Cage’s commitment to edgy acting shores up a quirky, confounding tale touting toxic masculinity
By Dann Gire
May 01, 2025 5:30 am
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Like fingerprints, no two Nicolas Cage characters are exactly the same. Which brings us to the actor’s latest showcase, the psychological thriller “The Surfer,” in which Cage plays a down-on-his-luck dad who takes his son to Australia to surf his childhood beach, only to be stopped by some rough-and-tumble territorial locals.