The Abyss

I really was excited to hear about this movie, both as it's the first ever Swedish catastrophe movie, but also that it takes place in the unique town of beautiful Kiruna.

The film is based on an actual possible event. The town of Kiruna is in the process of being moved three kilometers away from where it's situated today due to that the substantial mining underneath is leading to the town's sinking. And moving a town with 23.000 inhabitants is a huge task.

I also had great hopes as I heard talented Tuva Novotny was the lead actress, as an actor always doing well.

The plot is that Novotny's character is in charge of safety in the mines, when the ground it starting to falter around them.

But disappointment was huge both to see silly instructing, bad acting (if not from Novotny) and cliché after cliché, and rather stupid action.

I'm afraid to say that the story is not at all exciting, and even worse, it's boring.

I take it that the Swedes are inspired by the many great catastrope movies coming out of Norway since 2011 (The Wave, The Quake, The Tunnel, The Burning Sea, Troll, People in the sun, Pioneer, etc) but this is not reaching up to any of them.

This movie had potentially been really good if it wasn't a lot of family drama in it.

The bad language between young teenagers in the movie gives a bad message to viewers to.

It had some thrilling moments but nothing more.

This was a bad attempt to replicate other disaster movies.

I am sorry to say but I can't recommend this film at all.

There are better ways to spend money on theatre this days.

It pains me to see good actors in a bad picture.

I love Tuva and she has great potential if she only get the chance.

To summarize this movie I have to say that it lacked depth and it was quite messy.

"Avgrunden" falls short by focusing too heavily on family drama, sidelining the intriguing Kiruna mine story it promised. Instead of exploring the mine's societal and environmental impacts, the film gets bogged down in melodramatic family conflicts. This shift not only disappoints but misleads audiences, wasting the unique setting of Kiruna. The film tries to juggle too much, failing to deliver a compelling narrative on either front. It misses the chance to delve into the complexities of mining life, leaving viewers with a generic and unsatisfying family saga.

Dont waste your time like i did..

"Oh no! We're in a dangerous situation and could die at any moment. What do we do?" "This is the perfect time to have a long talk about our relationship!"

Rinse, and repeat... rinse... and repeat.

Half way through I was wishing for everyone to fall into the abyss. It just wasn't convincing at all. The characters were just too bland and predictable. There was more relationship drama than actual disaster drama, which was made even more awkward by the fact they all seem so disconnected from each other. None of these people were likeable or remotely interesting. I kept waiting for something exciting to happen, but it never came.

Just simply ... boring.

It worked for an entertaining evening despite the low rating on this website. The undergrounds of Sweden's town Kiruna are mysterious. If you like disaster movies of this genre you can expect a worth seeing low budget action thriller. The executed dramatic scenes are not coming cheesy here an looked really great. There are some flaws but if you can ignore it is okay.

It was never boring and quite fast paced with the dramatical countdown. The actors delivered all good performances. Don't hesitate.to watch the other disaster Hollywood blockbuster San Andrea.or the.series Chernobyl.

I give a vote of 6/10.