What did I just watch?
Imdb.com lists The Unthinkable, released in Sweden in June 2018, as
action, romance, sci-fi, and thriller.
The two-hour movie lacks any sort of romance, although a huge amount of
time is spent following Alex and his girlfriend Anna. Theirs seems to be a completely platonic
relationship and has absolutely no passion.
Christoffer Nordenrot, who plays Alex, co-wrote the film
with Victor Danell, who directed it. It
is similar to the case where the least-athletic kid is chosen to play on the
team only because he owns the ball. Nordenrot
maintains the same sullen expression throughout the movie, but at least we know
how he got the role. The viewer is not given any reason to sympathize with him.
The film follows a series of mysterious attacks on
Stockholm, with plenty of time in between “attacks”. First, a bridge collapses about thirty
minutes into the film, and it is a while before anything else close to exciting
happens. The trailer contains most of
the action sequences anyway. The viewer
is led to think of an alien attack, but the only science-fiction aspect is the
rain being used as a bioweapon. The true
nature of the attacks is never made clear but the ending, which makes no sense,
implies Russia is behind the invasion.
The enemy helicopters are shown as being lethal, but they
fail to shoot down a single-prop plane, piloted by Alex’s seemingly indestructible
father.
Between the plot holes, the confusing action sequences, and a
boring romance story, it’s not one I might watch again.
I rated it 5/10.
