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Norway • 2018 • 106m •
   • Directed by: John Andreas Andersen. • Starring: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Stig R. Amdam, Catrin Sagen, Per Frisch, Hanna Skogstad, Runar Døving, Agnes Bryhn Røysamb, David Kosek, Fredrik Skavlan. • Music by: Johannes Ringen, Johan Söderqvist.      Geologist Kristian Eikjord and family which was traumatized but survived The Wave in 2015, experience another earth shattering event, when they 3 years later has moved to Norwegian capital Oslo. Safe from tsunamis, but not for earthquakes.
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That THE QUAKE so successfully manages to be an emotionally engaging character drama makes the whole film so much more interesting. There's been made a countless number of disaster movies already, but so many of them fails to properly invest enough time into their own characters. Reducing them to nothing more than pawns to place the visual effects around and to be sacrificed without much thought. The fact that we're so emotionally invested in the lead character and his family gives this film a lot of stakes. We genuinely fear for them. We care about them. We want them to get out safely. It makes THE QUAKE so much more intense and entertaining to watch.
There are certain flaws present - such as minor plot points that slightly lacks some sort of resolution. This is however not a big deal, as THE QUAKE is an intense, well-shot disaster movie that manages to be emotionally engaging and beautiful in its human drama.
Review by Bml93 from the Internet Movie Database.
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