"Dark Waters" Review - At The Top One Percent

Most of you probably remember that movie, “Spotlight” with Mark Ruffalo. Well, I would go far enough to call “Dark Waters” a sequel to that very film. But don’t fret, this is one of those sequels that is better than the first.

“Dark Waters” is a terrifying yet truly perfect investigative drama that looks into the life of Robert Billot, the man who discovered how a chemical company was poisoning an entire town and getting away with it for over four decades. It echoes the tones that “Spotlight” set, but the script sets up more suspense and many powerful scenes run by Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins to truly drive this crime drama home. With the help of some gloomy yet fitting cinematography and a well written script not dramatized or fictionalized too much, you’ll feel the film grow in size as the case you watch grows from one person speaking out to tens of thousands getting due justice.

It’s not all a happy ending for everyone in this movie, but it gets the job done in telling an investigative story from start to finish and warns of the chilling dangers that corporations can enact on regular citizens. It’s the kind of cinematic tale that Mark Ruffalo was born to play (of course after being an Avenger). Dark Waters is a true must see in every kind of scope both as an American citizen and as a movie goer.

Two Nebs Up!