"Bermuda-Dreieck Nordsee" or "Bermuda Triangle North Sea" or even "Earth Rage" is a German small screen production from 2011, so this television movie had its 5th anniversary last year. And if you read some of the names from the cast members, namely Jaenicke, Zimmermann, Preuß and Landgrebe, then perhaps you guess correctly already that this is another German (despite the American director) movie that focuses on some kind of catastrophe. This time it is human made as the term "witch hole" is not really based on any supernatural foundation, but it is about the greed of some German economists and businessmen that may or may not end in a big tragedy eventually. I think early on the film had a solid deal potential as Jaenicke and Zimmermann were better than usual and the material in terms of the script wasn't too bad either. But the latter gets worse inevitable the longer the film went on during its massive almost 2.5 hours runtime. And at the very end with the baity rescue scene it was just at its worst once again as these German catastrophe-themed films usually are. The big problem is that despite the scientific nonsense and the characters that just cannot be taken seriously with their behavior and dialogues and sometimes also line deliveries, the film takes itself basically seriously from start to finish. it wants to teach a lesson. It wants to make a serious impact. It does not want to be pointless fun that makes fun of itself occasionally like the Sharknado films. And this is what finally breaks the film's neck. Still I must say given the massive runtime, the film had surprisingly few lengths, so there certainly was the potential for more. But at the end it just turned out as weak as you could expect if you take a closer look at the bodies of work by the writers and director. The worst aspect of the film was probably everything that involved Jennifer Ulrich's character. A young woman discovering all this stuff and she is part of some super secret environmental organization and well.. With the performance by her and the writing, it was just a completely abysmal embarrassment. What can you say it was just really really bad. Quite a shame as they at least stayed away (apart from the last shot perhaps) from turning this into a stupid love story between Zimmermann's character (who looks as hot as always) and Jaenicke's (who looks as cool as always. I believe with more expertise and talent behind (and occasionally also in front of) the camera, this could have been a much better watch. But the way it turned out, it gets a thumbs-down from me, mostly because of the weak second half. Watch something else instead.
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kutyahazi27 December 2016Contains spoilers: I barely criticize something I like, but this must be written: A million dollar wind turbine just goes down to sea, and no one ever noticing it?? Than a couple of more follow and still not recognized by anyone? Engineers working on north sea just assisting a well suited aggressor security boss to kidnap a little girl, instead of A)panicking B)raising a hand??? I do not know how much this move cost, but would have worth another 2000 euro to have some else to review the plot too and filter some of the most unrealistic things - even leaving most of the simply ridiculous things and all of the just incomprehensible actions/reactions/things..-, and than it could have been a very good movie, because it had a potential for that.
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Rust-Robert25 September 2011Bermuda-Dreieck Nordsee is an exclusive production of the German RTL Group and got my attention with seriously blowing advertising during the last 2 weeks. Not only Hannes Jaenicke, the James Bond of Germany, performs a believable and good acted role, but the likes of Bettina Zimmermann and all the red-tie wearing gangsters with problems of using their several weapons, made the movie a highlight of the year.
The setting is based on a current German discussion based on the time after nuclear power and reducing environmental pollution.
PS: The legend of the mighty Leviathan looks to be total crap, but the way it was implemented caused an unintended comedy.
If you missed this movie, go buy it on DVD!