Plot
A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. "Point Break" is inspired by the classic 1991 hit.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 5.1/10 (1,702 voted)
Critic's Score: /100
Director: Ericson Core
Stars: Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone
Storyline
A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. Deep undercover, and with his life in danger, he strives to prove these athletes are the architects of the mind-boggling crimes that are devastating the world's financial markets. Filmed on four continents, North America, Europe, South America and Asia, "Point Break" presents extraordinary feats performed by the world's top extreme sports athletes, and involves some of the most daring exploits ever committed to film. Extreme sports featured include snowboarding, wingsuit flying, free rock climbing, high-speed motocross, and surfing 70-foot waves.
Writers: Kurt Wimmer, Rick King
Cast: Édgar Ramírez -
Bodhi
Luke Bracey -
Utah
Ray Winstone -
Pappas
Teresa Palmer -
Samsara
Matias Varela -
Grommet
Clemens Schick -
Roach
Tobias Santelmann -
Chowder
Max Thieriot -
Jeff
Delroy Lindo -
Instructor Hall
Nikolai Kinski -
Pascal Al Fariq
Judah Lewis -
Young Utah
Glynis Barber -
FBI - Head of Investigations
Steve Toussaint -
FBI Dept. Director #1
James Le Gros -
FBI Dept. Director #2
Bojesse Christopher -
FBI Dept. Director #3
Taglines:
Keine regeln. Keine grenzen. (No rules. No limits.) [Germany]
Trivia: Taylor Kitsch, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, and Sam Claflin were considered for the role of Johnny Utah. See more »
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User Review
Author:
Rating: 3/10
Beware people, this is an early review. Being a member of a media group
I caught an early screening at the Amc. I was not required to sign an
NDA.
Point Break is a bafflingly unsolicited remake of the 1991 cult classic
of the same name. It is directed by Ericson Core, a good filmmaker who
directed the 2006 Invincible, a film which is criminally underrated.
When I found out that Point Break was being remade I shuddered in fear,
but I when I learned that Core was directing the film, I immediately
changed my tune, as I hold Invincible in such high regard, as it truly
is an under appreciated film for the ages.
Point Break 2015 is grotesque.
I am not inherently adverse to remakes and reboots, and I am not at all
a purist, I am perfectly fine with rebooting material and straying from
source material if it serves the story well. What had happened here is
that the studio has produced a garden variety action movie and slapped
a name on it purely for the sake of brand recognition.
The film exceeds expectations in the sense that this a slickly produced
action film with a completely rad soundtrack. The camera work, framing
and editing leave everything on the proverbial field. There isn't
anything new going on here, but it's produced in a professional manner
and the action scenes are handled with extreme care.
And along comes the story, instead of our group of guys pulling bank
jobs to fund adrenaline junkie lifestyles, the action men of 2015 are
self aware crusaders, too cool for school, hipsters on a self imposed
mission from God. Every character in this film is ball- kickingly
annoying. The problem is that not one of the main characters are in
possession of a redeemable quality and their motivations are completely
nonsensical, they are all essentially unknowingly pseudo intellectuals.
If this movie had been titles virtually anything else I may have given
it a 4 or 5 out of 10, rather than a three, though the unnecessarily
and intentionally sanitized PG13 vibe completely disrupts any potential
the film may have had in the first place.
Plot
An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers.
Release Year: 1991
Rating: 6.9/10 (51,062 voted)
Director:
Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey
Storyline In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.
Writers: Rick King, W. Peter Iliff
Cast: Patrick Swayze
-
Bodhi
Keanu Reeves
-
Johnny Utah
Gary Busey
-
Pappas
Lori Petty
-
Tyler
John C. McGinley
-
Ben Harp
(as John McGinley)
James LeGros
-
Roach
(as James Le Gros)
John Philbin
-
Nathanial
Bojesse Christopher
-
Grommet
Julian Reyes
-
Alvarez
Daniel Beer
-
Babbit
Chris Pedersen
-
Bunker
Vincent Klyn
-
Warchild
Anthony Kiedis
-
Tone
Dave Olson
-
Archbold
Lee Tergesen
-
Rosie
Taglines:
100% Pure Adrenaline.
Release Date: 12 July 1991
Filming Locations: Beryl Street & N. Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $24,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $97,000,000
(Worldwide)
(1991)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
In her DVD commentary for her movie
Strange Days, director Kathryn Bigelow describes filming the foot chase scenes in Point Break using a stripped-down, hand-held 35mm camera nicknamed the "Pogo-Cam". The camera weighed 18 pounds and was equipped with gyro-stabilizer borrowed from a Steadicam. A wire loop on top of the camera gave Steadicam operator 'James Muro' a rough idea of what was in the frame as he followed the actors at breakneck speed.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
At the gas station, before Bohdi lights the getaway car on fire, he soaks the gas station attendant with gasoline from a gasoline hose and then tells him to go away. When the attendant is filmed running away he is completely dry.
Quotes: Ben Harp:
Do you think that taxpayers would like it Utah, if they knew that they were paying a federal agent to surf and pick up girls? Johnny Utah:
Babes. Ben Harp:
I beg your pardon? Johnny Utah:
The correct term is Babes, sir.
User Review
An under-rated classic
Rating:
Point Break is one of those films that everybody loves, but that nobody
actually talks about all that often. It is a film that if you mention it in
conversation, everyone else around is bound to say how much they enjoyed it.
The film's two main assets are unexpected ones, in the form of the direction
and the script. The direction by Kathryn Bigelow is nothing short of
excellent. Her handling of the action and suspense scenes is exciting and
riveting. The two sky-diving scenes are brilliant as is the foot chase
through the streets (and houses) of the city. The script, by W. Peter Illif,
is also very good and the best thing about the film. The plot is
multi-layered and has an original relationship between the hero and the
villain. The way the story resolves itself and the ultimate resolutions is
excellent, by the standards of most Hollywood action films.
This film deserves to be remembered as one of the better actioners of the
nineties, not up there with Die Hard 2/3 or Speed, but better than 90% of the
action junk made nowadays.
At least this film has a plot.
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