![]() Utah and Bodhi aren't as engaging, either. Remember when Utah had to lie about his backstory to earn her trust? Well, now they just easily hook up and nothing else, until some twist happens or something like that. Now, it somehow becomes uninteresting filler, especially the love interest. Even if it's trifle, it's still worth spending your time. One of the charms of the original, while it had some great action sequences, even the characters are interesting to watch. So whenever we see the cops, and even the daredevils, interact, it's just not so entertaining. So Point Break is now about the stunts, but just like most action movies today, it also had to strip away personality. The characters are bland, the plot makes no sense and every moment it tries to replicate with the original is just painfully forced for the sake of what they believe it's called "fan service." Therefore, there isn't much reason for Point Break (2015) to exist. Though the stunts are impressive at times, it still pales in comparison with the original. Its new approach, instead of a simple undercover cop thriller, is now a globe-trotting adventure featuring daredevils who are pulling off a grand stunt show. Either way, this remake doesn't bring enough justice to the cult classic. Realism is not expected but some of the unrealism is oddly annoying.The original Point Break was mostly known for its memorable bromance between Utah and Bodhi and some of its greatest action scenes ever put to film. Also it's hyper-unreal that Utah keeps finding these people in the vast ocean. In this one, the movie grinds to a halt whenever there is no action. It's hard to remember sometimes but Keanu Reeves has an unique charm that really works well in certain movies. There is nothing to the character and he's unable to inject anything into it. It starts with the very bland Luke Bracey. The story and the actors are another matter. The action is over-the-top and somewhat fun. They may be the only compelling goodness derived from this movie. It starts with a ridiculous CGI action scene. He becomes close to Samsara Dietz (Teresa Palmer). He gets help from Angelo Pappas (Ray Winstone) and infiltrates a group led by Bodhi (Édgar Ramírez). ![]() Utah recognizes them to be part of the Ozaki 8, eight spiritual Herculean tasks with extreme natural forces. His boss Hall (Delroy Lindo) has a case of extreme unusual robberies. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 4 / 10 some fun actionĮxtreme athlete Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) loses his friend during a dangerous motocross stunt. ![]() ![]() I tried to give it a break and approached it with an open mind but alas it is a poor film. The remake lacks all of this even though it tried to go on a new direction. Although not the greatest actors around, Bigelow got charismatic turns from Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze and sturdy support from Gary Busey as Reeves FBI boss. The original Point Break directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who would go on to become the first female Oscar winning director found a zeitgeist of Generation X sports action thriller with well staged action sequences. The colour grading is awful making the film look cheap despite the international locations. The film then becomes boring and after a while even the action scenes just get duller. Utah infiltrates the gang which is led by Bodhi (Édgar Ramírez.) In its own right the film starts brightly enough with plenty of CGI enhanced action but later on the film actually comes to a stop in the non action sequences when the characters just talk. Utah believes that the group are taking part in the Ozaki 8, eight spiritually extreme sport challenges that coincide with the daring robberies. His boss Hall (Delroy Lindo) sends him to investigate a series of elaborate heists from a gang who behave like Robin Hood robbers. This remake sees extreme sports athlete Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) who after losing a friend when a motocross stunt goes wrong goes on to become a FBI agent some years later. Point Break was rebooted in 2001, it was called The Fast and the Furious where the surfing was replaced by street car racing. Reviewed by Prismark10 2 / 10 No dead presidents ![]()
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