Directed by:
Morgan O'NeillScreenplay:
Morgan O'NeillCinematography:
Geoffrey HallComposer:
Michael YezerskiCast:
Sam Worthington, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Xavier Samuel, Robyn Malcolm, Steve Bastoni, Aaron Glenane, Myles Pollard, Sean Keenan, Kai Arbuckle, Ben Mortley (more)VOD (1)
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Set in a remote town on Australia's spectacular and rugged coastline in the early '70s, DRIFT tells the story of two brothers at the genesis of the modern surf industry. Australia, 1970s. The Kelly brothers, Andy and Jimmy, have one great passion: riding big waves. As kids, their mother escaped from Sydney to Margaret River, a sleepy coastal town with some of the world's most challenging and dangerous waves. For the next 12 years, the boys perfected their surfing skills, always searching for the perfect ride. Free-spirited Jimmy is a gifted surfer and in novator but he starts to slip toward a life of crime to help the family out of debt. Andy makes a big decision. Quitting a stable job, he bets on Jimmy's surf inventions and his own business skills and launches a backyard surf gear business. They rethink board design, craft homemade wetsuits and sell their merchandise out of their van. Encouraged by their new friends, travelling bohemian surf photographer and filmmaker JB and his gorgeous Hawaiian surfer companion, Lani, who stirs the two brothers' hearts, they start to seek ways to expand. (official distributor synopsis)
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Sam Worthington is obviously such a star that even with long hair and a beard, he could save me in a cheesy surfing movie. The guys have it tough because they come from a pretty normal family, but all they really want to do is surf, which is a big problem on the Australian coast because there are waves everywhere. However, there are some guys who are causing them trouble in their neighborhood. But that's okay because then the right wave comes and everything turns out fine. That's really cool...
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I like movies with surfing in the leading role. I like the ease of this sport and the freedom, when wave after wave closes behind the surfer and so I liked those shots even in this movie. What was worse was that the movie is nothing original. The acting performances were standard. Every man there has long hair, drug problem and tries to be happy with what they do. How do you think a film like this will end? If not for the beautiful shots of waves, I would had rated it even lower.
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