Release Date
March 4, 2016 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
June 21, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Roar Uthaug
Writer
John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Cast
Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larson, Ane Dahl Torp
Studio
Running Time
104 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for some language and disaster images
What is The Wave about?
Nestled in Norway's Sunnmøre region, Geiranger is one of the most spectacular tourist draws on the planet. With the mountain Åkerneset overlooking the village — and constantly threatening to collapse into the fjord — it is also a place where cataclysm could strike at any moment. After putting in several years at Geiranger's warning center, geologist Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) is moving on to a prestigious gig with an oil company. But the very day he's... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Do you know what the leading cause of death for Norwegians is? Rock slides. Or to be more specific, tsunamis caused by rock slides. Look it up. It’s real. Or something. The Wave, the new disaster thriller about Norwegians dying in a Norwegian fjord after a huge rockslide causes an 80-meter Norwegian wave to decimate a quaint Norwegian town, is here, and it’s everything you want it to be.
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