'The Surfer' review: Nicolas Cage is plunged into toxic masculinity hell

Nicolas Cage wages war on a gang of hostile Australian surfers who stole his surfboard. That's the elevator pitch for The Surfer, a trippy psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Nocebo, Vivarium) and written by Thomas Martin. But there's more afoot within the riptide of this strangely hypnotic film, which ruminates on toxic masculinity and unprocessed trauma while putting Cage through the absolute ringer.SEE ALSO:How Nicolas Cage memes shaped 'Dream Scenario'
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