Rig 45 (2018–2020) User Reviews

Not bad, but not perfect

[minorellen-18342 · 7/10 · 7 October 2018]

Yep, the ending was pretty lame. Not all of it though, but the last talk between killer and the most guilty guy killer was after. Not very good acting, but what would you expect if the lines are so lame. One reviewer wrote that Petra killed Andrea! Nope, Its not true. It was Douglas. It was him who said that Andrea was getting close to the truth.

But what I did like (but was upset though) that in the end innocent guy was killed by police by mistake and a killer(Petra) had no any regrets because of it. She was happy she killed many people, who how she thought were guilty of murdering her brother and got away with it. Ok she was looking for justice, but who will bring justice for Halvard? Because he would be labeled as a murderer and he is dead and cant defend himself. So, even the worst guy on a platform - Douglas was right in the end. Petra has become worse than he ever was. Also killing Mary was not justified at all, even from Petra's damaged point of view. So, this movie did have a message. Revenge is not justice and even more - it brings way more injustice as a result. So, it wasnt bad series, though wasnt perfect.

I guess Some did not like that 3 most likeable characters were killed (Andrea, Halvard and Mary). 2 of them were completely innocent. The 3rd was more a victim than the guilty party.

So, solid 7 out of 10.

Competent murder muster

[wildbillyhutton · 6/10 · 14 July 2022]

This is a murder mystery set in a confined area - and it largely succeeds (although by no means perfect). It is set in an oil rig, but it could equally have been a submarine, space station... Those complaining about it not being a true to life oil rig are missing the point - it's about the claustrophobic nature of the setting. If realism is sought, watch a documentary.

Full of gaps but kept me to the end

[jonaslundell · 5/10 · 11 October 2020]

It is weird with those series you can't stop watching, even if you think they are inconsistent, full of gaps and overall pretty bad. After have watched both seasons, I conclude this is one of those.

Now and then it is actually pretty exciting. And if you by any chance can stand the gaps in the storyline, the poor dialogue and severly bad acting, then it is mostly cleverly filmed in the, apparently by the comments from rig workers, not very realistic environment.

Despite that, for me (as a non rig worker) the rig environment works quite well. Narrow corridors, darkness, flicking lights, power breakdowns, wind and rain - and someone is getting rid of the crew one by one (in classic manner) in the middle of nowhere out on the North Sea.

Is it him? Her? Them together? Noone trusts anyone. Overall a 5/10 from me. Saved by some quite exciting episodes.

Bad Ending

[msgihackers · 6/10 · 12 July 2018]

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It actually started ok, it was intense/exciting and a little creepy as you did not know who the murder was on the platform. The end, on the other hand, was lousy. It was found that the murder was Perta. There is a lot of things happening and before you know, the murderer got away by killing all the people on the platform. All the "innocent" were killed in one way or another. Seemed it was a little unrealistic that the murderer got away with it.. But it's just my experience of the series.

Season 1 Excellent; Season 2 not so much...

[jiminverness · 6/10 · 10 October 2022]

Good acting, great plot. An unexpected event less than half-way in that upends all the usual expectations of an investigative procedural, and works quite well.

The season 1 ending was a bit of a downer, but it did enable a strong start to season 2.

Season 2 started out well, despite having two very unlikable police leads, but after an early death the writing quality diminishes, and the survivors do more and more inexplicable things that throw you out of the show and should have been caught in quality control in whatever the modern version of "the dailies" is.

The scenery in the glory shots - where the day is clear, the water is still, and the rig and ship are sitting there - is spectacular.

All The Makings...

[stuart-788-670704 · 6/10 · 21 June 2020]

I'm 2 episodes deep & so far it has all the makings of a decent little show, but being that I've been around this kind of work ALL MY LIFE (not necessarily rig work, but pipeline & other associated work doing with safety, safety protocols, workmanship behavior, amount of people sent to investigate a workplace accident resulting in a loss of life...so, trust me, I've had this horrible experience & there's ALWAYS more than one person sent & the least of your worries is an internal rep who's making some sort of finding-OSHA, the "state", the company, who you're selling the product to/who "owns" the job, who the main company is, etc., at least are represented by AT LEAST one individual & usually a team each...this process is NEVER "hurried", no matter the production requirements being sacrificed, the time of year / holiday it happens to be, etc., the process is a very laborious, deliberate, almost "painfully" slow (I don't mean to make light of an job site accident claiming a life, just meaning it could seem like a lot of "we've already covered that a 100 times" or "why can't we go back to work yet, we've been cleared & done our updated safety training" type stuff)...

Plus, since we are "construction gurus", someone PLEASE explain to me HOW IN THE HECK a hurricane can be wreaking havoc in the North Atlantic Sea at Christmas Time of all seasons!?!?! LMAO!! I mean, I'm ALL IN with Global Climate Change, that's common sense at this point-and if you weren't on board before 2020, this spring (& actually HAVING a spring-meaning, not going straight from a "strong fall" to a "mild winter" to a "HOTTER THAN BALLS SUMMER" was awesome-but there's no way in HELL that they had a hurricane up there in May much less Christmas! Haha

This show, otherwise, so far is pretty good.

Just some pretty funny holes so far. And the females are striking, but I dare you to go onto a rig, pipeline ROW, other construction job & find me 3 of them, much less 1. (Not being sexist, just truthful! I love all God's creatures!

A Testament from an oil worker

[kisen-47379 · 1/10 · 12 March 2020]

This series is an insult to everyone who work offshore. It is totally unrealistic and fail to capture anything that even resemble the realistic life offshore. The opening seen where Rita is climbing in the derrick for no reason during a storm is just absurd. During a storm we disconnect from the well and the crew is inside washing TV and having a good time. And safety always comes first, no one is interested to push people to do dangerous things cause that will make them loose their jobs. The whole series is just laughable.

One of the best damn suspense thrillers in recent years

[mcouillard-61316 · 9/10 · 23 August 2018]

Ok, so first of all, I have absolutely ZERO idea what teglundsamuel was talking about when he said this had bad acting, writing, etc and gave it only one star. Only thing I can figure is that he stopped watching it about 5 minutes into episode 1. The reviewer that gave it 5 stars specifically says they stopped watching in episode 3 (which is when the 100% English stops and the subs are required more often), and because someone they thought was hot got killed, so they really have no basis to even write a review. And the person who gave it 6 stars was upset with the ending, and actually DID like basically everything about it until that point. I get that some people may not be happy with the ending, but it certainly doesn't warrant a reduction 4 stars for that alone. (also that review spoils the end and says who the killer is so I HIGHLY suggest you DO NOT read that review if you plan to watch this).

The writing is very reminiscent of David Lynch ala Twin Peaks or Mulholland Drive. This is a whodunit through and through, and should keep you guessing until about 15 minutes before the end of the final episode. The acting is really top-notch as well. I have never heard of any of these actors (being Canadian and English myself, I don't watch a lot of foreign productions), but I'm absolutely blown away by at least 2 of the stars. Namely the guy who played Halvar and the woman who played Petra. These 2 are on fire in this mini-series. To address what the last reviewer said about a good suspense is supposed to keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time, and have many twists and turns, etc.....this show has all that and then some! In fact there were so many twists and turns in the plot that at times it was actually hard to keep up (but in a good way, a REALLY good way).

In any case, I'm not a reviewer, as I'm sure you can tell, but after reading the last comment and seeing that this somehow only had a 5.4 rating, I simply HAD to write something so that other people will know that they should really give this a shot, and not rely on one person's obviously delusional opinion.

Trust me, if you're into a GREAT story, a murder mystery that will literally keep you guessing until the very end, exceptional acting and outstanding writing, then look no further. Give this a watch and I promise you'll be glad you did. (just be prepared for subtitles if you're an English speaker--about 65% of this IS in English but the rest is in 3 other languages)

SOLID 9/10

Completely unbelievable

[gjz-26871 · 1/10 · 27 March 2020]

The writers, producers, and directors should have visited real rigs to get the research right. This was not shot on a rig, the interior is far from reality, almost everything is absurd when compared to how real rig life is. The story is situated in the Norwegian sector of the north sea. If something like this would happen, the Norwegian oil safety directorate would fly out to the rig with a team of investigators, the police would also have their representatives have flown out, as well as a team from the operator. This is so far from how it would be the reality that it's comical and stupid. There is no way to describe this in a nice way. Everyone involved in this series should be ashamed of their performance. It's bad.

A great series but...

[docp · 9/10 · 16 November 2018]

Outstandingly good series with great acting and a great plot. Totally engrossing. I gave it 9 out of 10. if it hadn't been for its pathetic and totally transparent ending I would have give it 10. What a shame to spoil such a good series with a cheap and predictable ending like that. He or she who wrote that ending should be ashamed of hmself/herself. What a pity!

Waste of time

[Leah-salby · 1/10 · 10 November 2019]

I kept watching this hide and seek dull series with hopes of it getting more interesting. Not! If you enjoy watching people looking around every corner with flashlights you'll love this. Then the language changed from English and reading the lines were difficult as it was white print on white background at times. This story was so stupid I fell asleep! Just follow the one with the gun. Whoopee. 10 little Indians on a rig. BORING!

It flatters to deceive

[acefrehley-4 · 3/10 · 23 November 2019]

A who dunnit on a Norwegian oil rig sounded promising but from the first clunky cgi images it disappoints. The Norwegian bit pretty much goes out of the window early on because.. well it's be too much trouble to read subtitles... so we get Dublin and Scottish accents cause that's foreign enough and every so often some subtitled Norwegian just to remind us it's foreign. It borrows shamelessly from Alien with the crawling through air ducts and steady decimation of the crew by an unknown killer. Ultimately by the time the murder is revealed I considered they were doing me a favour by finishing off the stragglers and bringing the series to an end.

Some dubious elements, with thrill well maintained

[BeneCumb · 8/10 · 4 January 2019]

Bad things happening in closed community/surroundings are always catchy to follow, but it is more and more difficult in 21st century to create a plausible excuse for total reclusion and long delay of help - due to modern technology. Still, if the script and performances are well planned and accomplished - if you do not guess the wrongdoer and so-called good characters and more famous actors "disappear" long before the ending - I can value it already...

True, with the "vanishing" of characters, some scenes became too long and the pace declined together with thrill and uneasiness, but the British-style ending, rather unexpected (yet probably unrealistic) let me easily rate this Series with 8 points.

What a BS

[stadalninkas · 1/10 · 8 April 2020]

If I would be a Director first thing I would get a experienced oil worker as adviser at least. I am working offshore for 20 years and season 1 and season 2 are just a joke. Good science fiction but nothing even close to reality. One word - JOKE! If you need an expert in offshore life just contact me or any of 100 000 real offshore workers.

Great story, great performances!

[Anne_DB · 10/10 · 30 November 2018]

First of all, I don't understand the low ratings on this mini-series. It's absolutely great and the plot twists are unexpected. I would have preferred another ending but it was absolutely well thought off. Too bad the only guy who is not guilty of anything gets to blame and the killer actually gets away with everything. Unlike other reviews on this page, I was on the edge of my seat and I absolutely loved the acting. At least 3 actors (Soren Malling, David Dencik and Jakob Oftebro) are big stars in Scandinavia and Rig 45 shows why. Must see series!

Catching but bit of a Humdrum

[jacquesviljoen-05348 · 4/10 · 4 April 2019]

I really enjoyed the first episode of season one. I thought this is the start of a very good series.

I'm an author myself usually I can't write when the TV is on. I could've written a few chapters right through episode 3 to 6. All the episodes are the same. Nothing exciting. You just know that the next member on board of the rig is going to die untill there's only one left, the killer. All the good characters dies. The not-so-good actors with bad acting skills lasts up to the end.

Good storyline but very platonic. I don't want to give a bad review because I know how it feels as a creator, but I really hope that season 2 makes up.for the first sex episodes. (not available in South Africa yet)

Not bad but...

[jjohnsontothemax · 3/10 · 5 September 2020]

If you work in oil and gas don't watch Rig 45. It's as if they researched what oil rig work is like by watching movies from the 80's/90's and the movie Alien. If you don't know the industry or can set aside the vast multitude of incorrect operating procedures then it's a pretty good series.

Excellent show!

[Wegiddy · 8/10 · 17 September 2020]

I finished the first season and my god it kept me on my toes!! Normally I'd figure out what happens next or who will betray who but not on this show! It kept me guessing and then the suspense of the killings! In unique ways was pretty great. I'd recommend the show to anyone. I'm actually surprised it didn't have more stars!

Seriously terrible

[plentypaws · 1/10 · 6 May 2020]

The worst cable murder series I've ever seen. The plot could have been interesting in more adept hands. But the plot details are ridiculously implausible, the writing is pure dreck, and the dialoge is repetitive, dull, and predictable. I watched all twelve episodes -- hoping it would get better at SOME point. Really, this bit of cable TV who-done-it should be essential viewing in film classes as an example of how not to write.

I re-established my IMDB account just to leave this review, to save others from wasting nine hours of otherwise productive time.

First series great, second absolutely dire

[jonclose-04252 · 8/10 · 27 September 2023]

Please note - the above rating applies to the first series. Second series would be 0

First series - really well written, produced and acted. Good story.

Second series:

Terrible, non-existent, rehashed story from the first series.

Awful writing and script

Most of it doesn't make any sense. Loads of plot holes and continuity errors.

Terrible, terrible actors and acting. They could not have cast this worse if they'd deliberately tried to.

In short, watch the first series, but don't bother watching the second. We stuck with it thinking it simply had to get better, and we wanted to see why certain things had happened.... but you never really find out. Total waste of time.

Not good at all

[teglundsamuel · 1/10 · 6 July 2018]

I started watching this with some anticipation, and it started up kind of ok with an interesting plot. But the acting, storyline and the script soon went from ok to bad and from bad to worse.

The idea is to keep the viewers interested and on the edge of their seats with twists and turns, but without saying to much, my conclusion is that they fail, big time.

The script is lacking paste and hardly ever reaches a high note.

Altogether, I can´t recommends this.

Really???

[lujanrava19 · 1/10 · 3 October 2020]

After the first season, did they make a second one??? The first season was... awful... Simply awful. So, did they really need to make a second season??? The first was enough for me. Enough bad, I mean.

Great plot twist

[mkaye1962 · 9/10 · 12 December 2019]

I loved the show. My only complaint is that for most of the last few episodes the subtitles didn't work. All I saw was (speaking Danish/Norwegian/Swedish) so I had a difficult time following.

Dross rubbish why didn't they all just die!

[SplatDcat · 1/10 · 2 August 2022]

In the name of all things holy we deleted episode 4,5 and it didn't make any difference as this show is abysmal.

Writers and producers of this bilge pump dross should've been flushed to the seabed.

Very exiting series i ever seen!

[Likeafrisbee · 10/10 · 5 May 2021]

Very exiting series! You'r suspiciois of eho the killer ws changed like 100 times! Wow so god in that way! Sad part in season 2 when Petra got killed! That was bad! The first time a series kills manu of the main chatacters. Very interesting.