Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Liquid Bridge

Philip Avalon – 2003 – Australia  
  
Totally ridiculous Australian drama about a cocky surfer who lands himself in a Hawaiian prison for drug smuggling after a friend overdoses on heroin.  Wisecracking to a reporter that Australians are better surfers than Hawaiians doesn’t help his situation much.  Well, behind bars the kid manages to avoid rape attempts, work on his case, stay in shape, and train for more surfing competitions with the help of a reclusive guru who just happens to be an old friend of the hero’s unsympathetic wheelchair-ridden dad.  Meanwhile, there’s some kind of larger conspiracy involving big-time criminals that I didn’t quite follow.  There’s also an inexplicable prologue showing ancient Hawaiians building a surfboard from scratch, (i.e. a tree), and a bizarre scene of a girl getting struck by lighting and glowing blue from head to toe.  Filled with such cheap effects, stock music and cornball acting, it is mildly enjoyable as a really bad movie, but I don’t actually enjoy making fun of movies; I’d much rather like them.

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