This appears to be a direct-to-video movie release. It was shot on a small budget and on a short schedule and using mostly unknown actors. You get what you pay for. Still, we enjoyed it for the fluff of a diversion, with some cute girls in surfing mode.
For me the biggest surprise and the most interest is British actress, trained in Hollywood and with a good American accent, Sasha Jackson as Dana. This is Dana's story. She is 18 and not ready to fulfill her wealthy father's dream of her college education. Dana's mother, a surfer girl originally from Soith Africa, died of cancer when Dana was only 5. Her memories of mom are mostly from the photos she has. She yearns for more.
When dad is on a business trip, and Dana at 18 is an adult and apparently has full access to their wealth, leaves a note that she is headed to South Africa. As the story unfolds we learn that she wants to visit the places her mom knew, and surf the same waves. A southern California girl, Dana is an accomplished surfer.
Sasha Jackson brings a fresh face and a ready smile to the screen. Her acting is a cut above the others and I can only hope she gets better roles. I read her biography on IMDb and she apparently was a high level diver and trampolinist in England, and learned to surf for this role. She is the best reason to see Blue Crush 2.
Her journey is NOT without surprises. The first is when she hits the first beach, putting her backpack into a beach locker, only to find it broken into and items stolen. She makes friends with a girl named "Pushy" and also with a couple of guys. She ends up living temporarily with a group, a "family" of sorts, of beach bums.
But for a low budget it has a nice look to it. Elizabeth Mathis is the new friend, Pushy. Ben Milliken is the new friend with the old bus for a home, Tim. Australian Sharni Vinson is the bitchy primadonna surfer Tara. (But she does soften up at the end.)
SPOILERS: Dana's dad hops on a plane and eventually looks her up at the final beach of her journey. They make up, and it seems that Dana is ready to put her mom's death behind her and get on with life.
For me the biggest surprise and the most interest is British actress, trained in Hollywood and with a good American accent, Sasha Jackson as Dana. This is Dana's story. She is 18 and not ready to fulfill her wealthy father's dream of her college education. Dana's mother, a surfer girl originally from Soith Africa, died of cancer when Dana was only 5. Her memories of mom are mostly from the photos she has. She yearns for more.
When dad is on a business trip, and Dana at 18 is an adult and apparently has full access to their wealth, leaves a note that she is headed to South Africa. As the story unfolds we learn that she wants to visit the places her mom knew, and surf the same waves. A southern California girl, Dana is an accomplished surfer.
Sasha Jackson brings a fresh face and a ready smile to the screen. Her acting is a cut above the others and I can only hope she gets better roles. I read her biography on IMDb and she apparently was a high level diver and trampolinist in England, and learned to surf for this role. She is the best reason to see Blue Crush 2.
Her journey is NOT without surprises. The first is when she hits the first beach, putting her backpack into a beach locker, only to find it broken into and items stolen. She makes friends with a girl named "Pushy" and also with a couple of guys. She ends up living temporarily with a group, a "family" of sorts, of beach bums.
But for a low budget it has a nice look to it. Elizabeth Mathis is the new friend, Pushy. Ben Milliken is the new friend with the old bus for a home, Tim. Australian Sharni Vinson is the bitchy primadonna surfer Tara. (But she does soften up at the end.)
SPOILERS: Dana's dad hops on a plane and eventually looks her up at the final beach of her journey. They make up, and it seems that Dana is ready to put her mom's death behind her and get on with life.