Keanu Reeves

Patrick Swayze

Lori Petty

Gary Busey

John C. McGinley

James Le Gros

John Philbin

BoJesse Christopher

Lee Tergesen

Chris Pedersen

Vincent Klyn

Julian Reyes

Daniel Beer

Anthony Kiedis

Dave Olson

Christopher Pettiet

Sydney Walsh

Tom Sizemore

Dino Andino

Michael Kopelow

Julie Michaels

Mike Genovese

Jack Kehler

Galyn Görg

Raymond Forchion

Betsy Lynn George

Gloria Mann

Ping Wu

Jared Chandler

John Apicella

Richard Grove

Anthony Mangano

Deborah Lemen

Randy Walker

Peter Phelps

Gary Roberts

Debra Lamb

Jeff Imada

Howard E. Smith

Kathryn Bigelow

Peter Abrams

Mark Isham

Donald Peterman

W. Peter Iliff

Robert L. Levy

Janet Brady

Steve Yaconelli

Steve Santosusso

Pat Banta

Gar Stephen

Dustin Courtney

Don Pulford

Tom Harper

Karl A. Wickman

Scott Wilder

Greg LaCava

David MacMillan

Clint Cadinha

Greg P. Russell

Donald Flick

David Bartlett

Terry D. Frazee

Jeff Habberstad

Tony Kahana

Frank Orsatti

Michael Endoso

R.A. Rondell

Ted Barba

Myke Michaels

Eddy Donno

Tom Elliott

Chad Randall

Oliver Theess

Ann Harris

Colby P. Bart

Terry Jackson

Michael Mills

Chitra F. Mojtabai

P.R. Tooke

Paul Abascal

Richard Foreman Jr.

Bob Beemer

Joel Valentine

Louis Infante

Bobby Wood

Glenn R. Wilder

Bunny Parker

David A. Whittaker

Glen Sanford

Wes Dawn

Peter Jamison

Linda Spheeris

Gary Goetzman

Sharon Boyle

Rosine 'Ace' Hatem

Troy Brown

Freddie Hice

Lance Gilbert

Steve M. Davison

John C. Meier

James Cameron

Michael Rauch

Richard Pagano

Burt Bluestein

Gary Daigler

Sharon Bialy

Pamela Marcotte

John Huke

Herb Gains

Rick King

Tim Wooster

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Point Break

Largo Entertainment

Levy/Abrams/Guerin Productions

United States of America

69/100

A new FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a bunch of surfing thieves. Basically, this is a testosterone fueled, he-man film with a lot of surfing and skydiving. They throw in a couple bank heists, a couple fights and a car chase to make it a crime thriller and the action is solid. Reeves and Swayze drive the film with humor, comradery and personal drama with Busey and Petty providing excellent support. However, there isn't much here as far as a story and substance. Good but I would have enjoyed more heist/crime elements and less machismo but that's just me. -- DrNostromo.com

CinemaSerf

On this face of it, this ought to be rubbish... a testosterone-fuelled story of beautiful people who rob banks to fund their hedonistic lifestyle that largely revolves around anything that causes their adrenalin to rush, but it isn't rubbish. Kathryn Bigelow keeps the pace end-to-end, and both Keanu Reeves ("Johnny Utah") and Patrick Swayze ("Bohdi") are clearly having fun as the FBI agent pursuing the gang of rubber mask clad "ex-president" beach-bum robbers. Reeves is easy on the eye, but pretty wooden and sure, the plot has more holes than a string vest but the story isn't meant to be deep and meaningful. This is just a fun adventure escapade that sees our hero go surfing, sky-diving and the cinematographer is clearly in his element, too. The ending, though cluttered up with some lovey-dovey nonsense, is actually quite exhilarating as the pair seem to develop just a little bit of a bromance... It's an updated variation on the traditional cops 'n robbers affair that offers much by way of escapism on a wet, wintry evening and ought to be judged accordingly.

The Movie Mob

**Katherine Bigelow creates a beautiful complex action blockbuster with magnificent depth and chapters.**

Wow. Just wow. Point Break is a deep character-driven film full of top-notch action, mind-blowing stunts, and incredible performances. These actors made you fall in love and deeply care about each character and moment in the film. Each actor's portrayal was thoughtful, dedicated, outstanding, and worthy of much more acclaim and awards than received. This film transformed Keanu Reeves into an action hero, with Point Break only being the first of many 90s action movies he led, including Speed and The Matrix. Gary Busey nailed his mentor role as Agent Pappas. But the stand-out performance was Patrick Swayze as the cool and captivating Bodhi. His performance was shown brilliantly through his eyes, which said much more than any dialogue. Unfortunately, the real crime was Swayze didn't even get a nomination for this astonishing role. The complex relationship between Reeves and Swayze's characters as their friendship develops and their conflicting sides of the law is the focal point of the movie, providing an excellent foundation for the fantastic action sequences. Point Break is an incredible movie about friendship and justice, with skydiving action fight sequences, robbery heists, and chase scenes. Katherine Bigelow's film remains one of the greatest action and heist movies of the 90s and the inspiration for the Fast and the Furious franchise.

**_The fast and the furious on the beaches of Southern California_**

A young FBI agent (Keanu Reeves) is sent by his superior (Gary Busey) to investigate a surfer gang to find out if they’re a notorious group of bank robbers. Patrick Swayze plays the guru-like leader of the gang while Lori Petty is on hand as a surfer companion. John C. McGinley appears as the FBI chief. 

"Point Break" (1991) is an action/crime thriller set mostly on the beaches of SoCal that obviously influenced "The Fast and the Furious" (2001) plot-wise. This is the better movie due to Swayze’s charismatic character and the interesting dynamic between Utah (Reeves) and Bodhi (Swayze), not to mention the relationship of Utah and Pappas (Busey) as well as Utah and Tyler (Lori). So, while this is a snappy, action-packed flick, it doesn’t forget to provide human interest. 

In some ways it’s even great with certain seeming plot holes easily explained if you think about it; others maybe not so much. 

Since it was made in 1990 it has an 80’s vibe (in a good way) with a pre-grunge soundtrack. Nirvana’s NEVERMIND wouldn’t debut until 2.5 months after its release.   

The film runs 2 hours, 2 minutes, and was shot mostly in greater Los Angeles (Malibu, Culver City, Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach and Venice). The surfing scenes were done in O'ahu, Hawaii; the skydiving scenes at Lake Powell, Utah; and the closing Australian sequence at Cannon Beach, Oregon. 

GRADE: B+

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