AustLit

'Gary Day plays Sam Barlow, a Vietnam vet now living a peaceful life at Surfers Paradise, where he rents out surfing equipment (he never actually gets to do any surfing during the film). When his best friend is murdered, apparently by a couple of Vietnamese hit-men, Barlow becomes involved. He stumbles upon a blackmail plot involving a government minister caught in bed with a Vietnamese girl, and finds himself reluctantly allied to the mysterious Gina (Dobrowolska) on a journey north to meet a vessel due to dock at Townsville, which is his only clue to the mystery.

'The journey north is an extremely eventful one, with the couple pursued by a murderous cop (Tony Barry) and a sinister mercenary (Rod Mullinar).'

Source: David Stratton, 'A Surfer Worth the Paddle', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 1988, p.12.

'Couched in terms more suited to a sensationalist TV movie, this Australian production unashamedly employs melodramatic symbolism to emphasise the unbelievable truth of its true-life subject. Director Frank Shields secures a full-throttle performance from Ralph Schicha, as the brutal husband who not only subjects wife Kerry Mack to endless domestic violence, but also forces her to participate in the bank raids that sustain his neo-Nazi activities. Although there are references to the Baader-Meinhof group, ultimately the film is clearly less interested in politics than in the tempestuous marriage.'

Source: Radio Times (http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kbbdx/URL). (Sighted: 17/6/2013)