sentences:  The film screened in Europe in the fall of 1984, retitled in Spain as "Locura de playa" (roughly translated as ""Beach Madness"").Although Badat claims that initial test screenings were successful, critical reviews of "Surf II" were overwhelmingly negative.In his "Movie Guide", Leonard Maltin gave the film a 1.5 out of 5 star rating, writing that the "best joke is its title - there never was a "Surf I"".