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| Luke Bracey |
"Point Break" is a pointless, bland remake of the 1991 cult classic of the same starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. This confusing update is little more than an advertisement for extreme sports, and there's little to offer except wild stunts, ridiculous posing and stilted dialogue. A young FBI agent and former pro biker Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey of "The Best of Me") infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes led by Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez, "The Bourne Ultimatum") he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. Deep undercover, and with his life in danger, he strives to prove these athletes are the architects of the mind-boggling crimes that are devastating the world's financial markets. Directed by Ericson Core, cinematographer for "The Fast and the Furious" and written by "Salt's" Kurt Wimmer, "Point Break" is a muddled, empty affair that really a string of episodes featuring some elaborate, cool stunts including surfing, skiing, jumping from the highest points across the globe. Those stunts are clearly the most memorable thing about the movie, given that everything else in between is unmemorable and badly acted by the leads, including Australian actor Bracey and Ramirez, who have none of the charm or gravitas of the previous Reeves/Swayze pairing. The original 1991 film itself had some narrative issues and was by no means a great film, but compared to this bland effort, it looks like "Citizen Kane." The ridiculous plot doesn't help, and it's rather confusing as to why the FBI spends so much time on a milquetoast antagonist as Ramirez's Bodhi, who is "trying to give back to the Earth what we've taken." Whatever. "Point Break" is only good at stealing your time, given that with the exception of the amazing stuntwork done in the film, is largely a waste of time.
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