Big Wednesday

Jan-Michael Vincent plays a self-destructive beach bum to whom surfing is a Zen experience. We first meet Vincent in the devil-may-care 1960s, in the company of his carefree buddies William Katt and Gary Busey. The boys reunite ten years later, after one has served time in Vietnam. The beach is ...more

Film fans accustomed to typical John Milius fare like Conan The Barbarian and Red Dawn might find themselves confounded by this action-less drama, but it is well worth sticking with because it is the most personal and moving effort in his filmography. Despite its dramatic nature, Big Wednesday manages to be as grand as any of Milius' action films because it applies an epic sense of scope to what is essentially an intimate coming-of-age tale. It's a risky choice but Milius makes it work because ...more