The Surfer

It was most painful to watch. It became more painful, it did end in a way that you stopped holding your breath finally. I hated every minute. It is a must see

That movie should not make it to anywhere. It's a hell of a wack movie. Guess it was made by some psychos

This LSD trip is pretty baddie)

Hahahahaha! I'm dying laughing that critics are giving this an 86%! This was the dumbest movie I've ever seen. Psychological thriller? Where's the revenge?. Where's the payback? So all those dick surfers get away with everything with no consequences? He's tortured throughout the entire movie and then becomes best friends with them? Seriously? Thank the inventor of fast forward. Literally went through this movie in 15 minutes. The only good part was the head dick surfer got shot in the head. But why didn't the father shoot the dick cop as well? He also deserved it. And critics are saying this is one of Nicolas Cage's best performances? Riiiiight. Clear these critics have zero taste and zero understanding of good performances in movies.

I can see why there are variations in reviews. Slightly bad effects. Frustrating. But still, worth watching. Not what Aussies are like if you are wondering.

“The Surfer” A man and his teenage son arrive at the beach of the man’s youth. He has the chance to buy his grandfather’s house overlooking the beach and all seems idyllic. Then, the locals refuse to let the outsiders surf their beach and throw them out. This begins the man’s quest to get what he came for in “The Surfer.” For some strange reason, while watching Nic Cage chew scenery as the titular character, I kept on thinking of the Frank Perry 1968 film with Burt Lancaster, “The Swimmer.” Maybe because both protagonists are obsessed, almost to the point of possession, with their individual goal. And, those goals are not as they originally seem. The Man takes his son, the Kid (Finn Little), to surf the beach of his youth that is packed with special memories. As they head to the beach with their boards, dad is happy as can be, then, they, literally, bump into a local surfer who warns “no surfees” for outsiders. Another encounter and things almost come to blows, until the leader of the local surf cult, Scally (Julian McMahon) gives him a bit of “friendly” advice – go away. Things ramp up after he takes the Kid home and goes back to the beach to set things straight. After all, it is not like the Man is an outsider. He grew up there. But that does not make a difference to Scully and his thugs. Things rapidly escalate to vandalism, harassment, car theft, ripping off his watch and phone and being told by the police to get out of town. With Nic Cage in the lead, you know exactly where this tome of desire and revenge will play out. The ramping up of tensions gets a little wacky as the story plays out, but that is exactly what is expected in this battle of wills. Of course, Cage does the not-so-slow burn as he is insulted and humiliated in front of his son. You pretty much know where this is going with Cage giving a patented rage-in-progress performance and the bad guys being really bad – they steal the Man’s surfboard and proudly mount it over their shack to taunt him. There are no real surprises, just a good guy, very flawed, getting justice over the bad guys in the end. B

pretty good story of a man who's lost the meaning of life. he thinks that all he has to do to reclaim his past and repair his future is to go home to the place of his greatest memories and all will be well for him and his family. what he forgets is, you can't go home again. a tortured travel that somewhat ends not in an idyllic future but a reawakening of reality. cage does what cage does and those that trash this just don't like stories.

there are a good handful of laughable moments here where nick cage makes all of the worst possible decisions in a conflict situation like this, but overall the plot doesnt really go anywhere. i was expecting something more interesting for the third act, but it's tonally inconsistent and there isnt any meaningful resolution.

Stylistically on point, and maybe it's trying hard to be a perfect B movie which it certainly isn't. Keeps on going forever with completely unnecessary scenes in a very confusing plot that has no message whatsoever. I could see this being entertaining at an 80-minute length.

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Really has nothing to do with surfing. I feel bad for parents that took their children in to a movie like this thinking it was about surfing! When I saw it a number of them left the theatre and the rest of us that stayed hoping for a miracle all walked out and agreed it was the worse movie we had ever seen. Pure violence and no real plot. Very sad Nicholas Cage is reduced to these types of movies now. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!