9/10/2023 0 Comments Point break cast 2015Bigelow has of course gone on to make critically acclaimed films like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and it makes you wonder how she might approach another lightweight action movie these days. It's another typically funny collection of appropriate clips and witty putdowns from the Screen Junkies gang, but it also reminds how Point Break was absolutely a film that caught the zeitgeist at the time, and remains popular today because of its offbeat touch of zen philosophy, well orchestrated action, and cool cast. As a final act of defiance, Trailer Guy refuses to acknowledge the existence of the 2015 remake. The constant use of the word " brah" makes for an amusing montage as well. ![]() Agent!!"), although the premise is undeniably dumb. The film received negative reviews from critics, and grossed 133 million from a 105 million budget. Nevertheless, the film is rightly given credit for its charismatic cast and the endlessly quotable lines (" I am an F.B.I. The film stars dgar Ramrez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo and Ray Winstone, and was released in China on December 4, 2015, by China Film Group and in the United States on December 25, 2015, by Warner Bros. An FBI agent infiltrates a gang of extreme sports enthusiasts (surfers arent extreme. A Warner Brothers release.But as usual, Screen Junkies gives praise where it's due and highlights Bigelow's accomplished filming of the heist sequences and action set pieces - although Trailer Guy is incensed at the weird amount of haze that seems to be filling every single indoor scene. Remake of the 1991 Swayze-Reeves-Bigelow crime drama. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, thematic material involving perilous activity, some sexuality, language and drug materialĬast: Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer, Delroy LindoĬredits: Directed by Ericson Core script by Kurt Wimmer. “Nature will always find a way to make you feel small.”īut the 3D stunts are eye-popping, even if the new version’s cast and cut-and-paste script are not. Do you remember the gang of bank robbers and crazy surfers, played by Patrick Swayze and the undercover FBI agent Keanu Reeves The cult film of 1991 was. The Arabic millionaire financing these stunts (not captured for Youtube), the promising but vanishing Robin Hood motif, the wacko way Utah keeps outguessing his quarry - none of it stands up to scrutiny. Palmer grins in every shot as if to remind us she isn’t her look-alike, she-wh0-never-smiles, Kristen Stewart. Joe: Retaliation”) is a buff, blonde stiff covered in tattoos. Kathryn Bigelow staged the greatest foot chase in film history in the original “Point Break.” There’s nothing to match that here. It’s a humorless film that makes you go “Wow” more than it involves you. Ramirez is charismatic, but has none of Patrick Swayze’s mad twinkle. The surfing occasionally lets on that we aren’t seeing the real deal, or that love interest flower child Teresa Palmer might be able to surf - but not an 80 foot wave. “We have to give more than we take.” So stealing from robber barons or closing an open pit mine or lumber operation is what he’s all about.ĭeep cover, in this case, means risking his neck every day doing things no sane or under-trained person should try.ĭirector/cinematographer Ericson Core does a great job capturing the big stunts - especially the climbing and flying ones. Stream Point Break, watch trailers, see the cast, and more at TV Guide. Their leader is Bodhi, a thrill seeking spirit warrior who leads a team to the ultimate snowboarding/surfing/rock climbing/flying suit experiences.īodhi (Edgar Ramirez of “Joy”) believes in saving the planet. ![]() Utah discovers his quarry at an epic, once-in-a-decade wave off Biarritz, France. These crooks are following the path of an extreme sports/eco warrior guru who preached that one should pursue stunts that tell the “Life of Wind” or “Birth of Story” or “Act of Ultimate Trust.” There are eight stations of the cross in this ethos. And Utah’s boss (the under-used Delroy Lindo) doesn’t like it. Some extreme athletes are pulling off daring heists - stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, riding dirt bikes and popping parachutes. Johnny Utah is a motocross “poly-athlete” who loses a buddy in a reckless moment, and does what it takes to join the FBI to atone for it. Luke Bracey is the new Keanu in this one. And as moving as the action beats are, the actors aren’t. It’s the New Age/Nirvana-seeking script that lets it down. The stunts are in 3D and are more especially when you’re in that flying suit, zipping through the Alps or looking down from the top of Venezuela’s Angel Falls. All those silly film critics, whipping out their Top Ten Lists without first catching “Point Break.” How COULD they?īut after a year of blockbuster rehashes masquerading as “sequels”, here at last is a remake that dares call itself that.
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