Kings Bay (2017)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Harriet Hansen	Kari Bremnes
Oscar Stokstad	André Sørum
Ivar Karlsen	Kristian Figenschow
Robin Torgersen	Kim Sørensen
Sunde	Maria Bock
Knut	Jørgen Langhelle
Johan P. Berg	Erik Hivju
John Bache	Randolf Walderhaug
Gabrielsen	Eirik Junge Eliassen

Review

This formulaic and utterly cliché-ridden conspiracy theory movie was created by a filmmaker (writer/director Stig Svendsen) who obviously has found more inspiration in other films in this genre (both those from the classical American period of the 1970s, such as All the President's Men, and not least the Norwegian 1985 classic with similar thematics, Orions belte) than in the actual Kings Bay accident from 1962, of which this film presents little in terms of hard facts or dramatization. That being said, what Svendsen presents here is an interesting theory - albeit still just a theory. His film is also well shot and looks good in its stylized, nostalgic, underlit way. Norwegian musician Kari Bremnes plays the lead as the ravaged investigative journalist with confidence and intensity, and as probably the film's only non-cardboard character, she adds a drive to the narrative which otherwise for long stretches of the film simply isn't there. But of course, any underwhelming film can to a large degree be saved by an explosive ending.