Waving lunatics

Drenched in toxic, chest-beating machismo, The Surfer slowly winds up Nicolas Cage like a clockwork toy before unleashing the Oscar-winning actor to deliver his trademark performance of steadily mounting madness.

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A nameless father (Cage) returns to Australia to buy his childhood home which has just come on the market.

To celebrate, he takes his teenage son (Finn Little) to surf so they can get a clear view of the property from the water.

"Don't live here. Don't surf here!" barks a thug named Pitbull (Alexander Bertrand) who threatens physical violence if they dare to head to the beach where Scally (Julian McMahon) and his bullying acolytes have staked their claim to sand and sea.