The Wave

R 6.6
2016 1 hr 44 min Drama , Action , Thriller

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.

  • Cast:
    Kristoffer Joner , Ane Dahl Torp , Jonas Hoff Oftebro , Edith Haagenrud-Sande , Fridtjov Såheim , Laila Goody , Arthur Berning

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Reviews

Lightdeossk
2016/03/04

Captivating movie !

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SparkMore
2016/03/05

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

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Luecarou
2016/03/06

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

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Portia Hilton
2016/03/07

Blistering performances.

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barberic-695-574135
2016/03/08

We managed to get a copy of this movie only with Norwegian soundtrack and English subtitles. A typical disaster movie, story line was OK and the acting was pretty good overall making it a watchable movie. Edge of your seat it was not, somehow it just lacked the intensity required for a rally good movie of this type. Now the main negatives, the SFX, was not that good and looked a bit amateurish but the worst bit is what followed as the story moved through the resultant wreckage there were random little fires scattered through the scenes, all roughly the same size and so obviously false. Question, after everything has been thoroughly soaked for an extended period why would little fires spring up. A burning gas main or a liquid fuel fire I could have accepted but it looked like a troupe of adventure scouts had just left the scene leaving their camp fires burning, as the film progressed it became laughable. Would we watch it again, probably not as there are much better movies of this type available.

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adonis98-743-186503
2016/03/09

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!!!

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sassav8
2016/03/10

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.

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Paul Magne Haakonsen
2016/03/11

Granted that I hadn't actually heard about "Bølgen" (aka "The Wave") prior to finding it by sheer random luck. I was initially intrigued by the movie's cover and since I do like disaster movies, naturally I picked up the movie. And I must say that the fact that this was a Norwegian made movie only further fueled my interest. So I needed little convincing to sit down to watch it.Writers John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg sure know how to build up a story. I was more than impressed with the way that the story was constructed and put together. And director Roar Uthaug did a really good job at bringing the story to life on the screen.The movie starts out with some solid character defining introductions, while it slowly starts to add layers to the movie, introducing the storyline and plot in a very interesting way. And the build up of the movie did result in a very satisfying climax to say the least, because when the landslide happens and the massive wave is triggered it just becomes that much more intense.Speaking of the wave, then I will say that the special effects team really pulled this off quite nicely in a very convincing and realistic way. The CGI effects were very impressive and served the movie quite nicely.Personally I do, however, think that some of the air started to deflate once the wave had struck and the people were dealing with the immediate aftermath of the destruction and the disaster. Then the movie turned rather generic and predictable. Which was a real shame, because the movie had been really impressive up to that point. It was as if the movie lost momentum once the wave had ebbed out, sort of lost most of its impact - pardon the pun."Bølgen" had some really talented acting performers on the cast list. Kristoffer Joner really carried the movie quite well with his performance, and this guy is definitely an actor with some impressive talent, and since this was the first time I had seen him, I must say that I am intrigued to watch more that he stars in. It was also nice to see a couple of Danish performers to show up in this Norwegian movie, and they had managed to get Thomas Bo Larsen, whom is actually a largely known name in Denmark.If you enjoy disaster movies, and if you have no problem with non-English movies, then you should definitely take the time to sit down and watch "Bølgen", because it is a very entertaining and enjoyable movie.

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