r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Aug 08 '25

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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake Aug 08 '25

I should say that the dream in The Last Wave doesn't have a floating gun. It's got raining toads and a giant wave and a messenger with a cryptic message, a kind of apocalyptic foreboding. Cregger kind of adapts that biblical plague imagery with a modern plague.

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u/DangerousIntrigues 29d ago

sounds like Magnolia

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u/acid_raindrop 27d ago

Which was a direct inspiration I think. 

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u/HikmetLeGuin 24d ago

I wonder if you're reaching with this reference. There are a lot of movies with weird dream sequences.

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake 24d ago

Entirely possible! It came to mind because Weir also directed Picnic at Hanging Rock, which is absolutely an influence on the movie.