Point Break (1991/2015)
POINT BREAK (15)
D: Kathryn Bigelow
20th Century Fox/Largo/Tapestry (Peter Abrams & Robert
L. Levy)
US 1991
122 mins
Action/Thriller
W: Rick King & W. Peter Iliff
DP: Donald Peterman
Ed: Howard Smith, Scott Conrad & Burt
Lovitt
Mus: Mark Isham
Patrick Swayze (Bodhi), Keanu Reeves (Johnny Utah), Gary
Busey (Angelo Pappas), Lori Petty (Tyler Endicott), John C. McGinley (Ben Harp), James LeGros (Roach), John Philbin (Nathaniel), Lee Tergesen (Rosie)
A series of bank robberies by men in masks of former
presidents is traced by undercover FBI agent, Johnny Utah (yes, that really is Keanu Reeves' character's name), to a group of Californian surfers, headed by golden-haired new-age hippy
ringleader, Bodhi (yes, that really is Patrick Swayze's character's name).
Kathryn Bigelow's action thriller is above the usual
standard for Hollywood action movies, but tends to glamorise the bad guys. The performances are also rather unconvincing, particularly Keanu Reeves, who is much better suited as a surfer dude
rather than a suit & tie lawman.
Criticisms are pointless with this film though, it proved
very popular with audiences and is often dubbed a modern classic for the genre.
A pathetic remake crawled out of Hollywood in 2015, but is
not worth watching.
7/10
POINT BREAK (15)
D:
Ericson Core
Warner
Bros / Alcon / DMG / Studio Babelsberg (Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, John Baldecci, David Valdes, Christopher Taylor & Kurt Wimmer)
US/Germany/China 2015
114
mins
Action/Thriller
W:
Kurt Wimmer [based on characters created by Rick King & W. Peter Iliff]
DP:
Ericson Core
Ed:
Thom Noble, Jerry Greenberg & John Duffy
Mus:
Tom Holkenborg
Luke
Bracey (Johnny Utah), Edgar Ramirez (Bodhi), Ray Winstone (Angelo Pappas), Delroy Lindo (Hall), Teresa Palmer (Samsara Deitz)
Unsolicited, unnecessary and completely inferior remake of the 1991
film, presumably aimed at enthusiasts of Go Pro photography, extreme sports, hipster culture and shit, lazy remakes.
The
"ex-president's" bank robbery angle is even done away with here, probably because the intended audience wouldn't know what an ex-president is, all so it can focus on extreme sports, suntans and
zero character development.
A film
that doesn’t deserve to exist and thankfully didn't find itself an audience, proving a very expensive lesson to leave things the hell alone.
1/10
