Nordsjön

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.

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

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

...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.

...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.

Historien i »Nordsøen« er selvfølgelig fiktiv, men bestemt ikke urealistisk, og det gør den både spændende og tankevækkende.