Rent Gold Run (2022)
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- Synopsis:
- In 1940, the Germans invaded Norway with clear goals in mind: the king, the government, to control the coast, the iron ore and the Norwegian gold reserves. At the same time, a group of resistance fighters was given a most important and secret mission: save Norway's gold.
- Actors:
- Jon Øigarden, Ida Elise Broch, Sven Nordin, Eivind Sander, Axel Bøyum, Morten Svartveit, Anatole Taubman, Thorbjørn Harr, Gard B. Eidsvold, Terje Strømdahl, Karin Klouman, Zeynep Husejin, Ava Vatne, Lars Berge, Anne Marie Ottersen, Arne Lindtner Næss, Geir Ivar Raknem, Porfirio Gutierrez, Øystein Ellingsen, Rebekka Jynge
- Directors:
- Hallvard Bræin
- Producers:
- Kjetil Omberg, Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
- Writers:
- Thomas Moldestad, Jørgen Storm Rosenberg, Sofia Lersol Lund, Lasse Lindtner, Arne Lindtner Næss
- Aka:
- Gulltransporten
- Studio:
- Spirit Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Norway
Reviews (1) of Gold Run
Thrilling Norwegian Action Movie about a true story from 1940 - Gold Run review by PV
Worth watching this with the 2016 film THE KING'S CHOICE about the same events, but more of a drama not a high-octane cat-and-mouse chase.
Gold Run is an action movie, as per the directors'/producers' previous films, so aims to fit that template with the constant upping the ante, increasing jeopardy, as taught on all screenwriting courses. Sometimes however that gets a bit tiresome - and predictable.
But I enjoyed it, even if it can be a bit cartoon character at times. The true biographies at the end were informative.
Watch the 1942 film THE DAY WILL DAWN to learn about the now-forgotten shortlived British/Norwegian liberation of the town of NARVIK from the Nazis in April 1940. Symbolic really. The Nazis were allowed to march 2 million soldiers through 'neutral' Sweden (which made a fortune from selling iron ore and more to Germany in 2 world wars in one century) to invade Norway - the main reason was to take the port of Narvik which was crucial as during winter no land route is possible from Sweden to Germany so they needed that port for maintain iron ore exports to the Fatherland.
Good derring-do action movie stuff and interesting, based on a true story, 4 stars.