'The Surfer' isn't Nicolas Cage at his craziest, but it's plenty crazy enough

'The Surfer' isn't Nicolas Cage at his craziest, but it's plenty crazy enough

Nicholas Cage brings his special brand of crazy to "The Surfer." Lorcan Finnegan's film follows a man losing his grip on reality in his hometown.

Film Review: The Surfer

Rating: 1.5 out of 5. Any Nicolas Cage movie at this point in his career can go wildly in any direction. The unpredictable nature of the roles he chooses still manages to cement Cage as one of the few must-see performers of our time. In Aussie-driven The Surfer, Cage comes in somewhere around a 5.5 or 6 out of 10 on his usual craziness scale. Joining him onscreen is Nip/Tuck megastar Julian McMahon, who quite frankly does not get enough unique p…

The Surfer Review: Exploitation Thriller Knows Exactly What to Do with Nicolas Cage

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. The Surfer opens in theaters on May 2. In The Surfer, an exploitation film set to pressure-cook, a mild-mannered man is pitted against a group who even Andrew Tate might find a touch extreme. It’s set in South Australia on fictional Luna Bay, the kind of place where if the heat doesn’t get you, something else probably will. The water shines turquoise-blue but the bea…