The Rig
Review By Sharon Foss
There’s something strange in the neighborhood…who you gonna call? Well, not ghostbusters because the “somethings” are under water. A crew of an oil rig encounters some problems. Perhaps it’s due to the huge storm they are encountering at sea level. Maybe it’s more. This is the plot of The Rig, a movie directed by Peter Atencio and written by Scott Martin, Marilee A. Benson and C.W. Fallin.
A worker disappears. Head guy Jim is starting to worry. As usual, William Forsythe, who plays Jim, (Rob Zombie’s Halloween and The Devil’s Rejects) is awesome to have in a movie, but The Rig disappoints. He’s barely in the movie at all! He gets top billing but again, is gone in a blink of an eye. Instead, Jim’s daughter and her boyfriend run the movie. Not that they aren’t good. Carey is played by Serah D’Laine of General Hospital, while Dobbs is played by Scott Martin. I am not familiar with either actor, so I was bummed to see them take center stage. However, they were pretty good at carrying the movie, with Stacey Hinnen’s help. Hinnen, who played Freddy, has a smattering of television credits to his name. But he’s a great tough guy and is the steady backbone in this group.
Strange events start happening on the rig as people begin to disappear, one by one, each in a bloody way. What’s going on? Who, or what, is behind the bloodbaths? It’s up to the rest of the crew to find out. Will they find out in time?
When dawn arrives, the rig is quite a mess. Blood everywhere, people scarce. However will this be explained?
While I can only imagine this feature film may be bypassed come Academy Award time, it wasn’t too bad. One downfall is the seemingly nonchalant way those on the rig handle the events of the evening. Some die and some become unknown specimens…and everyone takes it with a grain of salt. While the fight or die mentality certainly must have kicked in to these riggers, a little more emotion would have been nice, and more believable.
The DVD includes a 10-minute behind the scenes look at the making of this film, which literally only includes behind the scenes filming. No commentary, no explanations. Severely lacking.
