In Cinemas now
(Reviewed by John Glennie)
A drama involving father and son, Bosch (Luke Hemsworth) and Rockit (Rasmus King) set on the beautiful Australian east coast.
Bosch is a drug dealer with his surfing buddies and grows his own cannabis behind his beach hideout. Rockit is a school kid who would prefer to wag class, as he is always bullied and called “dumb dumb”, and go surfing – his aim to be a pro surfer one day. Bosch’s hideout is visited by the police one day, but Bosch is relieved to find it is his good friend. However this soon changes when his new boss gives him a packet of Colombian cocaine they had seized and orders Bosch to sell it. The latter being reluctant as he doesn’t want to deal in hard drugs.
Bosch’s world is soon turned upside down when a bushfire threatening his beach hideout means the authorities are certain to find his plantation. He gets what cash he can from the safe then orders Rockit into his car, saying they are going on a holiday. They end up in Byron Bay where Bosch meets Deb (Isabel Lucas) and Rockit meets the lovely young Ash-Ash (Savannah La Rain).
Friendships are blossoming, but the police are getting closer – with the corrupt cop wanting his cocaine money and to silence Bosch! Ash-Ash has since returned to her home town after school holidays, and as the net tightens around Bosch, Rockit is sent to his estranged mother Wendy (Heather Mitchell). Rockit is pleasantly surprised to bump into Ash-Ash, discovering this is her home town. They are really hitting it off when his world is turned upside down when his drunken mother decides to take him to visit his uncle.
I won’t divulge too much more. I did enjoy the movie, though from the dialogue it seems to take place over a couple of years, and Rockit doesn’t seem to age as a teenager should. There are lots of f- and c- bombs so if you don’t like strong language then perhaps avoid it. The language is in context so I didn’t find it offensive. The story is interspersed with some stunning photography – some of which I think must have been via drones, but it is spectacular. Also, Rockit is a bloody good surfer!
Some trivia
Ash-Ash looked very tall, or Rockit was quite short so I looked them up. Turns out Savannah La Rain is 180cm (5’11”) and is a 17 year-old model, actress and dancer from Brisbane with dual AUS/USA citizenship. She certainly is a stunning young lady! She had a supporting lead role in the surfing series “Surviving Summer”.
Rasmus King is also 17, though looks and sounds younger. and is a professional surfer (that explains my earlier comment!), who spends his life chasing waves around the world. His nomadic family lives between Byron Bay, California, Hawaii and Indonesia.
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