Review of Point Break (2015) by Genpattonx — 29 Apr 2016

In my opinion the film's philosophy of being one with nature is more ambitious and complex than the original and it has a lot of potential but the director failed to do it justice. It just feels like he didn't had what it takes to maturely develop each part of it.

Still the major issue is how weak the connection that the characters have with each other and with the audience is. I mean, they could all die and I wouldn't feel anything about it because I didn't feel anything for those that did die. I wasn't sure if I was suppose to laugh at the first death, later on Bodhi talks to Utah about how tragic his friend/brother's death was... wait? How was it tragic? One second he was falling of a cliff and the next a giant tittle pops on the screen.

The director seems to have no clue how to work through death moments, every time there is nothing to it, nothing to see, nothing to feel or think.... it's like one frame they are alive, the next they are dead and the next the movie has already moved on like nothing happened. There is talk about connection throughout the movie, the Director delivers none.

The relationship between the characters is also very hollow and unclear. The scene where the group is sitting at the table about to eat for instance, are they friends? Family? Is Samsara suppose to be Bodhi's sister or girlfriend? There is simply an enormous lack of content about the group. And there is no passion or any feeling coming in moments one would think to be emotional.