"The Wave" is a very lively, tightly made movie, during its first half you can sit back and enjoy the filmmakers' awesome artistry in which wrapped in are a lot of awesome suquences, some of them can even induce anxiety & all of them amuse and entertain. It has the goods, it has the flaws, it's certainly a huge effort by everyone involved. As I've always taken a lot of interest in the world of a psychonaut, I'm always looking out for movies like this - "The Wave" basks in the right bowl, though being much more sci-fi than anything else. That said, the amusement factor was certainly on the higher side for me.ĭecent and creative movies centered around psychadelic drugs and the sensations, phenomenons they bring, are a rarity, or at least it feels so. When you look at the complete picture, I felt The Wave tries to incorporate too much into its 90-minute runtime and succeeds in parts. These incidents, while pivotal to the main plot (of Frank, Jeff, and Natalie searching for the missing Theresa), somehow feel less consequential. On the downside, the subplots involving Frank's promotion (the evil insurance company cliché) and his wife walking out on him don't carry the narrative weights they should. However, it focuses more on its psychedelic visuals, a missing-person storyline (I think I'm in love with Sheila Vand!), and some not-bad humor along the way. The 'drug trip' for Frank begins with intermittent hallucinatory episodes, making you think this is yet another film that holds a warning sign for people to never do drugs. Lucas) wraps it up quite neatly in the end. The storyline gets a little convoluted in the latter half with several twists, but the screenplay (by Carl W. A drug he consumes at the party sends him on an unending trip that bends the concept of time (and eventually, decisions). They meet Natalie (Katia Winter) and Theresa (Sheila Vand) at a bar and decide to head to a rave party. Justin Long's the perfect choice to play Frank, a white-collar employee who's out for a night of merry-making with his colleague Jeff (Donald Faison). The Wave turned out to be visually superior and far better in storytelling than most stoner thrillers out there. I wouldn't describe it as a must-see, but I would say there are worse ways you could spend your time. This is an ambitious film, that whilst not perfect, certainly does have some very good qualities about it. I like original concepts like 'The Wave' that take an idea and try to turn them into something bigger. The whole "evil insurance companies" cliche has been done to death as well. The film tries to get quite deep at times too, and while you can't blame it for trying, it didn't always manage to stick the landing. I did find my attention drifting off occasionally as what was happening on the screen just wasn't interesting enough to keep me locked in. There was enough going on, but only just. The problem with 'The Wave' is that its concept is pushing things a little to stretch it out to 90 minutes. The rules were very unclear about what was happening, and it felt like we were learning things at the same pace as the characters. I love it when movies make you feel like you are the main character and everything they're experiencing you're experiencing too. 'The Wave' starts out appearing to be a very normal film, and then slowly but surely becomes anything but.
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