The Wave (2016)
Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
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I don't get why this movie got too many positive reviews. It's even rated 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its cliched and the characters do stupid stuff all the time. I have this conspiracy theory that the Norwegian government paid for these positive reviews just so their citizens will watch this movie for information dissemination purposes. That's fine. But as a work of art, this is just dumb.
I would have given a solid 8 or 9 if it just stopped when the wave, hit before that was a nice well acted little disaster flick with the most spectacular scenery.Then.....a rapid descent into unbelievable cliché BS,watch until the wave after that the frustration with stupidity is overwhelming
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it. Bølgen (or also known as The Wave) suffers from an overstuffed plot and a mix of different genres like action, disaster and drama and to be honest i had more fun with films like Armageddon, Volcano and even Geostorm than this film. The perfomances were also not that good either and i didn't get invested with any of the leading characters or the others as a whole. Better skip it and see something else!!!
It's a good movie, above the average acting, incredible photography and not so bad special effects. The tension the movie builds really gets you, it's easy to start to care about the characters. It's worth the watch, for me a great surprise, but basically, it's The Impossible on Fjords.