Reanimal, Tarsier Studios’s latest near-wordless video game, shows players a hellscape steeped in fascism where five children journey into the maws of death. On the surface, it is about a boy finding his beloved sibling amongst the wreckage and reuniting them with friends. Yet, nothing is what it appears as these masked travelers traverse realms of watery nightmares.

In lieu of any scary villains or boogeymen, The Last Wave allows a primal awareness to roll in like a storm cloud.  Peter Weir is content to provide a framework of a story and allow Indigenous voices to drive the substance of the film.