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A.k.a.
The Wave
Year
2015
Runtime
105 min.
Director
Roar Uthaug
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Rating *
6.6
Votes *
6,230
Checks
1,405
Favs
51
Dislikes
16
Favs/checks
3.6% (1:28)
Favs/dislikes
3:1
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Top comments

  1. fonz's avatar

    fonz

    It hit on all the disaster movie tropes that you have come to expect: departing expert struggles to leave because no one will believe his warnings that trouble is imminent, a little girl, a love interest, a ticking clock, a skateboarding teenager that has a crush on his mom's co-worker and disappears at an inconvenient time yet whose selfish actions end up saving at least one person, a woman dies, her husband grieves and then panics, self-defense that is really homicide but will declared a casualty of the disaster, screaming, etc.

    In all, it plays like a Norwegian Dante's Peak staring Daryl Dixon and Marita Covarrubias which isn't a bad thing, but satisfying enough to wash out the bad taste left in my mouth from complete and utter shitte.
    8 years 1 month ago
  2. Emiam's avatar

    Emiam

    7/10
    Good movie, exciting all the time, fun with a Nordic disaster film, this Norwegian is better than Swedish "Den blomstertid nu kommer" that came 2018. Very good CGI, but there could have been more such scenes - one gets to see the power of the wave against the village a scene, then darkness and fog, then day and then the water is totally calm again - I understand that it may be a money issue, but it is a shame that have to destroy. Good acting overall actually. The Danish couple had to play the most panic-beaten, exaggerated, some may say, but in a similar situation, several more would react the same way. Great length.
    5 years 2 months ago
  3. xianjiro's avatar

    xianjiro

    It could have been better, but it could have also been a lot Hollywood disaster flick worse. 7 years 4 months ago
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