The Unthinkable (Den blomsterdid nu kommer) is a low-budget, Swedish action/disaster film following the character Alex and his estranged father Björn who are forced to reconnect when the country falls under attack from an unknown entity.

This is really not the film the poster or the brief synopsis on Prime make it out to be but I guess they market it that way to try and entice more viewers. I'd advise that you do not go into this film expecting a typical action or disaster film as it's anything but.

For the most part, the film is really well shot and manages to generate a very atmospheric and moody tone complete with a great ambient score. The action set-pieces that do exist in the film are executed well and the effects are very good especially considering the budget the filmmakers had to work with.

As a side effect of the low budget and alluded to above, the film focusses mostly on the behaviour and reactions of the people caught up in the middle of all the confusion as opposed to the action itself - we mostly hear about things rather than witness them ourselves. It's a very human and personalised approach to the disaster genre, much like films like Cloverfield or Godzilla (2014).

The pace only really starts to pick up around the halfway mark and the first half of the film is so painfully slow that it will likely turn away impatient viewers or those who were expecting something different.

Really, this film could do with being about twenty minutes shorter (probably taken out of the first hour) to help with the pacing but the second half of the film and especially the ending is excellent.

A bit disjointed. Too sentimental. Too drawn out (cut the first thirty minutes and the last thirty minutes, and you wouldn't miss much). No real sympathetic characters. Implausible premise. But it was exciting to watch.

I would have given this a 10 if it wasn't for the incredibly annoying character Alexander. Oh how I wished he'd get bumped off quickly. The premise of a foreign invader hinting at the Russians was well done. I agree with a lot of reviewers about the ongoing love story which was distracting. The Scandinavians do like the idea of viruses or mind-bending hallucinogenic compounds in the rain. The car crashes are very good but not excellent as you could tell when a car was dropped by a crane but nevertheless better than cgi. I always like films that bump off everybody so you don't get comfortable with an actor or actress sailing through without a scratch. The Hurt Locker comes to mind with Guy Pearce's characters demise. A word of advice. Watch the end through the credits.