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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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29-May-2022, 11:29 AM

The Heavy Water Wars - 2016 - 7/10
AKA - Kampen Om Tungtvannet

Norway gets occupied by Germany during World War II.
One of the factories the Reich is keenly interested in is Norsk Hydro, where they make fertilizer, ammonia.
Especially the by-product, heavy water.

Story relayed from four points of view:
The Nazis, British Intelligence, Norwegian Resistance, and Norsk Hydro management. The latter understood the huge profits to be made, plus they were keeping employees working.
Lavish production values, sumptuous sets (early on, worse as war prolongs).
Main threads follow the experiments race and the sabotage.
While this series boasts strong ratings, sabotage is not necessarily action.
Sabotage involves stealth, subterfuge, and invariably silence.
That may be challenging to the viewer demanding gun battles, fistfights, explosions, superheroes.
There are also several languages, meaning subtitles. γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Outstanding historical war drama for adults.
Note: For action diehards, Michael Bay has announced intent to film his version of this.
Tentative title - “Sabotage: A Genius Scientist, His Band of Young Commandos, and the Mission to Kill Hitler’s Super Bomb”
Expect stylistic differences, explosive action, superheroics, loud Bay trademarks.