Review of Point Break (2015) by Erick F — 22 Jul 2012

The story is about four bank robbers who wear rubber masks and call themselves "Ex-Presidents" have executed a series of successful bank robberies and have the FBI stumped. One cop named Johnny Utah and his partner suspect that the robbers are actually surfers and so they both hatch a plan for Johnny to catch them.

Johnny goes undercover at the beach as a beginners surfer and manages to find their identities but catching them seems tough and hard-working till the very end when they have to surrender. The intro is one of the best intros I've ever seen in my life, not the soundtrack but the visual camera shots.

I mean Keanu Reeves is doing his target practice in the rain whilst hiding behind a rock and the cast and crew's names are just sliding left or right and I was like "wow, this movie is gonna kick ass!" I mean Keanu Reeves is just a visual action hero for god's sake there was this movie, then all those Matrix movies and I really loved The Devil's Advocate, I really did.

Patrick Swayze was great as one of the surfers and his acting career left a great legacy after all his movies (may he rest in peace). I really loved Ghost, Dirty Dancing and Donnie Darko because he had a small role in that, who could forget that.

Gary Busey plays Johnny's partner Pappas and to be honest, I thought he was really good. And finally there was Lori Petty as Tyler, a girl who hangs around with the four male surfers. Amazingly action-packed for two hours, it takes itself seriously, keeps it's story flowing, has a stunning cast and I loved the concept of the surfing.

Point Break gets a 10/10.