The Burning Sea

Original title: Nordsjøen

2021
PG-13
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

7.8K

YOUR RATING

In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world's largest oil fields in the neighboring North Sea, launching a prosperous period of offshore drilling. 50 years later, the environmental consequences begin to manifest - a crack has opened on the ocean floor, causing a rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia, rushes in to search for the missing and assess the cause of the damage, but what they discover is that this is just the start of a possible apocalyptic catastrophe. As rigs are evacuated, Sofia's loving companion Stian becomes trapped in the depths of the sea, and Sofia must dive in to rescue him.

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Disaster Action Drama Thriller

An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

Director
- John Andreas Andersen
Writers
- Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
- Lars Gudmestad
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

7.8K

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Andreas Andersen
Writers
- Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
- Lars Gudmestad
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

Trivia
The company Eelume featured in the movie exists in real life, and its snake-like underwater robots are real products.

Goofs
The movies poster contains an underwater sub in which a person can sit. It also shows a scuba diver in full gear diving underwater. Neither of the two can be seen back in the movie. An unmanned ROV is used and there are no divers in the movie.

Quotes
William Lie: We thought we were an oil nation
William Lie: But we are really an ocean nation.

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Featured review

7/10

Norsk Deepwater Horizon!?

Yes, for American viewers it will remind "Deepwater Horizon" (2016) and others could probably compare it with movies about Chernobyl Disaster 1986 or 2021 Suez Canal obstruction. Anyway, yes this movies is about disaster that was caused nor by nature but by humans.

This movies has it strong sides like a good acting from the whole cast, interesting plot, and driven action without unreal things (like Dwayne Johnson failing out of the skyscraper, mundane routine in a movie "Skyscraper" (2018)). Unfortunately, this movie also has negative sides like copying American style of movies (examples above can be considered), obviously somewhere & somehow scenario is predictable, and "fancy" cultural contrast (It is not about Norway, it is about representation how scenes and certain actions showed).

Overall, it is a good movie and good story. The plot is interesting and has interesting twists. It is showing action from on side and beauty of culture from another side. Definitely, not a waste of time but sadly contain some vivid cliché. If it would had editing in regards of the scenario and cut in chronométrage, it could be 10 out of 10.

P. S: If you are in Greenpeace or in WWF, or fan of Greta Thunberg, you might have a serious "burnout" / "butthurt" particularly close to the end of the movie ;)