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Sweden · 2018
2h 9m
Director Victor Danell
Starring Christoffer Nordenrot, Lisa Henni, Jesper Barkselius, Karin Bertling
Genre Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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In this heartbreaking disaster-thriller, Sweden is invaded by an unknown force. At the same time, Alex, a successful pianist, returns to his small village, where he tries to reunite with his past lover amid the chaos. An epic and compelling tale of fear, survival, and romance.
Despite some strikingly accomplished elements, the awkward whole never quite gels, sewn-together parts from “Red Dawn,” “Independence Day,” et al., failing to cohere amid major logic gaps, not to mention lead characters more off-putting than interesting.
A riveting disaster movie that’s actually heartbreaking, and doesn’t so much delight in world-ending events as it recognizes that surviving them never ensures a happy ending. Getting through the ordeal is only half the battle.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
It packs everything but the kitchen sink (though it does bring the entire Swedish government) into a two-hour-plus survival story that mostly keeps you on the edge of your seat, especially once the bravura action scenes kick in and you start wondering how the heck the filmmakers pulled them off.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
A lot of big action pictures add “a little heart” between the thrills, but The Unthinkable reverses the ratio, centering emotions. Some genre fans may be impatient with this approach at first, but by the end, it really works.
RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski
It's impressively staged, especially considering the low budget, and contains a number of action beats that put their high-priced Hollywood competition to shame.
It’s the depictions of social breakdown, Swedish tempers exploding, soldiers questioning their priorities in an absence of orders and the action beats — Björn’s crackpot defense of the power station — that drive the narrative, punching through one Big Effect, crash or firefight right into the next.
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