The Surfer

The Surfer looks like it’s going to be a wet and sandy version of John Wick or Nobody, since it starts off with a dad and his son being chased off the beach where they want to catch a wave by a group of surf bums who insist this public beach is closed to outsiders. Since the dad, billed as “the Surfer”, is played by Nicolas Cage, there is an expectation that at some point this meek, suburban father is going to lose the plot most epically, since that is one of Cage’s skills. And in the end he does lose it, just not in the way we anticipate. That’s the really clever … Read more