22 July Review: 5 Ups & 4 Downs

2. The Haunting, Naturalistic Cinematography

While much of the film takes place in courtrooms and fairly uninteresting locales, cinematographer Pål Ulvik Rokseth takes every opportunity possible to evoke Norway's natural beauty, both in the attack sequence itself and the subsequent scenes set in Viljar's snowy hometown.

Some might take umbrage with Rokseth adhering to Greengrass' widely divisive "shaky cam" techniques even during non-action sequences, but they are fundamentally effective in cementing the piece as a work of grounded, real-life horror.

It's certainly not the director's most ravishingly mounted film, but considering the inherent constraints of the material, a mighty effort is nevertheless made to keep it on the right side of cinematic.