The D.I. 4 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 1957 and running 106 minutes this is a mostly forgotten film.It's a shame because it starred Jack Webb as Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore in what many believe is the finest portrayal of a DI on the screen to date.I can only think of two others to compare it with,an officer and a gentleman and full metal jacket, and this is still my favorite.Sadly many people knock Webb as the knock Wayne,for their off camera politics, and therefore they only deprive themselves of great films.The only reason I took 1 star off was the b&w film and some physical contact that the corp stops these days.This movie was filmed only 12 years after WW11 and right after Korea so the strong sense of patriotism is there before Vietnam killed it till the first gulf war.The story is about Moore trying to make a raw marine Don Dubbins     as Pvt. Owens, muster through without hurting the whole platoon.
Two scenes stand out.Owens mother Virginia Gregg as Mrs. Owens ,telling Moore in a stirring speech worthy of a old Trojan widow,that he can't be allowed to quit.See she had already lost a husband and older son to the corp and she'd be damned if they died so he could bug out..The second is a great scene where the platoon is looking for a dead sand flea that Owens killed therefore reveling the platoons position.Moore wants that exact sand flea found for burial.It's fabulous when one marine kills a flea than runs over to Moore screaming,I've found it,and Moore asks Owens was it a male or female?Owens hesitates than says it was a male sir.Moore looks at the flea and proclaims,keep looking,that ain't the one.Trust me on this one.Trailer URL below pix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OyvlTRhj4A

True Romance - 5 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 1993 and running 120 minutes this movie beats Pulp fiction by 1 year and I also believe is a better picture.It's very violent to be sure with lots of bad language to boot,but,it's adult fun to the absorb max.The acting is top notch and my 2 favorites are a short stint by Gary Oldman as a drug dealing pimp Drexl Spivey and Christopher Walken as a mob enforcer Vincenzo Coccotti .The rest of the cast is outstanding and 2 much to list but Samuel L  Jackson was Pulp is also in this film as well as Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini and Dennis Hopper and well you get the picture.The story centers on a film buff ,Christian Slater as Clarence Worley, whose work friends get him a whore, Patricia Arquette as Alabama Whitman, to do him in a movie theater as a birthday present. Well they fall in love instead and a wild cross country trip to sell coke they stole from Alabama's pimp Drexl after Clarence shot him in the face like a dog,per Elvis Presley's spirt telling him to,insues.Well that coke belonged to the mob and well Clarence has a Holly wood wanna be friend who can sell the coke to studio bigs and well some LA cops are looking to do a big time bust and well,there be a big crash a comm'in !!!!The final shootout day of reckoning is something to see.Trailer URL follows pix

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4110352665/

Night of the Comet - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Funny little sic -fi film from the 80's about valley girls sisters who survive a passing comet that disintegrates all who view it.The girls are not alone.If you caught a slight glimpse you become a slowly developing zombie.So they have to avoid those while trying to find others who might have survived.Of course some government types on their why to zombie hood trying to capture the girls and use their blood for a serum to keep themselves alive.Finally the girls do meet a guy and at the end another guy so maybe the world will live again.Silly idea but done well a and the only other film with a vaguely  even similar plot line was day of the triffids.I took the  1 and 1/2 stars off for being "valley girls".Released in 1984 it only runs 94 minutes.The girls are played by Catherine Mary Stewart as Regina  and Kelli Maroney as Samantha.Robert Beltran plays Hector  the first guy.Trailer URL below pix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6dOoyghxb0

The Sorcerer's Apprentice - 4 stars out of 5 stars

I'm not really into magic and sorcery movies like Harry Potter ect. Some thing from my catholic up bringing I guess.However when I saw the cast I gave it a watch.It's ok if you like that sort of stuff,magic,that is.I took 1 1/2 stars off because I don't.Released in 2010 and running 109 minutes,its the story of 1000 year old imprisoned sorcerer about to be freed to raise the dead and end the world.However through the years a good sorcerer who had imprisoned the bad one,searches for a descendant  of the master sorcerer Merlin who will be able to slay the bad one.Ok as I said magic stories are crazy and require a real stretch of logic and as a sci-fi fan logic I can't do that.But as I said the cast.Nicolas Cage as Balthazar Blake,the good sorcerer.My favorite new actor,Jay Baruchel  as Dave Stutler,the descendant,and finally,Alfred Molina as Maxim Horvath,servant sorcerer to the bad sorcerer.So if you like this kind of film,the CGI will impress and you will enjoy.For me,once is enough,though I did enjoy it, just won't buy it.Trailer follows pix and oh yes the NYC backdrop is cool.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi780142105/

Anzio - 4 stars out of 5 stars

Sadly this film isn't on many best war movies lists.I guess because at its core its anti war.I'm mentioning it now because sadly Peter Falk as Cpl. Jack Rabinoff  just died 2 days ago.The film also stars Robert Mitchum as Dick Ennis,IP war correspondent.Anzio was a poor invasion by the US on Italy during WW11.Poor because it could the Germans off guard but timid advances afterwards allow the germans to regroup and make it a bloody slow slog up the "boot."Into this mess a small group of soldiers survive and bond with the IP correspondant  who won't carry a gun,he reports not fights,as he searches for the reason why we fight as a species.Falk is the cold hard killing machine with a good heart IF you can find it. Only after a sniper kills Falk and forces Mitchum to pick up a rifle or die,does he get the answer.At no time are we more alive than when we face death,we live for that rush.Or so he tells the General that messed this all up at the start,now at the end.The general reply was that can't be true,but God help us all  if it is. Released in 1968 at 117 minutes,I highly recommend this film and do own it.Trailer URL follows pix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOcMOmEW6-s

Takers - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Adrenaline rush with no good ending for a change unless 2 bad guys are less bad than everyone else.Movie opens with bank robbery and than the Russian mob and double crosses and tough cops,one dirty,STOP me if you've seen it before.Released in 2010 and running 107 minutes,what makes this film watchable  is a outstanding cast.I had to take off 1 1/2 stars because we've seen it all before,but just not as well done or acted.I wouldn't buy this film,but hell,it's a good watch when you want a rush.The cast includes Idris Elba as Gordon Cozier the leader of this crew including members Hayden Christensen as A.J.,Chris Brown     as Jesse Attica,Michael Ealy as Jake Attica  and T.I. as Ghost who just got out of jail after a job gone wrong when he had put this crew together.All to short roles by Gideon Emery     as Sergei ,leader of a russian crew and much to short role by Zoe Saldana as Lilly and Nicholas Turturro    as Franco Dalia and Glynn Turman as Chief Detective Duncan.Into this mix are the 2 cops.Matt Dillon as Jack Welles  and Jay Hernandez as Eddie Hatcher ,and many,many others. The next to final shootout in a hotel reminds one of "true romance"which I'll review down the road.See it once,like eating cotton candy.Trailer URL follows pix

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3048801817/

Mad About Mambo - 4 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 2000 and running a short 88 minutes,this is a little flawed gem.I took off 1 star because it's not a new story and well the dancing is not important and there in is the charm.Football and dance interweave in Northern Ireland's Belfast where the memories of the "troubles "are still fresh in the mind and cause tensions between the Catholics and Protestants.Into this mix are thrown high school  students in a coming of age romantic comedy which is quite cute.I recommend a view but not a purchase.There are many cultural errors between Spanish and Brazilian the main one is Mamba while Samba is the dance the young lad ,William Ash as Danny Mitchell wants to learn,because the Belfast United team just signed a Brazilian star and he stated how the rhythms of the Samba helps in the rhythms of football.The young lady,Keri Russell as Lucy McLoughlin,at least says at one point,Brazilians speak Portuguese not Spanish,but the music is never really clarified.But the main focus is the 2 teens and their ambitions and dreams.The girl comes from a successful catholic family and the boy from a just getting by one.Both are still in the minority and Northern Ireland is predominately Protestant.He wants to be a footballer and she,well,likes to dance.
Even with the errors it's still fun to see a attempt at humanizing Belfast.Remember thats where U2 came from.Trailer URL follows the pix.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1687421209/

Northwest Passage - 4 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 1940 and running 126 minutes,a olde but goode. I always knew there should be a sequel but alas was not to be.Historical dramas have always been a fav of mine and the time of the French and Indian wars classic of "last of the mohegans"is the only story better than this.Hey military folks out there,is this were the"rangers"come from?
I took 1/2 star off because the title is wacked without a sequel.Just a passing reference to the mythical passage is made while the war is the real theme.Below is a review from IMDB and below the pix is a trailer URL.Let me add Langdon becomes a real man and Major Rodgers IS the man.Only Patton came across as a greater leader in films I've seen.Enjoy

Northwest Passage is based on a novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts, in fact it is an adaptation of its first part The Roger's Rangers, the second part was also originally planned to be filmed by King Vidor, but MGM dropped the project fearing the costs involved. As a consequence only the first part of the novel was brought to the screen where passage through the northwest never actually happens but only is talked about.
The story is centered on Major Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy) and his rangers who take a dangerous and adventurous journey through the territory controlled by the Indians and the French troops in 18th century America in order to destroy a hostile Indian village from where English settlements are constantly being attacked.
Right in the beginning the rangers are joined by right out of Harvard idealistic young cartographer Langdon Towne (Robert Young) who is dreaming of becoming a great painter `like Velasquez or Rubens' and is enthusiastic about the journey because of possibility it offers to paint portraits of Indians and landscapes in contrast with the other rangers who are mainly driven by yearning of revenge for relatives murdered during Indian raids.
Northwest Passage is possibly the best and the most visually impressive King Vidor's adventure film. Breathtakingly beautiful landscapes shown here certainly stand out as the most wonderful even among King Vidor's work who was well known for beautiful Technicolor exteriors in his movies. A beautiful film, definitely worth watching. 8/10 by Ilya Mauter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arnQTAHKBI8

Remember Me - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

It will be difficult for film makers to add 9/11 to a movie plot and make the event a finalization of a drama not based on such a event.This film tries and comes close.Released in 2010 and running 113 minutes we have Robert Pattinson as Tyler Hawkins and i'm afraid this film will only solidify his typecasting as that brooding yet strangely appealing  young man of a woman's affections.Emilie de Ravin as Ally Craig is such a woman.In 1991 while waiting for a train with her her mom,they are mugged and her mom is gunned down.Her father is a old school cop forced to raise her alone and now 10 years later she's in college.There she meets Tyler who is the son of  broken marriage who only cares about his young sister since his older brother hung himself after a failed music career and working for a rich lawyer dad law firm.Tyler never adjusted and guards his young sister like a lion.The bulk of the movie is your regular growing and coming of age angst,until finally just when things seem to be coming together for everyone now thanks to the stubbornness of Tyler,a tragic ending ensues.That is,Tyler goes to his fathers law firm on the 88th floor of the WTC on the morning of 9/11 to talk to dads lawyers while dad switches places to take the young girl to school.One can only guess that all the players now will remember Tyler for helping put their miserable sad lives back together while he lost his that morning.
I had to take the 1 1/2 stars off because the story itself is nothing special UNTILL the double pain of 9/11 is added.Can many of survive such double blows?I recommend it as a start of 9/11 reflections but I wouldn't buy it.Trailer URL below pix.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMBfTdm9ALk

"It " - 4 stars out of 5 stars

I missed this because it was a TV movie but its now on DVD and my daughter in law lent it to me.I took 1 star off for the length and it does have a TV feel.Still its a very good scary flick.First shown in 1990 its long at 192 minutes.I haven't read any Steven King books but seen many of his film adaptations and frankly this TV flick held my interest more than any other.It's a forward and back film about 7 kids growing up in the 50's who reunite in the 80's to fight a evil and  sinister force they only can call it,"IT"All the cast was great so I won't name them here,but the story is basically that some evil feeds every 30 years and a small town in Maine is the focus.The town is oblivious to the pattern and treats it as morbid disasters.Only 7 kids are drawn together to fight it and the story goes back and forth as they finally triumph.There bonding is sweet and touching against both the evil and bulling they are face as "the losers"club.That alone makes it relevant to day.Bulling lives on.It starts with a clown killing children,so its rather intense,be warned.Trailer URL follows pix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYW3NyAPuMI

Night of the Living Dead - 4 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

For those who don't know of this picture,it was the film that started the Zombie craze.Released in 1968 and filmed in B & W,directed by the godfather of horror,George A. Romero,it runs only a eternity at 96 minutes.This is horror as a metaphor.For the first time in my reviews i'll start with the endThe lone survivor of the night of horror is shot dead by redneck white good old boys who thought he was a Zombie and then burned on a pile of dead bodies.A chilling sign of the times in the 60's.Burning that is and the racial innuendo.However the film doesn't bludgeon you with that,no,it churns your stomach with everyday normal fat,short,old recognizable folks chowing down on you and me.The hight of horror was a mother who was trying to comfort her bitten young girl who then dies and comes back to stab her mother to death with a garden hand spade so she can feast on her.
The memorable line from the movie comes early when a brother and sister are at a cemetery and the brother try to scare her by saying"Their coming to get you Barbra"and as he finishes,a zombie gets him.Its hard to believe this film is over 40 years old.
The filming in B& W makes up for some spotty acting although over half the cast plays dead zombies so who knew?Now don't misunderstand,I know Zombies come from the Caribbean  voodoo cults,but Romero gave them a new life and origin and brought them to the mainstream of film horror. This was the most historic horror film of my lifetime.The 1/2 star is for the amateur acting,however,in parts,that in itself is relevant and in no why camp.If you enjoy horror of any sort,this is a must see.Trailer URL follows the pix

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1800339993/

Battle Los Angeles - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Before we begin,do NOT confuse this with a film called Battle for Los Angeles  released in 2010.I did NOT see that film but it seems no one liked that one.This was released in 2011 and runs 116 minutes and has fair reviews.Now to this movie.Stop me if you've heard this before.Group of Marines  caught in a desperate fight against evil on their soil and meet it with courage and self sacrifice and then for each other as one after another falls and innocent civilians become involved as a reminder of why they fight.
Yes that old chestnut is revived and rather well.Why you see this movie once or more up to you,is the CGI.I said before CGI is a gimmick and substitutes for a lack of story.THIS is a rare case where this old chestnut is given a new coat BY the CGI.Finally,what CGI should be,a enhancement,NOT a story unto itself.However I had two take 1 1/2 stars off for the fact that in this retelling of the chestnut,the enemy are invaders.Hey thats fine,maybe good even.Sadly thats whats wrong with the film unless a sequel will answer the sci-fi issues created by the enemy being not of this earth.For me the questions MUST be answered of who and why they invaded.The poor reason was they wanted our water and nowhere is the water in the universe.Sadly thats week.Also the aliens seem to be sort of like the Borg from star trek BUT as hard as they were to kill early in the film,they die MUCH easier as the film continues.Also as far as wanting our water,it seems they want it as a power source???
Sorry the sic -fi was terrible.BUT the old soldier story was retold as well as ever by up and coming actors.My two favorites were Aaron Eckhart  as Sgt. Michael Nantz and Michelle Rodriguez     as TSgt. Elena Santos .I won't buy it for the sic fi flaws but the story never gets old when done right.See it and judge for yourself.Trailer URL follows pix

ttp://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3897661977/

Point Break - 5 stars out of 5 stars

I'm on a surf kick after reviewing Blue Crush I had to mention this film.Released in 1991  and running a just right 120 minutes it was directed by Kathryn Bigelow before anyone ever heard of her.It also was the best performances in my opinion by both Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah and Patrick Swayze as Bodhi and a fine turn by everyones favorite crazy man Gary Busey as Pappas and a fine love interest by Lori Petty as Tyler.The story is fairly simple but filmed beautifully and makes wonder where duty and friendships line cross.After this film it's no wonder Bigelow could do Hurt Locker. Below is a brief summery from IMDB and then below the pix in the trailer URL

Johnny Utah (Reeves) is a Special Agent for the FBI. Utah gets partnered with Angelo Pappas (Gary Busey) an experienced agent who is more than committed to his work. The two are asked to investigate the number of robberies committed by a group called the Ex-Presidents, who wears masks of Presidents Reagen, Nixon, Carter and Johnson for their robberies. Pappas has a theory that the Ex-Presidents are a group of surfers, and asks for Utah to go undercover as a surfer. The problem is, Utah couldn't surf to save his life. That plus the two continuously being hassled by unpleasant and rough Agent Harp (McGinley). With the help of Tyler (Petty) a competent female surfer, Utah begins to gain the respect of local surfer Bodhi (Swayze) and his group. Utah forms a close bond with Bodhi, but the relationship between Utah and Bodhi becomes limited when Utah suspects that Bodhi and his group are the Ex-Presidents. Written by Jeremy Thomson

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3766485273/

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 5 stars out of 5 stars

This might well be 2 firsts for a picture.One,a sequel MUCH better than the original and two,I think its the first famous and successful of a new genre of film,the so called post apocalypse film.The film was released in 1981 and is a tidy 91 minutes.It stars Mel Gibson, in the role that really made him a star,as Mad Max Rockatansky .Max had lost his wife in the first Mad Max film as a oil shortage was turning Australia into a crazy land.Now a World War has caused Max to lose civilization too.How to survive??That is what this film deals in and the choices harken back to our own old west.There are no gray areas here.Only good and evil.Mankind has turned back to the stone age but with the remnants of cars and trucks.Gas is truly now black gold.Violence and car chases fill out the rest of the story which is sort of like the western were a lawman rides into town to save it from the bad guys.Nothing new but the firming of this new genre.Worth the view and bloody good fun.Trailer URL follows pix.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1156776217/

Die Hard - 5 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 1988 and running 131 minutes this is the first of 4 movies starring Bruce Willis (in his finest role)as Officer John McClane,everyman who has all kind of problems including ones he makes for himself.Not a hero type at all.But what he is,is unlike most, as he's just a overgrown boy scout who only knows right and has smarts that border on dumb. However that is what makes him a hero,truth and righteous dedication.  
In this first installment he is separated from his wife who has taken his daughter and moved to LA from NYC.It's christmas and John is flying out to visit for the holidays.There is a party at the office where his wife works and he attends but goes to the bathroom to change.At that moment Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber leeds a group of terrorist types and take over the building.The rest of the movie is lone John trying to stop this all alone in the building as the police and FBI outside argue over jurisdiction.There are many good performances including various bad guys played by Alexander Godunov and Huey Lewis lookalike Dennis Hayden and Clarence Gilyard Jr.FBI stooges played by Robert Davi and Grand L. Bush.The one LA cop who gets whats going on is Reginald VelJohnson as Sgt. Al Powell.A must see for all action film fans and gave us Johns memorable line,Yippie-ki-yay, m*therf*cker.Trailer URL follows pix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxBXm7ZUTM

Knight and Day - 3 stars out of 5 stars

Interesting only because of Tom Cruise as Roy Miller and Cameron Diaz  as June Havens.They seem to have a real chemistry and both play that"cutesy funny"better than anyone else.However the story is very weak and been done before.Bad fed agent tries to frame good fed agent for bad thing he wants to do.Even the innocent bystander brought into the scheme has been done as well as good guy and bystander falling in love.The only reason to see this once and NOT buy it,is the bang up CGI car chases and Cruise and Diaz.I smell a sequel.Released in 2010 it runs 109 minutes.Trailer URL below the pix.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3528000537/

Stargate - 4 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 1994 and running a little long at 121 minutes,this film spawned at least 3 TV series and a couple of TV movies.The story answers the question of the Pyramids and ancient Gods in a very modern way.
In 1928 in Egypt lying in the desert dig area,a large circular object is found.Swing to now(1994) and a struggling young egyptologist,James Spader( in I think his finest role)as Dr. Daniel Jackson   is presented with a opportunity that turns out to be a government project to figure out what this circular object is.With his help the "Stargate"as the circular object is now to be known,is activated and he and a army recon team lead by Kurt Russell as Col. Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil,enter.They emerge across the universe in a far flung galaxy and then the story bogs down a bit.It seems the ancient God"Ra" was really a dying super alien who stole the body of a young boy on this planet and built the gates to get cheap slave labor from earth.The old earthlings rebelled and Ra knocked the gate down so the rebellion wouldn't spread to this planet forcing the remaining inhabitants to worship him and continue to be his slaves.I think you can guess the rest,thats why I only gave it 4 stars.Still it is a original idea even if the scenes in the desert steal from other films.Trailer URL follows the pix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s1BiL8GPqc

Get Him to the Greek - 3 stars out of 5 stars

One day late.Should have posted yesterday.
Once before I stated its hard to review comedies because its not always funny the second time around as well as humor being very personnel to many folks.So i'll state upfront I won't own this DVD but I will recommend the viewing.I took 2 stars off because its a Apatow Productions film and their  too over the top as druggie humor film makers as well the story is nothing special.So why did I see it?Well I saw Colm Meaney as Jonathan Snow in the credits and being a DS9 and all STNG junkie I had to see it.Truth be told he wasn't that good in this but the film has its moments sans the drugs and well thats not much:(.
The only thing else I'll say since humor is so personnel,its a much"smarter"film than Sasha Baron Cohen's flicks as well as more shocking in some respects.So if you want a dirty but funny laugh,see this once.It was released in 2010 and runs 109 minutes.Trailer URL below the pix.Oh and the vague storyline below from of IMDB.

English rock star Aldous Snow relapses into drugs and booze after a break up and a disastrous record. In L.A., Aaron Green works for a record company stuck in recession. Aaron's boss gives him a career making task - to bring Aldous from London to L.A. for a concert in 72 hours. That day, Aaron's girlfriend Daphne tells him she wants to finish her medical residency in Seattle. Aaron's sure this ends their relationship. In London, things aren't much better: Aldous delays their departure several times, plies Aaron with vices, and alternates between bad behavior and trenchant observations. Can Aaron moderate Aldous's substance abuse and get him to the Greek? What about Daphne? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com> 

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi288228377/

Amores Perros 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

In 2004 a film came out of nowhere called "Crash".It won some academy awards but I won't review it because THIS film used that story telling idea and it was released in 2001.The film industry always copies what sells and this sort of idea of combining 3 or 4 different little vignettes has been around for quite sometime but  "Amores Perros"made it popular again.Normally  I don't like foriegn films because of the sub titles but this film being action and full of over the top TV"novella"style acting is a exception.You can follow it fairly well by the raw emotion.
The  three vignettes are tied together by a car crash (sound familiar ?)caused by Octavio,played by the GREAT Mexican actor Gael García Bernal.Fleeing a dog fight,yes all you Michael Vick haters,dog fighting is big,like it or not,Octavio caused a car crash that sets this whole film in motion.My favorite segment is about Valeria a supermodel played by Goya Toledo who is having  affair with magazine publisher Daniel,played by Álvaro Guerrero,and has her leg broken in the crash.Her carer is finished and Daniel must now take care of her.There is a scene where she complains of a mouse under the floor tormenting her and gets Daniel to remove it.The scene is a metaphor of her life to come and Daniel's quilt of causing her condition by the affair. I have never seen anything like it before.
I took off 1 and 1/2 stars because it is foreign and I wasn't thrill with the third and final segment.However it's worth seeing for that second segment alone and the whole idea of the dog fight not be a culture event is debunked and its long before Vicks case.It might be a little long at 154 minutes as well.Trailer URL follows the pix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XToRtfQbeHg

Blue Crush 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Ok,3 girls surfing in Hawaii,teeny pix right?Well maybe.Still I found the blue water and the surfing as attractive as the girls,throw in a vacationing Brady like QB and things were kinda cool.Music was nice and cool as well.1 1/2 stars off for being a teeny flick:)Released in 2002 and running 104 minutes,I have no intention of seeing the sequel or part 2 released this year as this was a guilty pleasure to begin with.Hard to review that sort of film.Here's the storyline from IMDB.

Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters surf competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one's blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along. Like it or not, Anne Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for Matt. Written by Schleppy 

Trailer  URL follows pix as usual

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi784007449/