Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

willjohn The star of the film was John Jarratt, who freaked a lot of people out a few years ago as Mick Taylor, the psychopathic killer in "Wolf Creek", as well as playing the Sergeant in "Australia". "Summer City" was one of the films made in the 1970s as Australia tried to get back to rebuilding a film industry that collapsed before World War II as the cinema chains found it cheaper to import films than to pay for local films to be made. Up until the late 1960s Australian Governments had no real interest in films, more important things had to be done. We did not get television until 1956 and if Melbourne had not held the Olympics in that year it probably would have been later.

nephihaha Whoever wrote the last review simply doesn't get the film.While there's a happy-go-lucky veneer to everything, like the surfing, the sex and "larrikin" behaviour (wild young lads basically), that's mostly on the surface. The scenery is actually far from cheery... in fact, it is used on some occasions in ways that could have been straight out of "Twin Peaks" (especially the shots of the sun rising over the sea), if it wasn't for the climate. The menacing Bush (no pun intended) is a common feature in Aussie films, perhaps too much so.As for "slurred slang", this is how Australians speak. Sorry! There is only one part where I couldn't make it out, which is a rude remark Boo makes to a girl in a greasy burger joint. If Americans really need subtitles to work out Australian dialogue, I suggest they go and study the language at night class.Mel Gibson is indeed wrongly touted as the star of the film on the packaging, but he is by no means a "very minor role", in fact he is one of the group of four young men on whom the action is centred, and who witnesses (and keeps quiet about) certain things which are integral to the plot.Also the last reviewer is wrong about it being set in the seventies - it was made then, but from the title sequence, and the music which gets played it's clearly meant to be the sixties! So, I reckon the film has its flaws, but it's an interesting piece - if only to see Mel in his "introducing" role.

Nate This is a very slow moving movie, and the plot is very erratic. The story make very little sense, and is only worth watching once, just to say you did. The movie quality gets 2 out of 10. The acting gets only a 3. I give the plot a 1, the story a 1, and the cover a 1. The 'thriller' connotation is ludicrous. There is not much else to say about this movie other than it was Mel Gibson's first movie. He did a fairly good job, and went on to do bigger and better things. I applaud Mel for choosing this movie, considering it was not very thrilling. Mel Gibson is THE MAN and will continue that way until he retires. I will be reviewing all of his movies because I am collecting them. This is my first Mel Gibson review.

intertropic Hi Chris Fraser, I was prompted to respond to your IMDb comments on Summer City by a festival executive who has selected the film to play in the Sanctuary Cove film festival. Firstly, the entire Summer City production (writing, producing and playing one of the characters) has some fond memories for me. Hey Chris, yes, it was tough, being on location without a budget, without a full professional crew, and sleeping on the floor of an RSL hall, but the input and energy from all those that were with us in Catherine Hill Bay was fantastic. They gave it their all, actors and crew members alike. Sure we would all like to have the knowledge and experience that one gleans over the years, but as an early attempt at producing a movie without much money, and without all the pros and cons was quite an achievement, and as one reader says, it's a little gem. And to me, that's a compliment. I'd like to suggest you maybe wrong on a couple of statements. Firstly, the film wasn't strung together by the producer and the editor. We worked our backsides off for ten months trying to cut a film together without the coverage we would have liked. I didn't blame you for that, you did the best you could under the circumstances. Nor did the actors refuse to continue working on the project. You may remember, you instigated a meeting during the editing process, and brought John Jarrat along, but it didn't go anywhere when I spelt out the costs to date. Soon after, I picked Mel Gibson up from NIDA personally, and shot an opening scene of he (Scollop)and I(Robbie)walking down the street discussing Sandys(John Jarrat's)forthcoming engagement and the upcoming weekend away. (It wasn't used as we had a sound problem)There wasn't any stock footage other than the opening credit sequence. Klaus Jaritz shot the second unit material, long after you had gone. Yes. There were some great add lib moments, all credit to you and the actors, and there were scenes that were really memorable. (Thanks for that.) Check out the new release DVD I'm sure some of the things you suggested that went on when the cameras weren't rolling are in the 'Behind The Scenes' 30 minute documentary, that accompanies the film. Surfs up. P.A