Realized with an unprecedented flourish, based on the facts extremely dramatic film series producer "Transformers" and "Life of Pi".

The crew of the largest and most modern drilling platform in the world must face the unimaginable power of the maritime element of the disaster on an unprecedented scale.

Built in the Gulf of Mexico platform Deepwater Horizon is the size of a small housing estate and the height of a skyscraper. It has to extract unprecedented amounts of oil, bringing enormous profits to their owners. During start-up mining, however, it comes to failure, which soon leads to a series of explosions and fire platform. At the same time in the Gulf begins with a storm. Captain Mike Williams has been informed that the emergency services will not be able to come to the help of the crew, due to extreme weather conditions. Knowing that at any moment can lead to the sinking of the platform, Williams will do anything to save his people.