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Film Review — The Surfer

Film Review — The Surfer

Nicolas Cage is in peak-Cage form in Lorcan Finnegan’s gripping psychological thriller

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May 12, 2025
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Fans of Nicolas Cage at his most unhinged will find much to savour in The Surfer. Playing like grindhouse throwback meets modern psychological thriller with things to say about mid-life crisis and manosphere masculinity, Lorcan Finnegan’s gripping sweatbox of single-location tension is ideally suited to peak-Cage shenanigans. It…

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