North Sea

Nordsjøen

Om du var tveksam till skandinavisk katastroffilm så är Norges senaste bidrag om en oljekatastrof ännu ett bevis på att de är minst lika kompetenta i genren som Hollywood.

...may be gloomier and more character-driven than American genre nuts may be used to, but it’s still generic and therefore familiar enough to be satisfying.

As a disaster film about human-made catastrophe, John Andreas Andersen’s The Burning Sea is drawn from a tried-and-true genre playbook.

...any time you can top your tale of crisis, calamity and heroism with sacrifice, pathos and a hopeful message, you call that a “win,” in Hollywood or Aelsund.

...it provides enough nuance to its characters that we care for their survival.