“Disrupt the ecosystem.”
Cruising Amazon Prime one night, I came across Kraken, a 2026 Norwegian science fiction horror film starring Sara Khorami, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, and Hans Morten Hansen. I decided to give it a shot. For the most part, I wasn’t disappointed. I went in not expecting very much and came out fairly pleased with what I witnessed. The film was directed by Pal Oie and written by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur.
In the film, an inspector is sent to check out a salmon fish farming facility on the Sognefjord, the deepest fjord in Norway, when a disturbing video of salmon beaching themselves intentionally. The inspector, Johanne (Khorami), is sent to inspect the facility since she was the co-developer of the system, Sonic Lice, that the farm uses to delouse the salmon. When she arrives, she meets up with her old lover, Erik (Silset), who developed the system with her. He works at the facility which is using the Sonic Lice system. Johanne begins her inspection of the facility and people begin dying in the fjord. She teams up with Erik to uncover what is causing the deaths and they quickly find that the Sonic Lice system has been manipulated and inadvertently summoned, you guessed it, the Kraken. Can Johanne and Erik save the fjord and its people, or will the Kraken destroy everything and anyone that gets in its way? Watch Kraken to see what happens.
The film is okay. All of the actors give very solid performances. The film’s creature looks pretty good, but we don’t get to see much of it with the exception of a few tentacles for most of the film. We do eventually see the beast in all of its glory, but it takes the film a little while to get to that point. In fact, the film’s pacing is the primary thing that prevents me from giving this film a full recommendation. The movie can’t seem to find a rhythm, and there are also a few editing choices that jar the film more than the Kraken.
While it’s no Jaws, Kraken is not a bad movie. Johanne is a likeable lead and I really liked some of the science fiction elements in the movie. It won’t be for everyone, but creature feature fans will want to check it out for themselves.
Thanks for checking out this brief review.
