Tagline: The Occult Forces. The Ritual Murder. The Sinister Storms. The Prophetic Dreams. The Last Wave.
Directed by: Peter Weir
Written by: Peter Weir, Tony Morphett
Actors include: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Length: 106 minutes
Banned: Nope
Review:
Another extremely mysterious film from Mr. Peter Weir that is gripping yet puzzling until of course things start to come together. It takes place in Australia of course after an Aboriginal murder, our main character is the lawyer set to defend the Aboriginal client. The deeper he seems to go into their beliefs and the possibility that the murder might be something more. This same lawyer happens to suffer from horrific nightmares of bad things happen and worse still unexplained things are happening in reality. The water seems to overflow, it appears to rain frogs...it's very dark and gloomy which I did like. I've never really seen a film quite like this one as it is sort of part disaster film as well plus it's so depressing, it really should be seen. Without spoiling anything the end is so powerful yet in a way they took the easy way out (you'll see what I mean) which will please some and irritate others. I found this to be beautifully filmed, very interesting and since it deals with things I know basically nothing of I found it to be all the more frightening. Go into this with a blank mind and don't read too much, I think you'll get more from it.
Availability: On DVD
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