Review – The Last Wave

I liked this Peter Weir outing better than Picnic at Hanging Rock. It had many of the same subtle horror qualities without being quite so 19th century. Indeed, the quiet nature of the menace is made all the more disturbing by juxtaposition with the noisy modern world. An up-and-coming corporate tax lawyer (Richard Chamberlain) gets stuck representing some Aborigines accused of murdering their cellmate in jail. He soon learns that his client’s strange mysticism is in some way connected with the apocalyptic dreams he’s been having and the sudden excess of water even in the arid parts of Australia. If you’re looking for chainsaw massacres or similar “big horror” elements, seek elsewhere. But if you’ve got the attention span to sit still for a little while and let Weir do his work, you’ll find your patience well rewarded. Worth seeing