'The Tunnel' Review: Norway's Latest Disaster Movie Is a Horizontal 'Towering Inferno'
'The Tunnel' Review: Norway's Latest Disaster Movie Is a Horizontal 'Towering Inferno'
Holiday travelers are trapped by smoke and fire in this well-crafted but uneven third recent Norwegian disaster thriller.
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Director: Pål Øie
With: Thorbjørn Harr, Ylva Lyng Fuglerud, Lisa Carlehed, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Per Egil Aske, Jan Gunnar Roise, Silje Breivik.
Running time: Running time: 104 MIN.
Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films
Though it will forever be associated with one brief mid-1970s heyday, the disaster-movie genre has made a stealth comeback in recent years, being a natural fit for a cinematic era dominated by CGI-laden action fantasies. Of course Hollywood has kept its hand in, with efforts like “San Andreas” and “Pompeii.” But there have also been parries as far afield as China, whose enjoyably ridiculous, volcano-centric “Skyfire” from late 2019 only reached the U.S. this year.