If you believe that the best disaster movies made today star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, then you are sorely mistaken. The action star that every film fan should be following nowadays is none other than actor Kristoffer Joner. The Norwegian actor is the star of the criminally underrated disaster film “The Wave” (on Netflix now, it’s a must-watch) and the upcoming sequel “The Quake.” And with his everyman father character, Kristian, Joner has created a hero that you not only root for but you actually care about.
And in honor of “The Quake” hitting select theaters and various online platforms on Friday, we are proud to give fans a chance to watch an exclusive clip that shows just what makes these Norwegian disaster films better than anything with the name Dwayne Johnson or Gerard Butler attached.
READ MORE: ‘The Quake’ Is A Worthy Sequel To ‘The Wave’ & Will Leave You Shook [Review]
In the exclusive clip, we see Joner showing exactly why we love him in these films. For those not familiar with the film, the title should be a dead giveaway. “The Quake” is about a massive earthquake that shakes Oslo, Norway, creating incredible devastation. And as we see in the footage, Joner’s Kristian must save his young daughter Julia as she’s perilously laying atop cracked glass, seconds away from plummeting to her death. Kristian is no superhero. He’s just a scientist out to save his daughter, and does what is necessary to protect his children.
“The Quake” comes from director John Andreas Andersen and the writing duo of John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg. The writers are returning from the first film, while Andersen takes over the franchise from outgoing director Roar Uthaug. And as we said in our review, this film lives up to the lofty expectations set forth in “The Wave” and is a truly worth sequel.
As mentioned, “The Quake” hits theaters, On Demand, iTunes and Amazon Prime Video on December 14. Any fans of the disaster genre and action films, in general, owe it to themselves to check it out.
Here’s the synopsis:
In 1904 an earthquake with a 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Oslo. Its epicenter was in the Oslo Rift which runs directly through the Norwegian capital. There are recorded quakes from the rift on a daily basis and geologists cannot be sure, but arguments indicate that we can expect major future earthquakes in this area. When – nobody can say for certain – but we know that the density of people and infrastructure in Oslo is significantly more vulnerable today than in 1904. What if a massive earthquake is looming?