I am not sure if this film was made over the summer or not, but I find coincidental that a horror film that takes place on a oil rig just happens to be seeing the light of day or was made in the light of the recent Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. I’m sure The Rig won’t be the first of many oil-related films to begin to litter the market, but this dud of a film is a start.
A skeleton crew aboard an oil rig miles offshore is prepping themselves for a massive hurricane that is expected to hit their location. When they stabilize the rig, they accidentally dig right into the home of an unknown creature that lives at the bottom of the ocean. As the storm hits, the small crew prepares to ride it out. However, the storm is not the only thing they have to worry about. The creature whose home they have just destroyed is coming for revenge. With their communications down and no hope of leaving the rig, the crew must do battle with not only the storm but a creature that is hellbent on killing them all.
After the first ten minutes of this film, I knew I was in for the long haul when it took almost a half hour to set up the plot. The first half of this film seriously felt like I was watching an instructional video on how an oil rig works and the politics of it all. There is a little hint of action in the first scene, then it dies down from there until the storm hits and the creature starts knocking off crew members one by one. The script is boring and filled with things we have all seen before. I’m not sure if this film was made for the SyFy Channel or not, but the effects echoed that of a Saturday Night Original movie. The only real thing I felt this film had going for it was the acting, and that’s not saying much.
The DVD has a few special features which include audio commentary with Director Peter Atencio and Producer James D. Benson. The disc also includes a behind-the-scenes featurette about the making of the film.
Overall, The Rig is one of those films that I just had a hard time really getting into. The beginning of the film is a real-turn off as it just drags from pointless scenes of working on the rig and long drawn-out series of heavy dialogued conversations between characters. The real action does not start to happen right away, and by the time it does, we are already bored with the plot. The Rig is your typical bad B-rated horror flick, one that some may enjoy but I’m almost sure if you do, that you will be part of a small minority.
– Horror Bob
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