The Surfer

DATE: Monday, April 21
TIME: 7:30PM
VENUE: Gateway Theater Fort Lauderdale

Nicolas Cage faces off against a psychotic surf gang in this delirious trip. Returning to the remote, pristine Australian beach of his youth, a burnt-out finance guy can’t wait to catch some huge waves his teenage son. Privately, he’s also hoping to purchase his childhood home overlooking the ocean, and get his life back on track. Given that this never-named man is played by Cage, you can probably guess things won’t be that simple. For starters, his lawyer can’t seem to close the real estate deal, but the much bigger problem is that the area has been overtaken by a menacing band of locals who threaten any outsiders who dare set foot on the beach. Retreating to the scorching parking lot to plan his next move, the man resolves to stay put—a decision that will lead to his total undoing. Enduring desperate days and endless humiliation in the blistering heat, our hero loses his grip on reality, and THE SURFER becomes a psychedelic descent into Oz hell in the tradition of WAKE IN FRIGHT.