Nicolas Cage plays a dad facing conflict at a beach he grew up near in the trailer for director Lorcan Finnegan's psychological thriller 'The Surfer,' in theaters May 2.

Nicolas Cage is putting the rumble and tumble into surf and turf. The iconic actor leads psychological thriller “ The Surfer ,” which centers on a man fighting local surfers in a turf war to reclaim his beachfront home.

Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium) directs from a screenplay by Thomas Martin (Prime Target). The cast includes Julian McMahon as Scally, Nic Cassim as the Bum, Miranda Tapsell as the Photographer, Alexander Bertrand as Pitbull, Justin Rosniak as the Cop, Rahel Romahn as the Estate Agent, Finn Little as the Kid, and Charlotte Maggi as Jenny.

Lionsgate Pictures and Roadside Attractions have released the trailer for their duel amongst the dunes, The Surfer, which stars Nicolas Cage as a father drawn into a battle on the beach with a group of locals.

After one of the most successful films of his career with last year's Longlegs, Nicolas Cage returns this year with The Surfer, a beach-set psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium,

When a man returns to his beach side hometown in Australia, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local group of surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.