70
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerDirector Andersen’s pacing is dynamic, allowing white-knuckled viewers to catch their breaths before he takes it away again. This isn’t a sequel, it’s an after-shock – and a doozy at that.
- 83The PlaylistWarren CantrellThe PlaylistWarren CantrellWith well-staged action, good character work, and believable progressions from the previous installment, The Quake is the sequel that fans of “The Wave” deserve.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJohn Andreas Andersen’s The Quake, a sequel to the excellent 2015 Norwegian disaster film The Wave, should be required viewing for all of today’s Hollywood franchise jockeys. It shows you how to make one of these things without sacrificing your characters’ souls (or your own, for that matter).
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThat The Quake can still grab, alarm and thrill is a testament to skilled storytelling, empathetic performances and effects that rewrite the book on how disasters play out on the big screen.
- 70Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWhen the trouble does hit in this film, it hits hard, at which point all the investment in character pays off.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Quake offers visceral thrills.
- 63Slant MagazinePat BrownSlant MagazinePat BrownWhen the devastating quake finally strikes, it creates a truly suspenseful scenario of vertiginous falls and last-minute saves.
- 63RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThis Quake delivers with skill. The build-up to the disaster nicely intensifies with a feeling of dread, and some of the subtlest early effects are the most powerful.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThere’s nothing terribly profound or innovative about what The Quake achieves. But like “The Wave” before it, it’s just intelligent and serious enough to give you your escapist cake — deluxe popcorn perils in all their big-screen glory — without making you eat the familiar guilt of empty-calorie overload.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoJoner is a capable actor, but he’s required here to remain for such a long time in a one-note condition of mental fragility that our sympathy for the character starts to give way to exasperation.