PIONEER (Toronto International Film Festival Toronto Canada 2013)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.8|5.0 Stars ììì

Pioneer becomes a hard-to-follow, thinly plotted story with some suspense.  The Norwegian film is additionally hampered due to language in Norwegian and subtitles in English. It is an interesting story that gets more involved as it tells its story. It probably would do better on a remake with a deeper, more sophisticated storyline. The acting, however, is exceptionally authentic and strong.

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

An exploration of a 1980s deep diving accident in the North Sea.

Additional Thanks

Really good work for Director and Writer Erik Skjoldbjærg. Thank you to Executive Producers Lone Korslund and Asle Vatn for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Petter Jensen (Aksel Hennie), Knut Jensen (André Erikson), Mike (Wes Bentley), John Ferris (Stephen Lang), Maria Salatzar (Stephanie Sigman), Ronald (Jonathan LaPaglia), Pia (Ane Dahl Torp), Leif (Jørgen Langhelle), and Jørgen Heimland (David A. Jørgensen).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. It's an interesting international story with a strong Norwegian flavor.

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Ben Meyers