The Quake
The Quake doesn’t break the mold for natural disaster thrillers but, like The Wave, its humanist approach to the genre is refreshing and engaging.
The Quakeis the sequel toThe Wave , a Norwegian natural disaster thriller that earned strong reviews and eventually became the country ’s highest - grossing cinema in 2015 . Director Roar Uthaug would go on to helm theTomb Raidermovie reboot in the backwash of its success , andThe Waveitself has since becomes something of the gold standard for its genre , thanks to its emphasis on ground human drama over mindless CGI - fueled spectacle . For the most part , fortunately , The Quakelives up to the standard established by its predecessor . The Quakedoesn’t break the mold for natural disaster thrillers but , likeThe Wave , its humane approach to the genre is refreshful and piquant .
The film picks up in real - prison term after the consequence ofThe Wave . Geologist Kristian Elkjord ( Kristoffer Joner ) , who predicted the Åkerneset crevasse would give way and ultimately create a gargantuan tsunami undulation in the first place , is still stalk by what he went through and can not stop cerebrate about all the people who give out because he was n’t able to warn them in clock time . As a answer , Kristian is now alienated from his family - let in , his wife Idun ( Ane Dahl Torp ) , daughter Julia ( Edith Haagenrud - Sande ) , and son Sondre ( Jonas Hoff Oftebro ) - and lives by himself , far away from their household in Oslo .
However , when an quondam colleague is killed in ( apparently ) a freak accident while investigate a tunnel near Oslo , Kristian begins to fear that a monumental earthquake is about to hit the Norwegian capital . While his fellow geologist , Johannes Løberg ( Stig R. Amdam ) , initially assures Kristian that his fears are groundless , the latter soon finds proof to support his hypothesis … though , not before " The Quake " itself gets underway . Hence , it falls to Kristian and his former colleague ’s daughter , Marit ( Kathrine Thorborg Johansen ) , to strain and deliver his loved unity before it ’s too late .
The Wavewriting duo John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw - Eeg return to compose the subsequence , with longtime cinematographer John Andreas Andersen ill-use in to call the shots in Uthaug ’s absence seizure . As a result , The Quake ’s script takes the same character - aim plan of attack to its genre asThe Wave , and spends much of its first enactment exploring the emotional radioactive dust of the old film ( specifically , its effect on Kristian psychologically ) . The narrative settles into more of a familiar pattern from there and hit most of the wait plot beats - from Kristian step by step putting the hint together to his warnings of imminent danger being ignored by the authorities - before getting to the factual ( earth)quake in its final third . Still , whileThe Quakestruggles to offer much in the way of life of surprises or unexpected crook on the way to its final finish , its does a okay problem of executing these image and building up to its climactic solidification piece(s ) .
Andersen and his squad do a likewise nice job of bringing those laid while to living , despite let a importantly smaller budget to draw from than that for the average Hollywood disaster tentpole . The Quakemakes limited , but efficient use of CGI to portray the titulary earthquake , in combination with hardheaded issue and smart filmmaking choices that in effect disguise the labor ’s budgetary limitation . It help oneself that the film is sharply photographed in ecumenical , and no doubt welfare from Andersen ’s experience as a camera operator , in compounding withThe WaveDP John Christian Rosenlund ’s clever shot choice and ensnare techniques this time around . Oslo itself is a big part of what setsThe Quake ’s natural process and suspense - fueled sequences aside from those in relate U.S. musical style flick . The city ’s unequaled computer architecture and layout naturally lends themselves to set composition that could n’t be staged the same way in your median American city .
As refer earlier , however , The Quakeis as much a dramatic play about Kristian being traumatized by the effect ofThe Waveas it is a flush ride - more so , in many agency . This allows Joner to really twist his acting muscles and savvy late into his character ’s damaged genial state , as well as his struggle with subsister ’s compunction and inability to permit go of the guilt he feels . If there ’s a downside to this coming , though , it ’s that the residuum of Kristian ’s menage are relegated to the background signal andThe Quakeends up spending little to no prison term reflecting on theirownsurvivor ’s guilt and related problems . Still , the motion-picture show spends enough time develop Kristian ’s relationships with Idum and Julia to get viewers invested in what happens to them , and even provides Marit with an arc of her own - allowing her to evolve from a grieving girl to one of the film ’s heroes .
WhileThe Quakeobviously requires some pause of mental rejection when it comes to the fact that Kristian has now foreseen two " unforeseeable " disasters , it still make for a worthy continuation ofThe Wavefranchise . Sequels in general are n’t exactly have intercourse for devoting much , if any , prison term to search how their booster have been shock by effect in a late film or picture show ( with exclusion like , say , Iron Man 3 ) , but that ’s part of what makes this one such an unusual gain to the pile . The Quakeis less groundbreaking than its predecessor in other respects - namely , the secret plan trajectory and , to a less level , some of the proficient elements - but it ’s a illustrious franchise moving picture for that cause alone .
All in all , The Quakeis a sequel that ’s deserving of some care , especially if you were a lover ofThe Wavein the first property . Of of course , those who ’ve experience that pic ahead of sentence will have a deeper sympathy of Kristian ’s backstory going in , but its sequel still ( mostly ) works as a standalone adventure , for those who missed its protagonist ’s battle with a giant tsunami wave the first time around . The Quakewill be playing in select theater , but will be simultaneously uncommitted to watch at home plate - making it well accessible for anyone who ’s secret plan to stay in and watch a strange - language cinema this wintertime holiday time of year .
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The Quakeis now play in prize U.S. theaters and is useable On Demand . It is 106 proceedings long and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of peril and destruction , harm images , and brief strong language .
The Quake is a Norse disaster moving picture directed by John Andreas Andersen . It serves as a follow - up to the 2015 film The Wave . The story rotate around Kristian Eikjord , portrayed by Kristoffer Joner , who grapples with the aftermath of the previous disaster while uncovering signs of an impendent seism in Oslo . As tension builds , Eikjord must confront new challenges to protect his family and city from the hulk catastrophe .
Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp in The Quake
Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp in The Quake
Oslo is destroyed in The Quake
Edith Haagenrud-Sande in The Quake
