The Quake

The Quake
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 45 Min. Rating: Release Year: 2018 Film Info: Screening Format: DCP
Visit Website Director: John Andreas Andersen Producer: Are Heidenstrom, Martin Sundland Screenwriter: John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Cinematographer: John Christian Rosenlund Editor: Christian Siebenherz Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Edith Haagenrud-Sande

When a massive earthquake strikes Oslo, a geologist must help his wife and daughter escape a crumbling skyscraper. After 2015’s The Wave became one of the most successful Norwegian films in history, a sequel was probably inevitable. But The Quake manages to be completely accessible while arguably surpassing its predecessor in proving that an effects-laden disaster movie can maintain peak excitement without ever sacrificing brains, character, or top-notch suspense.

 

"Should be required viewing for all of today's Hollywood franchise jockeys. It shows you how to make one of these things without sacrificing your characters' souls (or your own, for that matter)." - Vulture

 

"THE QUAKE isn't your standard catastrophe drama, even if it does leave viewers shaking in their boots." - Globe and Mail

 

"It's just intelligent and serious enough to give you your escapist cake - deluxe popcorn perils in all their big-screen glory - without making you eat the familiar guilt of empty-calorie overload." - Variety

 

 

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