The Wave 2015 123movies

Watch: Bølgen 2015 123movies, Full Movie Online – Based on the fact that mountain pass Åkneset, located in the Geiranger fjord in Norway, will one day collapse and create a violent tsunami of over 80 meters that will crush everything in its path before it hits land in Greenland. A geologist gets caught in the middle of it and a race against time begins..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 38,976
	83% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1103 Popularity: 28.29 | TMDB

Reviews:

The Wave is an excellent Norwegian language disaster film. It centers on a geologist who is leaving town with his family for a better paying job. However, before he leaves, he suspects the mountain there may be in danger of imminent collapse. He has to convince his colleagues while there is still time for escape. When his worst fears come true, the town’s inhabitants have 10 minutes to escape. Chaos then occurs as everyone tries to escape and the geologist tries to save his family.

The movie cost over $6 million to make which is impressive considering the size of Norway. I would have expected a movie like this to cost much more. Everything seems very realistic. The actors and actresses did a tremendous job. There is a very well done scene inside a small shaft that had me trying to catch my own breath.

As of the date I’m publishing this, the movie is available on Netflix in the US. It’s definitely worth watching even if you have to pay for a rental or purchase (available for download from all major US providers). Don’t let the fact that it is a foreign language film stop you.

> They expected it, but never prepared for it.

This is the latest natural disaster flick from the Norway. About an inland tsunami that caused due to the landslide near the lake that based around the mountains. Kind of fresh in that perspective, because as far I remember I haven’t seen a movie evolve in this theme which is only a slightly differs from water reservoir burst and flood accidental concepts.

It’s definitely a good watch, something I learnt from the Norwegian side of strategy to tackle the natural disasters. But the film was about what happens when you know the dangers and for some reason fail to the take action at the time, like maybe the human error or the negligence.

It was sent to represent the nation in the ‘the best foreign film’ category at the 2016 Oscars, but failed to make the progress. I kind of enjoyed it, but not that impressive other than the quality performances and the visuals. I feel the story was too short, I meant not the runtime. Technically, there was no story other than the opening few minutes.

It would have been better if it had the hard hitting emotions with the catchy lines and depth in all the main characters. Because when the film ends, you probably begin to forget it already, which usually won’t happen for a Hollywood flick. That’s the major difference if you compare it with the American films.

> “That rock has stood for thousands of years
> and will stand securely for thousands more.”

Okay, I agree Hollywood makes the best disaster movies. But other film industries as well catching up the trend, utilising the modern CGI and trying to match with them. Korea did the same with their first disaster film ‘Tidal Wave’ back in 2009. Remember this is Norways first step as well and somewhat excelled, especially in the technical area.

For unknown actors and the language, these films are restricted or depended on the domestic market only and this film did great by setting up a record for that year in the revenue. But films like these are rarely recognised in the international arena, other than by the critics through film festivals. What I think is they need to improve by commercialising the overall product a bit if they want the international market like once again saying what the Korean film industry did.

It opens with a simple drama that centres around a family from a small town who’re facing the usual family issue. At the end of the first half, the disaster strikes, which was just around the 5 minutes. So you are going to miss those Hollywood propaganda like ships capsized or the falling skyscrapers. The usage of graphics were limited, but the later scenes were green screen shots. So I warn you to keep your expectations low.

The next half was the aftermath of the calamity where the people go look for their beloved ones. But it focused only the one family, and their involvement, which is more or less similar to ‘The Impossible’. The supporting characters are the weak point in the entire narrative. One of the few things I like about this film was this one looks more natural and realistic.

I won’t officially declare it a must see, it was not bad either. You might like it more than me. The movie is worth a watch other than often you encounter the influence of other flicks. You can’t complain for those, basically, they are like a blueprint for a theme like this. If you’re able to comply with pouring cliches, you could have a good time with it, in my opinion.

6.5/10

A steady and absorbing surge of disaster movie
Norwegian movies occasionally bring sleeper hit like the Troll Hunter, the wintry location is just perfect for things unknown. The Wave, while it may be strange to have on a mountain, is a good mix of visual cinematography, nice use of attractive vistas and simple yet engaging characters. The first act might feel a tad slow but the entirety is finely tuned compartmentalized sequences that fit together as good disaster movie.

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.

Left me crestfallen
The film starts well. Nothing that hasn’t been done before, but pretty well done for all that.

It then slips into the worst of disaster movie clichés (also applies to horror films) as the characters start behaving in increasingly idiotic ways.

A full two minutes after the sirens have gone off and the fire alarm is set off in the hotel, all of the guests are still holed up in their rooms. One of them sticks their head out of their room to ask, “Is this a drill?” Seriously? What sort of cretin would think a hotel has a fire alarm drill at 2 in the morning with all the town’s sirens going off.

Then there’s the clueless geologists. Only the protagonist seems to have a passing knowledge of what all the data means, despite red lights going off everywhere. Each time the readings suggest there might be something wrong the chief geologist dismisses it as probably an error with the sensors. I mean what’s the point of having the equipment if you’re not going to believe what it’s telling you.

Even when the whole mountain collapses, the fantastically idiotic woman in the early warning centre doesn’t think to raise the alarm. When she’s finally told to sound the sirens, she stares at the red button for long seconds, get on with it you stupid cow.

Back in the town, the hotel’s guests are now milling about in the lobby, the bus driver for some unfathomable reason doesn’t want to drive them up the hill. Anyway, they all die, which is fine because they were too silly.

The hero’s wife then needlessly kills a man who was needlessly freaking out at an extremely unhelpful time.

When the hero finally turns up to save his wife and son, the teenage doofus decides to stop swimming while underwater because he’s short of breath, rather than kicking harder for the surface. So the hero gives him the kiss of life underwater and the son continues, while the hero now decides to give up, despite only having 10 feet further to go.

Simply abysmal, but I quite enjoyed the film.

Other Information:

Original Language no
Runtime 1 hr 45 min (105 min)
Budget 5904067
Revenue 12975143
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
Director Roar Uthaug
Writer John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Martin Sundland
Actors Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro
Country Norway, Sweden
Awards 7 wins & 9 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1 (some scenes), 1.85 : 1 (some scenes), 2.35 : 1
Camera Red Epic Dragon
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format DCP