Review of Point Break (2015) by Lukechristiansc — 29 Dec 2015
Let's get this thought out I haven't seen the remake starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. This remake is filled with cockamamie dialogue and lousy performances, but director/cinematographer Ericson Core (Fast & The Furious) does a stunning job making the film look breathe taking.
The script by Kurt Wimmer (Total Recall remake and Salt) is silly, you can't take seriously and is laughable. Luke Bracey ("The Best Of Me") takes the role of Johnny Utah, SPOILER ALERT!: his friend Jeff (Max Theriot) dies after performing a stunt at a steep ridge peak line.
Seven years later, Utah joins the FBI, doesn't want to be a extreme sports athlete anymore. So he infiltrates with a team of extreme sports athletes led by the leader Bhodi (Edgar Ramirez Deliver Us From Evil).
These athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes. Utah is in deep undercover, his life is in danger, he starts to prove they are architects with a string of crimes. Core is great when it comes to filming big wave surfing, wing suit flying, sheer face snow boarding, free break rock climbing, high speed motorcycle scenes but with storytelling is the weakest and laziest element.
Bracey is just awful and totally miss-cast, even if you cast some other actor it'll still be awful, but if you seen his work in Nicholas Sparks' "The Best Of Me" you'll know what I'm talking about.
Ramirez is good as the villain role and has charisma and despite what he has to deal with. These actors are trying but the direction is terrible and the script is mediocre and doesn't give the actors any purpose.
This film isn't campy enough, it takes itself way too seriously. The film is so boring more boring than Dracula Untold. I tried staying awake when I watch this film, how could a thriller be so boring? You don't care about the characters at all, the quality is okay.
Good news is you will forget it expect die hard fans of the original film. You could tell in the stunt scenes that none of these actors are performing them.
This review of Point Break (2015) was written by Lukechristiansc on 29 Dec 2015.
Point Break has generally received mixed reviews.
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