Pipe Nation

Having followed Pipe Nations production pandemonium, I was very excited to watch it when the series finally premiered. I was disappointed to see that they cut their losses and rebranded it as a movie. It was written to be a series and it shows. It feels extremely directionless, like you are always missing a huge piece of the story, and while the acting showed many moments of special brilliance, the movie overall felt extremally unauthentic, as if the people writing this had never worked in the oilfield. It feels like it was made simply to sell like pro oil propaganda, rather than coming from a place of passion or heartfelt connection to an industry the world seems all to ready to do away with.

This is hands down the worst movie I have ever watched to sum it up in one word terrible. It really is 53 minutes of your life you won't get back I'm truly surprised I sat through the entire thing. When you think it can't get any worse it does if I could give it no stars I would . It couldn't be any further from the reality of the pipeline life and does not live up to the hype.....acting is horrendous story line is garbage and just feels slapped together . You almost feel embarrassed for the people in it . Spare yourself and take my word for it this movie isn't worth your time or money . Only good part was uncle hack DC69 BABY.

One review states "time to debunk the oilfield"... yes, by showing every worker does drugs, foreman bangs employees, and all they do is party? This "movie" did nothing to portray the oilfield in a positive light, in fact, the opposite.. Have worked many pipelines, nothing was debunked here. When have protestors ever been permitted to be on site? Never. Paying off the environmental inspector? The EI is usually employed by the prime, nice try! Huge storyline holes, who is Grady? Why does a knockoff Sons of Anarchy character care about a pipeline being finished? No authenticity, radio coms aren't even authentic. Waste of time, poor voice over video editing. "Eckspecially". Own film actor even rated film 7/10. Camera isn't focused. Poor acting. Where is a Sherpa just kept on a pipeline for emergencies when heli can't land? So inauthentic and it blows my mind how hard one actor pushes this film on social media, I'd be embarrassed to be part of oilfield work and stand behind this as a portrayal of his industry.

I didn't like rebranding it to a movie as it does have lots of gaps that need to be filled in it. But this if this continue as a show. I'm sure it will would keep other sinked in. I loved how Ashley struggles and portrays her pain and her family feeling it all. I loved how they showed the sacrifice and this longing heart. Ashley shows deep dedication to fix in, while non-stop obstacles are thrown at her.

The story does get a little messy without the introduction of who Nick really is to Ashley. As I know the story to it, it didn't potray that. And was she with the red headed man at the time she was with him? There's a few gaps to the story line. But I see lots of potential and some reality pipelinners go through.

For an indie movie, I think this was very well done and thought of. A group of Albertans coming together to try and relate to the oilfield women and men out there. When can we see more of it!

I finally got to watch pipenation although there's a lot of criticism... the oil & gas sector needs to be spoken about more , I like the concept and where this was heading, pilots are never the best starting off and that goes for all the series we see on TV... I felt the true grit of this show and where it wanted to go. Yes there will be negative feedback it's not everyone's tea. But for me coming from the oilfield this hit home for me in many ways. Whether it makes it or not. I completely got the idea and where they were trying to go with it.

It's time to debunk what people think of the oil industry.