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| Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 14, 1987 |
Starring:
Gerry Lopez, Gregory Harrison, John Paragon, John Philbin, Laird John Hamilton, Mark Occhilupo, Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, Robbie Page, Rocky Kauanoe
Summary:
An Arizona surfer, laughed at by the veteran boarders in Hawaii, finds a mentor - and a girlfriend - and prepares to ride the giant waves of Oahu.
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If you take it on its own terms -- as a summer teen exploitation film locked into an adolescent vision of life, with no particular ambitions to step out of its class -- it's a movie that works just fine. [14 Aug 1987, p.26]
If the movie has nothing important to say, so what? Neither do most surfers. [14 Aug 1987, p.1D]
The surfing footage is fairly routine until the film's climax, a contest featuring some spectacular shots of surfers seen beneath the overhang of breaking waves. Otherwise, the surfing, writing, direction and performances are of a caliber to interest only undiscriminating adolescents.
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Aimed squarely at adolescents in subconscious search of strong father figures, most of the movie is dull and familiar. [18 Aug 1987, p.C]
Much of the big-surf footage is stunning; some of it is terrifying. But is it worth sitting through North Shore to get to the big sets? No way, dude. [14 Aug 1987, p.D5]
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