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The Savage Wit And Surreal Wonder Of The Wave
You make one little decision and the repercussions hit you like a wave. Boom! You’re knocked out of your cozy footing and swept away into a new reality. There’s a swirl of excitement and terror as you desperately stretch to find your bearings or snatch a breath of air. Maybe you wish you could go back to before, make a new choice, take a new path. All of this is what the trippy sci-fi thriller The Wave is about.
Written by Carl W. Lucas and directed by Gille Klabin, The Wave begins with a nebbish lawyer named Frank (Justin Long) who is trapped in small office, a loveless marriage, and a life of crushing predictability. But all of that is about to change. You see, Frank has found a path to promotion, wealth, and thereby — maybe — happiness. But before a pivotal conference meeting, he decides to cut loose and so forever changes his fate. His buddy, Jeff (Donald Faison), urges him to go out drinking on a weekday, and this minor deviation leads to another. Married, Frank flirts with a mysterious and exciting woman (Sheila Vand). Straight-laced, Frank follows her to a raging house party where he takes a hallucinogenic drug. The sketchy dealer warns it’ll hit him like a wave. Then, boom, it’s the next morning. Frank is alone in a house that is abandoned and trashed. He doesn’t know what’s happened in his lost hours; all…
