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The Burning Sea

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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. THE BURNING SEA is the latest disaster epic from the team behind THE QUAKE and THE WAVE.
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The Burning Sea falls back on disaster movie formula, but the end results are gripping enough to satisfy.

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Robert Daniels IndieWire Jan 1
C+
The characters in “The Burning Sea” are the standard stock and trade of disaster movies. Go to Full Review Leslie Felperin Guardian 05/24/2022
2/5
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. Go to Full Review Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) 03/12/2022
It's really well done... All those special effects are used in the correct way. Go to Full Review Guillermo Courau La Nación (Argentina) 06/08/2023
2.5/5
Both the prologue and epilogue give the movie a mockumentary patina as if to raise environmental awareness, but strictly speaking, what's in between is standard lackluster and predictable entertainment. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Jorge Montiel Clarín 06/08/2023
3/4
Although the plot owes a lot to the great Hollywood catastrophe genre spectacle, there is no cool ensemble in The Burning Sea, nor do the heroes have the muscles of Dwayne Johnson, the successful ex-wrestler known as The Rock. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Miguel Calabria EscribiendoCine 06/06/2023
6/10
The action scenes make this an entertaining and easy watch and while it doesn't rise above other productions in the genre, The Burning Sea is halfway between being original and predictable. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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علاء EL TARF 36 ح @Aala36 Mar 24 It's great watching it was fun It's great watching it was fun See more Mar 18 Another exciting Norwegian disaster film, this time more focused on the emotional part, and I liked it See more Nicole S 11/25/2024 One star for the effects and half a star for the somewhat decent acting. The main character really flew out to the middle of the ocean with a half-baked plan and expected corporate to pull them out See more Tom S 11/24/2023 Pretty good until the ending. Spoiler alert ....................................... a thick oil slick doesn't burn off in 10 minutes plus the wells would have kept spewing oil. I was hoping Hollywood wouldn't have infected this movie but, oh well..... See more Jyl B 04/17/2023 It had many opportunities for a more intriguing story and acting. A little suspenseful but I wouldn't go as far as to call it gripping. I watched the English dubbed version. See more brian w 09/26/2022 A worthy movie, plausible situation, love finds a way. See more Read all reviews
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John Andreas Andersen

Director

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Sofia

Henrik Bjelland

Stian

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Arthur

Daniel Frikstad

Trapped Man

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Navn

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Synopsis 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. THE BURNING SEA is the latest disaster epic from the team behind THE QUAKE and THE WAVE.
Director
John Andreas Andersen
Producer
Therese Bøhn, Catrin Gundersen, Martin Sundland
Screenwriter
Lars Gudmestad, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Distributor
Magnet Releasing
Production Co
Chezville, Fantefilm, Zefyr Media Fund, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond, Piggy Bænk, Film i Väst, Norsk Filminstitutt, Creative Europe Media
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Brief Partial Nudity|Peril|Some Disturbing Images)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 25, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 25, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA)
$371
Runtime
1h 46m
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