The Burning Sea

Name: The Burning Sea
Genre: Action
Released: February 25, 2022
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Ane Skumsvoll, Anneke von der Lippe, Bjørn Floberg, Cengiz Al

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: February 25, 2022 | PG-13

Starring: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Ane Skumsvoll, Anneke von der Lippe, Bjørn Floberg, Cengiz Al, Christoffer Staib, Henrik Bjelland, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Nils Elias Olsen, Rolf Kristian Larsen

Summary: 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,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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Director: John Andreas Andersen

Genre(s): Action

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 104 min

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Rob Rector

Feb 25, 2022

By taking its time setting the stakes for all involved, when the action strikes, its impact is witnessed more through the cast rather than a cadre of CGI explosions. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 24, 2022

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. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Feb 25, 2022

The Burning Sea may ultimately be too uptight for its own good, but there’s enough here to satisfy disaster aficionados who’ve already been here before and only really want to root for more of the same. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Feb 23, 2022

The film drops any interest in the blurring of fact and fiction as it settles into a rote account of a contemporary oil rig catastrophe. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 24, 2022

We get little more than a bland romance, smoothly professional special effects and a story that’s finally too predictable to raise the heart rate. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Feb 23, 2022

The movie has every right to be fiction, but the heart of its drama lies in its patina of plausibility. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

May 24, 2022

A regular beat of tension and release plays out as people get saved only to face new dangers, following the template of disaster films since the beginning of cinema, but it’s done well here. The visual effects are impressive, especially the water, which is so notoriously hard to animate. Read full review

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Mauro_Lanari

Apr 19, 2022

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In his second disaster movie John Andreas Andersen explicitly confronts "Deepwater Horizon", but if in 2016 Berg proved unpredictably incapable of creating an epic blockbuster, the Norwegian director runs aground in a familiar melò despite havin' a catastrophe available 350(Mauro Lanari)
In his second disaster movie John Andreas Andersen explicitly confronts "Deepwater Horizon", but if in 2016 Berg proved unpredictably incapable of creating an epic blockbuster, the Norwegian director runs aground in a familiar melò despite havin' a catastrophe available 350 times bigger.… Expand

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