The Surfer
Directed by Lorcan FinneganA man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.
The Surfer Ratings & Reviews
- RipLinesManApril 20, 2025The Surfer and Event Horizon (1997) both trap their protagonists in hostile spaces that seem to breathe with personal malice — one scorched by sun and silence, the other adrift in cold, cosmic ruin. Nicolas Cage’s character is pushed to the edge not by physical violence, but by a creeping erosion of control, dignity, and belonging. Like Captain Miller aboard the Event Horizon, he’s not just challenged — he’s dismantled. The beach is a mirror just as the ship was: reflecting back guilt, shame, and the failure to protect. Where Event Horizon weaponizes memory into madness, The Surfer uses heat, isolation, and local cruelty to boil its protagonist down to raw instinct. Both men face a reckoning not with an enemy, but with themselves — surrounded by people who either won’t help or can’t. One ends with fire, the other with water. But in both, peace is earned only after the soul has been scorched clean.
- Michael HarrisonMay 10, 2025I'd fear if you were high when watching this it'd be a total head fuck and you'd just want to die.
- HunterJune 9, 2025A 3-star movie all day long, but a 5-star movie in my heart. The Surfer might not hit every mark technically or narratively, but it’s beautifully done and resonates on a deeper, more personal level. Its atmosphere, tone, and emotion carry it beyond its imperfections. Not perfect, but perfectly impactful.
- Gen LockJune 22, 2025What a boring nonsense, wasted time I am afraid.
- Kit LazerApril 30, 2025The Wizard of Oz directed by Oliver Stone
- jimi483August 10, 2025Magnificent!!!
- Jeff MyersNovember 3, 2025Every time I think Nicholas Cage wouldn’t make a worse movie, he manages to prove me wrong.
- CrootieJuly 1, 2025What a shitty movie. Complete waste of time
- ZokkiieOctober 17, 2025Weird, tense, and beautifully shot — Cage goes all in, as usual. It’s got style and mood to spare, but the story drifts and never fully clicks.
- GromithJuly 24, 2025Another Nicolas Cage masterpiece, another hour (or two, but who's counting the agonizing seconds?) I'll never get back. Truly, if you're looking for an actor who can deliver lines with the emotional nuance of a particularly confused potato, then congratulations, you've found your man. I'm pretty sure my houseplants developed a more compelling character arc during the runtime. This wasn't a movie; it was an involuntary time-travel experiment, and I've emerged older, wiser, and significantly more resentful.
- Rick MastersJune 24, 2025In classic Nicolas Cage fashion, THE SURFER is yet another surreal, unbalanced, hallucinogenic mind fuck. I love the originality and there are some fun moments… but they are small splashes in a sea of boredom. Not to mention the climax completely stumbles off its surf board. A bit of a wipeout really.
- Sue CherrySeptember 14, 2025Really bad! Never getting that time back...
- chris.9430August 3, 2025Complete dribble 🤦
- RickMay 14, 2025You eat the rat! That dirty water though, I almost threw up. By the end I thought I might be going through dehydration delirium. I’m still not exactly sure what happened in this movie.
- cultfilmlikerJune 6, 2025Ah, the fears of a real family man. The world is a harsh place! I now am predisposed to distrust and dislike Aussies. That kookaburra was hilarious. The orange and green parking lot scene was very cool! Reminds me of The Swimmer in more ways than one! Just more visceral (and explicit) rather than cerebral. Also reminds me of Lodge 49 which I just happened to watch!! The Aussies saying “Bay boy” sounds like Hawkeye yelling, “It was a baby!!” in M*A*S*H lmao Fun to watch but not much new here! Some dreams you shouldn’t reach! lol
The Surfer Trivia
The Surfer was released on May 1, 2025.
The Surfer was directed by Lorcan Finnegan.
The Surfer has a runtime of 1 hr 40 min.
The Surfer was produced by Robert Connolly, Nathan Klingher, James Harris, Leonora Darby, Mark Lane, James Grandison, Brunella Cocchiglia.
The key characters in The Surfer are The Surfer (Nicolas Cage), Scally (Julian McMahon), Cop (Justin Rosniak).
The Surfer is rated R.
The Surfer is a Thriller, Drama film.
The Surfer has an audience rating of 4.7 out of 10.