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In the psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, a man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But his desire to hit the waves is thwarted by a group of locals whose mantra is "don't live here, don't surf here." Humiliated and angry, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising in concert with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him to his breaking point.
Director
Lorcan Finnegan
Cast
Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nicholas Cassim
Rating
Year
2025
Country
Australia, United States, Ireland
Language
English, French
Main Trailer
Reviews
- "Crisply scripted by Thomas Martin and directed by Finnegan with a pleasing, no-frills intensity, The Surfer feels resolutely old-school. It’s a low-budget, hard-hitting comic bruiser of a picture: a midlife-crisis movie dressed up as a 1970s exploitation flick."
- The Observer (UK) - "Cage commits, again, to his latest malcontent on the verge, without troubling himself with an Aussie accent in any way, which is classic Cage. It’s a performance that belongs quite high up in the canon."
- The Telegraph - "The Nicolas Cage renaissance rages on and this unsettling Ozpoiltation thriller provides a perfect sandbox for “Nicolas Cage”, the actor who enjoys a good metatextual jape."
- The Irish Times - "Lorcan Finnegan’s smart survival thriller The Surfer sets a brutal, sun-soaked stage for star Nicolas Cage to do what he does best: go completely nuts."
- IGN
Festivals
- Cannes Film Festival
- Int'l Film Festival Rotterdam
- Sao Paulo Int'l Film Festival
- Splat!FilmFest Int'l Fantastic Film Festival
- Dublin Int'l Film Festival
- BFI London Film Festival
- Taormina Film Festival
- Fantasy Filmfest
- Glassgow Film Festival
- SXSW Film Festival