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The Drifter (2009)
Faux "Drifter"
4 out of 10 for the scenery. The waves weren't epic, but the cliché Indo waves that break for a couple hundred yards, ones we've seen time & again. We're expected to believe Machado takes off through Indo in the style of actual surf-nomads, but as one reviewer said, unbelievable. His board bag is only large enough for one board, never looks stuffed to the seams to me, but magically Machado switches boards 3/4 of the way through the movie, has a tent throughout, a reappearing guitar, etc. The primitive villagers who "have nothing", seem to have some pretty new shovels & well pump equipment. All in all, I'd call it surf-fiction. It tries to convey a feeling we all have, to just get away from life and do our own thing, the method of doing so is an issue for me.