The Rig (2010)

In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.

Director:

Peter Atencio

Writers:

Scott Martin (original screenplay), C.W. Fallin (story and characters)

Stars:

William Forsythe, Stacey Hinnen, Serah D'Laine

Cast

Complete credited cast:
William Forsythe	...	Jim Fleming
Stacey Hinnen	...	Freddy Brewer
Serah D'Laine	...	Carey Fleming
Marcus T. Paulk	...	Andrew
Carmen Pérez Røsnes	...	Rodriguez (as Carmen Perez)
Daniel Benson	...	Colin Brewer / The Creature (as Dan Benson)
Robert Zachar	...	Faulkner
Scott Martin	...	Kyle Dobbs
Darren Scott	...	John
Eric Bivens-Bush	...	Virgil
Jacob Bruce	...	Wallace
Dennis LaValle	...	Earl
Art LaFleur	...	Ken Fleming

Storyline

As a hurricane rages outside, the small but experienced crew of an oil drilling rig settles in to ride out the storm. Isolated on the rig, their calm is short lived when a crew member goes missing and an extensive search proves futile. Slowly, they discover that a deadly creature is stalking the skeleton crew, eliminating them one by one. Surrounded by nothing but raging ocean, their communication severed and no way off the rig, the roughnecks try to survive the stormy night with an unrelenting force of death hunting them down.

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Plot Keywords:

oil | creature | storm | death | ocean | 

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Taglines:

Some things shouldn't be disturbed.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody creature violence, language and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Platform

Filming Locations:

Morgan City, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

OffSpring Productions, Workshop Films 2

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Mr. Charlie" is recognized as the first submersible drilling barge rig in the world to drill offshore wells. It is now used as a museum and training facility in Morgan City, Louisiana.

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Goofs

In the storyline description it says that the crew has no way off the rig. But drill rigs are usually equipped with at least two lifeboats that can each hold the entire crew. And in the opening shot of the movie an orange lifeboat is clearly visible on the side of the rig.

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Quotes

Faulkner: Bad things will happen to you in your life. It's how you respond to them that's gonna determine your character... from the day you're born to the day you die.
Kyle Dobbs: But that doesn't make it any easier.
Faulkner: It never does...

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Connections

References Aliens (1986)

User Reviews

Dumb

This Movie was a total waste of time it has nothing but crappy camera angles and terrible sound also the effects were dumb. I highly doubt that the special effects artists from Alien vs. Predator had anything to do with this... ..It was a waste of $10 when I could have just gotten Billy Madison for the same amount and got some good laughs instead of feelings of this was terrible. If you want to get this movie I say wait until you see it go on sale me and my friend saw it and thought we were interested until we put it in and sat down and watched it. I see the only reasons to get this are bragging rights about having more movies than anyone else or if you are interested in collecting everything that has an actor that was in a Disney show/movie.