The Last Wave (1977)

Australia is a weird society. It's filled with good people who enjoy a good life, a much better life than third world folk.

Featuring some really excellent cinematography - "The Last Wave" (1977) is one of those "old-school" fantasy/mystery pictures that definitely has both its fair share of good moments, as well as its not-so-good moments, too.Set in South Australia - "The Last Wave's" story concerns the activities of a Sydney lawyer who finds himself defending a group of aboriginals who have been accused of a ritualized taboo murder.

What Weir succeeds in doing here is maintaining an atmosphere of pervasive dread throughout The Last Wave. With his massive fire hoses he will flood the vast red outback with a rare rainstorm, and then move towards his focused territory, by letting the elements smash windows and enter the man made domain.