Walls of Water (2016) User Reviews

A Sublime and Refreshing Action Film - Powerful Storytelling and Epic Visual Scenery

[krisspirousc · 10/10 · 26 May 2016]

I watched of Water at a Los Angeles film festival screening and was wildly impressed. John Taschner's latest film gives insight into the filmmakers range and work. This film presents stunning imagery and places environmental power before the viewer, further cementing the filmmaker's formidable place among Hollywood's great storytelling writer/directors. Walls of Water shows amazing range in genre, and demonstrates a style that challenges expectation and perception. The imagery and music present an intense and thrilling pace. The cinematography and music were indeed top notch and perfectly mixed, and the film takes the viewer to the location in a point of view style. John Taschner knows how to tell great stories, especially in this action genre. The film s much more than the typical fantasies or special FX often seen in Hollywood production. A surprising and refreshing action film. Top Notch.

WINNER: Best Action Film at Marina Del Rey Festival

[stanfordball · 10/10 · 26 August 2016]

Marina del Rey Film Festival features surf documentary 'Wall of Water' from Director John Taschner, is the recent headline from 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winning publication Daily Breeze. The Daily Breeze said, "The Marina del Rey Film Festival features local teen director John Taschner's offering "Walls of Water," a documentary depicting surf riding on the 2016 El Nino storm surf. Taschner, 19, was on location in California during the past El Nino winter storms and more recently in western Australia in June to surf and film 40- to 50-foot waves that hit Margaret River and the western Australian storm surf." The Daily Breeze quotes national weather experts about the massive surf featured in the film, "The 40, 50-foot waves, combined with light winds and huge wave periods, are seen once every 10 years,' said meteorologist Paul Vivers." The surf documentary won Best Action Short.