on Legend, Passengers on E4, M:I3 on ITV4, Demolition Man on 5Action or Sherlock Holmes Faces Death on Sky Arts. At 10pm, The Shining on BBC2. At 12am, Valkyrie on C4 #telly

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  • Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    "Hope ain't a tactic" Movie-Deepwater Horizon Everybody best buckle up. And start to stand up.

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  • T @theneohac.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2024

    Nothing like watching Deepwater Horizon on Earth Day. What a giant greed based CF that was (assuming the movie didn’t take liberties with that aspect of it. Sounds totally believable for sure). 11 lives lost 200+ million gallons of oil dumped into the gulf.

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  • Bill Arceneaux (Down BY Law) @billarceneaux.comBluesky · Sep 19, 2026

    Clips from Peter Berg's 'Deepwater Horizon' only remind me of how excellent it is, how emotional that screening was, and how I'd want my life adapted into an action thriller film* * It'd likely be desktop cinema, or something. Like 'War of the Worlds'. Huh. #writersky ⚜️🍿

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  • Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    No. I am quotin' from a movie. Deepwater Horizon. We all know how that turned out my friend.

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  • bigdrefromthebay.bsky.social @bigdrefromthebay.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026

    What app is the movie Deepwater Horizon streaming? I want to be ready when "Deepwater Horizon 2: Ultra-Deepwater" comes out..........🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

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  • Joan Grey @joangrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    This isn't very comforting, but we're watching the movie about the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Gripping and horrifying.

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  • Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    Thanks my friend. Always see it as more of blessing & curse vibe. lol "Hope ain't a tactic" Movie~Deepwater Horizon

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  • urlcannonbear.bsky.social @urlcannonbear.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    I've never hated a movie character as much as John Malkovich in Deepwater Horizon..

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  • Lizzy @lizzycampbell.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2025

    I unironically love Deepwater Horizon. It’s so rewatchable. And kind of is a comfort film.

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  • Communities Prepared @communitiesprep.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2025

    Alice recommends Deepwater Horizon (2016) Olivia recommends Twister (1996) What would you recommend for disaster movie night? let us know in the replies / comments!

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  • Wendy @theonlywendy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    I’m watching Deepwater Horizon and I’ve never had so much anxiety watching a film in my entire life. I think I need to turn it off for a bit to catch my bearings! I cried like two babies. TWO. I’m exhausted. I think I’m going to bed. Greed was the reason for that accident. Period.

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  • Effectively Weird @effectivelyweird.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    We can extend this to movies on real disasters too. One of my main spins is learning about disasters but you know what I didn't need? That Deepwater Horizon film, or the Ted Bundy flick etc etc. It's so gross.

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  • Rachel Larris @rachellarris.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    I’ve been obsessing about the Deepwater Horizon movie lately (two BP officials were indicted for manslaughter) and this doesn’t fill me with confidence

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  • Toby Dodgen @tobydodgen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    Watched Deepwater Horizon. In disaster movie form, caution and procedure are ignored against better judgement. The plot is stretched a bit thin, and discussion around the causes and fallout is shallow. Promotes the myth that the Coast Guard has a satellite they can point at your distress location

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  • Ultán @kaospheric.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    Film 358 for '25 ▶️ Offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon explodes, resulting in the worst oil spill in history: #NowWatching "Deepwater Horizon" (2016) #Film #PhysicalMedia #Bluray

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  • nometahere.bsky.social @nometahere.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    Oh also Deepwater Horizon. Amazing movie

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  • Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBluesky · May 1, 2025

    9pm TODAY on @Legend__Channel The 2016 #Action film🎥 “Deepwater Horizon” directed by #PeterBerg from a screenplay by #MatthewMichaelCarnahan & #MatthewSand(who wrote the story) Based on a 2010 @nytimes article “Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours” 🌟 #MarkWahlberg #KurtRussell

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  • Mark Vaillancourt @cantjuggle.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2025

    I thought the Deepwater Horizon movie would have a lot of mansplaining. But, it's about a well, actually.

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  • Ben Soskin @bensoskin.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    The Horton movie is live-action, set in seedy New Orleans; Malkovich uses his Deepwater Horizon Cajun accent; Pacino uses his regular voice which has sort of turned into a Cajun accent in his old age. Human Malkovich claims to be an elephant, and all the other characters see him as an elephant, too.

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6.45pm, School of Rock on Film4. At 9pm, Everything Everywhere All at Once on Film4 or Deepwater Horizon on Legend. At 10pm, Nighthawks on ITV4 or Riddick on Sky Showcase. At 10.05pm, Blue Story on BBC3. At 11.05, Clemency on BBC2. At 11.45pm, The Eyes of Tammy Faye on Film4 #telly

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2025

    The (movie) Deepwater Horizon is available today on (iTunes) (US) for $4.99 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brien, Kate Hudson Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deepwater_...

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  • 💫✨🌟Mare🌟✨💫 @utexas-96.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2024

    You'll get a kick out of who his lawyer was. That Buzbee guy out of Houston that is filing a ton of lawsuits against Diddy. I actually had respect for that guy because he won against the Deepwater Horizon oil company. I use the movie reference or no one knows what I'm talking about.

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  • scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2024

    THOSE two for sure. Also, Escape from New York, Tombstone, Captain Ron, Backdraft, and the Christmas Chronicles. (I have trouble ranking.) Unlawful Entry, Stargate (he was sad!), Deepwater Horizon, Soldier, Breakdown, and his "I'm not kid any longer, damn it" movie, The Deadly Tower. Kurt rules.

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  • Michael Arlidge @wheeliespeedy1.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2024

    2024 film #33 - DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016) - 4/5 An excellent account of a true event that should *never* have been allowed to happen. The film chooses truthfulness over ‘Hollywood’ creative liberties for the sake of entertainment, and for that I commend it.

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Oct 11, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #MarkWahlberg #DeepwaterHorizon Mark Wahlberg’s $121M True-Story Thriller Officially Lands on a New Streaming Home http://dlvr.it/TVsl5s

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    The (movie) Deepwater Horizon (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brien, Kate Hudson Genre: (Action) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deepwater_...

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