Surf Nazis Must Die
Troma Entertainment | Release Date: July 3, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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4
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83
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (Not Credited)
The best thing about this B movie is always going to be its title, but there’s more than a catchy name to this DVD. Read full review
60
SalonDavid Lazarus
With little more than table scraps for a budget, Surf Nazis Must Die features rotten acting, cheesy action and effects, a grainy picture and poor sound. It is, in short, a typical Troma film -- not quite in the same league as "Toxic Avenger," perhaps, but no less a treat for fans. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Lots of laughs; some fine darts tossed at fascism, southern California customs, and the USA in general; a tongue firmly embedded in the cheek; and a fairly good score all add up to make this a sleeper...If your sense of humor has the slightest warp in it, you may thoroughly enjoy SURF NAZIS MUST DIE. Read full review
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The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Surf Nazis Must Die isn't funny in the slightest, the title notwithstanding. It's a standard, thoroughly stupid gang-war exploitation film intercut with occasional low-energy surfing footage, featuring characters named Adolf, Eva and so on who chant slogans, wear swastikas on their wetsuits and burn surfboards from time to time. Not even the actors' relatives will find this interesting. Read full review
10
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A sort of Clockwork Orange meets Mad Max on the beach, pic hasn't one redeeming feature. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
Simply calling Surf Nazis Must Die a bad movie doesn't do it justice. This is a horror-action movie with dull action and horror, feebly done on every level: leaden satire, a repulsive romance, a revenge saga of zero intensity. The actors are often upstaged by the beach graffiti. Read full review
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Abysmally uninteresting scenes of rival youth gangs hanging around on a pseudo-post-apocalyptic beach, intercut with apparently unconnected (and uninteresting) surfing footage, and occasional soft-core fumblings. Neither the 'female vengeance' nor the racial tension motifs succeed in raising even a glimmer of interest. Utter horse-shit. Read full review
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