Film Review – Sons of Summer

While watching “Sons of Summer,” a feeling that something was off about the viewing experience began to grow. Characters were referencing events from long ago, and they carried a relationship that seemed defined elsewhere, not in this movie. I started thinking, is this a sequel? “Sons of Summer” is being sold to North American audiences as an action film, with 1991’s “Point Break” used as a comparison in press materials. This picture isn’t “Point Break” by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a follow-up to 1977’s “Summer City” (which featured the acting services of a young Mel Gibson) and 1988’s “Breaking Loose: Summer City II,” with co-writer Phillip Avalon returning once again to work on his Australian brotherhood saga, updating the troublemaking and surfing for a new audience. There’s a lot wrong with “Sons of Summer,” and there’s a lot missing from the endeavor, which tries to breeze past references to the previous chapters, but still creates plenty of confusion along the way. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com