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      Pioneer

      R Released Dec 5, 2014 1h 46m Mystery & Thriller List
      55% 44 Reviews Tomatometer 32% 250+ Ratings Audience Score The ultimate adventure becomes a nightmare when a diver obsessed with reaching the bottom of the sea takes on the world's most dangerous mission. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 15 Buy Now

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      Pioneer boasts strong acting and a throwback conspiracy thriller vibe, but fails to take it far enough -- and is very slow about not getting there.

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      Audience Member Pioneer: An excellent drama/mystery/thriller with rich attention to detail, camera movement and commentary- all excelled by excellent preformances from its talaneted cast especially Stephen Lang and Askel Hennie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/19 Full Review Audience Member The ultimate adventure becomes a nightmare when a diver obsessed with reaching the bottom of the sea takes on the world's most dangerous mission. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The film does a fair job of introducing suspicion and danger as corporate interest usurps all in the North Sea oil race, but it arguably could have been better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Descent movie as i can remember from 5 days ago Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Conspiracy story from the early Norwegian oil-adventure. Enormous money at stake, foul play in motion. Young divers pushed to the edge and beyond of what a human can manage in order to dive into the abyss. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A very well made psychological thriller Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader Director Erik Skjoldbjrg (Insomnia) makes excellent use of the high-tech, low-glamour world he depicts, and manages an ending that is happy without being farcically so. Rated: 3/5 Dec 26, 2014 Full Review Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Skjoldbjaerg is unable to make us care as much as we should, and gives the film a kind of muddy look that translates directly into the viewer's mood. Rated: 2/4 Dec 18, 2014 Full Review Jordan Hoffman New York Daily News "Pioneer" has the necessary parts for a finger-pointing thriller that could boil the blood if handled well. Alas, this story of workers wounded by corrupt oil industrialists and politicians sinks from drawn-out scenes and too few surprises. Rated: 2/5 Dec 5, 2014 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com It's an expertly manipulated film featuring some terrific underwater sequences and another intense performance from Aksel Hennie. Rated: 3/5 Sep 12, 2019 Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row It's an edge-of-your-seat film, with some stunning footage deep underwaterIt's an edge-of-your-seat film, with some stunning footage deep underwater, but the basic suspense plot frequently strains Aug 15, 2017 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk With his ratty moustache and balding head, Hennie makes an unlikely leading man (if this were Hollywood, the chiselled Bentley would surely fit the bill), but he suits the film's dour, downbeat mood, reminiscent of 1970s paranoid conspiracy thrillers. Rated: 3/5 Nov 12, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis The ultimate adventure becomes a nightmare when a diver obsessed with reaching the bottom of the sea takes on the world's most dangerous mission.
      Director
      Erik Skjoldbjærg
      Producer
      Lone Korslund, Asle Vatn
      Screenwriter
      Nikolaj Frobenius, Hans Gunnarsson, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Cathinka Nicolaysen, Kathrine Valen
      Distributor
      Magnolia Pictures
      Production Co
      Friland, Pandora Filmproduktion, Film Väst, Garagefilm International AB, Matila Röhr Productions (MRP)
      Rating
      R (Language)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      Norwegian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 5, 2014, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 5, 2015
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $6.8K
      Runtime
      1h 46m
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