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And almost all films released during January and February are put there because they’re not good enough for the blockbuster season. Point Break 2015 is released in the US on Christmas Day, but may as well be Point Break 2016 for us as it’s not released until January 8th. This whole thing sounds like a script which was written, failed quality control, and was stuck with the Point Break moniker by studio executives with hot dogs for brains. Still, at least we’ve got big names for this one, right? Well, Utah and Bodhi are played by Luke Bracey (who?) and Édgar Ramírez (who?), while Gary Busey’s role as Angelo Pappas is filled by Ray Winstone, stopping by to pick up the cheque in his lazy years. It’s such an iconic movie, too a boys’ own action adventure… so it’s even more surprising that the director was female – Kathryn Bigelow, who later went on to direct the Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, even though I thought it was mostly dull.īut in this age of remakes, occasionally, they’ll try and redo the classic (hell, even Psycho couldn’t escape that treatment!)įor Point Break 2015, the surfers are now extreme sports athletes, but Utah still has to infiltrate Bodhi’s gang, whilst also banging his girlfriend, Tyler ( Teresa Palmer).

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It’s a pile of tosh but there’s chemistry between Keanu Reeves and the late Patrick Swayze, plus great support from Gary Busey and John C McGinley, aka Perry in Scrubs. It hits theaters on Christmas Day with a wide release.Point Break is one of my all-time favourite action films, focusing on FBI agent Johnny Utah who goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers-cum-surfers, known as the Ex-Presidents (because of the masks they wear). Joe: Retaliation) as Johnny Utah, along with Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer and Delroy Lindo. Ericson Core directs from a screenplay by Kurt Wimmer. The new film skirts around any substance to the characters and the story. Whilst the plot was quite weak in the original, there at least was one even if it was selfishly indulgent. Check out the official Point Break (1991) Trailer starring Patrick Swayze Let us know what you think in the comments below.

The viewer just ends up being deeply insulted and uninspired to give any of the sports a go.

There is no indication, yet anyway, that anyone utters the immortal line “I am an FBI agent!” - but hope springs eternal.įrom Warner Bros and Alcon Entertainment, Point Break stars Édgar Ramírez ( Zero Dark Thirty) as Bodhi and Luke Bracey ( G.I. The extreme sports are ridiculous and over the top. As seen in the trailer, it also expands the setting from Southern California to locations around the world.

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While the 1991 original focused on the surf scene and parachuting, the remake broadens the focus to include a wider range of sports including wingsuit flying, snowboarding, free rock-climbing, motorcycling and, yes, surfing.

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The first trailer for the Point Break remake finally has dropped, bringing with it a combination of nostalgia and extreme sports sure to warm the hearts of people still pining for the Kathryn Bigelow-directed original starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.Īs in the original, Point Break centers on a novice FBI agent named Johnny Utah, who goes undercover with a group of rebellious thrill-seekers led by the charismatic Bodhi, to investigate a series of daring crimes pulled off by people with experience in extreme athletics.

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