In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus asks his followers a rhetorical question: “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” This is asked of Nicolas Cage’s titular character in “The Surfer.”
For the unnamed protagonist, his heart’s desire — and the thing he thinks will solve his ever-mounting problems — is to purchase his late father’s home, which sits atop an idyllic cliffside along the coast of Australia.
