Aunque era algo predecible, nadie estaba preparado para que el paso de montaña sobre el espectacular y estrecho fiordo noruego de Geiranger se derrumbara y creara un violento tsunami de 85 m... Leer todoAunque era algo predecible, nadie estaba preparado para que el paso de montaña sobre el espectacular y estrecho fiordo noruego de Geiranger se derrumbara y creara un violento tsunami de 85 metros. Un geólogo se encontrará en medio de toda esta catástrofe.Aunque era algo predecible, nadie estaba preparado para que el paso de montaña sobre el espectacular y estrecho fiordo noruego de Geiranger se derrumbara y creara un violento tsunami de 85 metros. Un geólogo se encontrará en medio de toda esta catástrofe.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 7 premios ganados y 9 nominaciones en total
- Maria
- (as Mette Horn)
Opiniones destacadas
That doesn't make this less engaging. On the contrary, it is suspense filled, the viewer waiting for what this has been advertised of. And the effects will not disappoint you. The human story as predictable as it is, is engaging too. European catastrophe drama at its best
The focus is mainly on a family of four on their last day in normally quaint city of Geiranger. Kritian (Kristoffer Joner) as the father is a geologist who admittedly too fixated on his job. Before they leave he spots some anomalies of the impending catastrophe. It's a predictable but still decent premise and while it starts rather slow, the time invested is used to familiarize audience with the characters and also the tourist attraction.
The Wave uses its setting very nicely, it capitalizes on the actual hotel and mountain, partially and understandably for promotional purpose. It's visually pleasing and involving scenery, better than most Hollywood attempts on the genre. For example, San Andreas doesn't feel as though viewer is engaged aside from excessive CG. This movie cleverly captures the essence of the place well.
It doesn't mean that there's a lack of special effect here, it's just used more appropriately. For those wanting a cool spectacle of force of nature, you won't be disappointed. Better yet, there are few scenes which really push the theatrical effect of human drama and graphical thriller so precisely, it's impressively daunting. Furthermore, audience would mostly likely relate to the family's ordeal more than investing on random calamity displays.
The Wave is a disaster movie done right, nearly every aspect of it come crashing down just at the right spot and time.
The moderator introduced it as a "movie that would make Roland Emmerich cum his pants", and while it's not exactly on the same level as, say, Independence Day or 2012, the film is an absolute destructive experience that packs a punch. The premise, which is honestly quite simple, revolves around a geologist that begins to sense that something is awry when a mountain over a small town begins to give off strange activity in its movement. By the time he warns everybody, it's too late.
The film borrows from plenty of Hollywood clichés, but what it does well is build its suspense. Normally there would be a few action set pieces preceding the real climax, but this film takes its time to build the tension and it does so masterfully. There's an emotional connection to the lead and his family, and from the moment he senses that something is wrong, you want him and those that he loves to get out of town safely.
There's nothing new about the story or with the characters, but it's an impressive feat with dazzling cinematography and a pulsating score. I'd highly recommend checking it out if you're looking to be entertained.
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- TriviaThe first disaster movie made in Norway and Scandinavia.
- ErroresWhen Kristian, Sondre, and Julia are in the Jeep, the front passenger seat is empty, then the camera angle changes to Sondre sitting in that seat.
- Citas
Kristian Eikjord: Margot? Sound the alarm.
Margot Valldal: But...
Arvid Øvrebø: Margot! Go to red! Go to Red Alert! Margot! Sound the alarm!
- ConexionesFeatured in Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema: Disaster Movies (2019)
- Bandas sonorasSplitter Pine
Performed by Dum Dum Boys (as Dumdum Boys)
Written by Kjartan Kristiansen
(P) 1989 Sony Music Entertainment Norway AS
Selecciones populares
- How long is The Wave?Con tecnología de Alexa
Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- Países de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idiomas
- También se conoce como
- The Wave
- Locaciones de filmación
- Geiranger, Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega(the town and exteriors)
- Productoras
- Ver más créditos de la compañía en IMDbPro
Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- EUR 6,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 177,404
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 60,321
- 6 mar 2016
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 12,975,143
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 45 minutos
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1