Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Eric Stevenson Yep, this is a movie that actually exists. All of Troma's movies are available online and this makes "The Toxic Avenger" look like, no "Citizen Kane" isn't good enough. I'd say the "Breaking Bad" episode "Ozymandias". I first came across this looking at Wikipedia's unusual articles. I guess there were just a lot of these around the 1985-1987 period. This summary is the exact quote from Wikipedia's description. I just had to use that. Don't sue me, Wikipedia! I remember going over to RottenTomatoes and believing that this had the lowest rating of anything on the entire website with a 1.8 (not the percentage). "Manos: The Hands Of Fate" is still lower (with 1.1) but this is still a truly awful movie.With the title, it's just as ludicrous as you would expect. I saw a short film on YouTube called "Kung Fury" about Hitler time traveling and recruiting Nazi dinosaurs. That film was more believable than this one. This wasn't even good for laughs. For characters with the title "Surf Nazis" they barely even surfed. They mostly just stayed on their motorcycles. Was "Biker Nazis Must Die" too strange of a title? I heard that Roger Ebert saw this movie and walked out thirty minutes in. I guess it's not quite in my Top 5 worst, but definitely Top 10. The movie features surf Nazis and that's about it. What's amazing is how horribly acted the film is. These actors seem to be messing up their lines all the time.The action scenes are horrendous. When they're fighting on the beach, it's hard to tell if they're even actively fighting. It looks more like they're just tripping over each other. We saw a lot of footage of people surfing. What does this mean? The movie literally starts by showing a bunch of Neo-Nazi children. That's more stupid than it is insensitive. What happens to these kids? What is their purpose? There's another scene where people are yelling in the background. Why? Why is everything in this film shot so badly? I'm kind of reminded of an even worse film (which was ALSO on the unusual articles list) called "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn!". From what I've seen of "The Day The Clown Cried" it couldn't be worse than this. Stick with the more intelligent Nazi films. There is one good thing about the film and that's that it goes by really fast. That was a plus! Someone thought this was entertaining? 1/2*

gavin6942 When the grandson of a gun wielding woman is murdered by neo-nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, this grandma hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.There is not really all that much surfing, at least not with the Nazis. Seems like mostly stock footage. I wanted to see gun battles on the water, but maybe I forgot that Troma could not afford such awesome things. The movie could just as easily been called "Beach Nazis".What I like about this movie is that it makes no attempt to provide social commentary. It does not have a serious view of racism, or of white supremacist groups, or even of children leaving their families for gangs. It just has an angry woman trying to get revenge. Thanks, Troma, for just making a quick, fun, silly film and avoiding any attempt at depth.

Witchfinder General 666 "Surf Nazis Must Die" - What A Title! Generally speaking, I am a (moderate) fan of Troma flicks. Their films are certainly no masterpieces, but some (such as "Blood Sucking Freaks" or "Mother's Day") are genuinely nasty and others (such as "The Toxic Avenger") are downright hilarious. While "Surf Nazis Must Die" is certainly not one of the worst movies from Troma Entertainment, however, it is sadly one of the lesser Troma flicks I've seen. Granted, the film is entertaining in a very dumb manner, but the focus lies on the 'dumb' here. I am fine with that, but I was somehwhat disappointed by the comparatively low level of disgusting gore and tastelessness for a Troma flick.A California beach is ruled by different criminal gangs, the most ruthless being the "Surf Nazis", a gang lead by a guy who calls himself 'Adolf'. When a young black man named Leroy keeps a gang member from stealing an old lady's bag, he is brutally murdered by the Surf Nazis. Leroy's Mama, however, is one tough lady, and she is determined to avenge her son's death...The film has its moments, but it is often just too stupid to really be enjoyed. The performances are incredibly awful, of course, but then that's what Troma usually stands for, and I do not take this as a flaw in a film like this. I did expect lots of gore, sleaze and toilet humor, however, and these elements were not really present to the extent that I wished for. The film is merely a revenge story with some (very) low-key humor. The fact that an elderly lady wipes out an entire gang of Nazis is quite amusing, however, and the last 15 minutes, especially the gory and hilarious showdown are fun enough to make the whole film worthwhile. Still, I would have wished for a higher level of tastelessness in the film. It is fun to watch for Troma fans, but I'd definitely recommend many other Troma flicks over this one.

Super61isdown OK, OK, first of all, I love Troma. Lloyd Kaufman is a brilliant man, creating a company that is entirely based around camp horror with humor, most of them with talented actors (or untalented ones, just for old time's sake) and distributed them out to filmfans. You can tell a film is a Troma film if it includes the following: 1) B-movie actors (although, they do have SOME well known celebs in their films 2) Over-the-top gore and violence, not disturbing, more nasty and disgusting, but for humorous purposes.3) Kinky sex scenes, filled with soft-corn porn, Lesbian interaction, outrageous sex-jokes 4) Virtually no plot. But a hilarious title for the film.When I heard about "Surf Nazis Must Die", I probably jumped three feet in the air for joy. I mean, what else do you want? Surfing, Nazis, a angry Black woman, TROMA?!? It should be the PERFECT Troma film! Unfortunately, this particular film makes you wonder why Kaufman didn't kick director Peter George in the teeth after seeing the final cut of the film. In the end, the only thing the film succeeds in being a good Troma movie is the title...thats it.Well, where do we start? There's virtually no plot. I know, I know, I wasn't expecting "On the Waterfront", but come on...even "The Toxic Revenger" had somewhat of a plot, and if not, over the top violence...this had nothing. The story set somewhere in the future (at least the 80's/early 90's version of the future, where tie-dye shirts are still in style apparently), where an Earthquake has destroyed most of the California coast line (ummm...ooook). Out of the chaos, surfing gangs begin a war to stake claim over the beach. One of the most ruthless gangs is....OK, is that obvious? The surf Nazis. The Nazis are really just a bunch of scraggly lookin' white supremacists who wear tethered clothing with poorly drawn swastikas written on them. Adolf is the leader...hmm, clever. He looks like he's about 40 years old, but hangs out with high school kids. The others are Eva, Sneg, Gangdala and Hook, and none of them have any back story (althought for some odd reason, they try to portray Sneg as being some dumb, naive teenager with a mother who is worried about him, in some pointless subplot). Adolf tries to unite all the gangs on the beach so they can rule the coastline (a plot line ripped off of the far-more superior film, "The Warriors"), but none of them want to be under the command of the Nazis, so one by one, they turn on them and are killed...end of that story. Now, there's a young man named Leroy with his tough-as-nails mother who live near the beach. Leroy, being black, is attacked by the Nazis and killed. This leads Leroy's Momma to escape from her retirement home and seek revenge against the murderers.I basically told you the entire flick. It's that basic and small. You probably get more out of watching the trailer for the film than watching the actual film. The violence is surprisingly toned down, with virtually no gore, which makes it look like a film made over the weekend at a budget of $75 dollars. The fight scenes are poorly choreographed, looking like they improvised it at the set. The acting...eh, it's alright. One thing I noticed is that they tried to make this film look more serious than campy...which is the kiss of death, being that the film is called....SURF Nazis MUST DIE!!! Oh, thats another thing...it's called "SURF Nazis MUST DIE", but in the film, only three of them are actually killed (out of a gang of about 7, not including the youth punks). Scenes were long and boring, with very little pay off. The surfing scenes were nice, though. Obviously, it was footage of professionals surfing in Hawaii (California does NOT have that nice of waves) and most of the film was shot in my home town of Huntington Beach.It you wanna watch a good Troma movie, watch "Tromeo & Juliet" or "Cannibal! The Musical!" instead. Leave this one to wipe-out, and hang to dry.