Side Out (1990)

A fascinated viewing of Side Out (1990) raises one pressing question. Why aren’t more movies centered around the world of pro beach volleyball? All the elements for cinematic glory are present. Athletically toned, super-model-quality girls clad in the skimpiest of bikinis as they leap and roll on the sparkling sands. That’s all any movie needs, but Side Out has more. There is a plot concerning a Midwestern college student who journeys to California to work for his land baron uncle and coincidentally teams up with the beach’s most-dominating volleyball player, a preternaturally tanned fellow the college student had been ordered by Uncle to evict. Side Out also includes a crew of real-life volleyball pros; so the spikes come fast and hard.