Point Break (2015)
Remake of the 1991 Swayze-Reeves-Bigelow crime drama. An FBI agent infiltrates a gang of extreme sports enthusiasts (surfers aren't extreme enough in the 21st Century) suspected of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists.
- Director:
- Ericson Core ('Invincible')
- Writer:
- Kurt Wimmer
- Cast:
- Ray WinstoneTeresa PalmerLuke BraceyÉdgar RamírezTobias SantelmannBojesse ChristopherJudah Lewis
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksConfirming exactly what the multiple delays and lack of advance media fanfare indicated, this film is terrible. A series of extreme sports scenes tied together with a silly, nonsensical storyline, it boasts scenes of snowboarding, wingsuiting, surfing, dirt biking and rock climbing. But none of those sequences are filmed anywhere well enough to justify how pointless this film is without them, as director Ericson Core frames everything too tightly and cuts too quickly to ever allow much scope or excitement making it to the screen. Far greater thrills can be found watching GoPro footage on YouTube.
Great action flick
I absolutely loved this movie. I hadn't seen the original so I guess I had nothing to compare it to but I was thoroughly entertained. It kept me on the edge of my seat with all of the stunts and I also thought the acting was great. In particular, I thought Bodhi and Utah had a great chemistry together - you could feel how Utah was getting swept under...
won't bother...
I loved the original and was looking forward to this one, but when I heard it wasn't based around surfing, I had my doubts - why fix what ain't broken? Thanks everyone for your reviews - I won't waste my time or my money - will re-watch the original instead..Oh, and Vertical Limit, for a double shot of armchair adrenaline..
Point Less.
The first mistake in the creation of an updated 'Point Break' is the startling realisation that Hollywood actually thought that it needed to be made. The second mistake was the enormous amount of money committed to the production of this bland, eco-environmental crime thriller, if in fact that is what it can actually be called. In saying this though, the...
Variety
pressWhat weighs the characters down is not their parachutes or rock-climbing gear, but their sententious First World guilt and bland casting; gone is the free-spirited fun of Kathryn Bigelow's cult-hit original.
The Washington Post
pressBasically a cavalcade of extreme sports, but with less drama than a highlight reel.
The New York Times
pressNowhere does Mr. Core's film approach the action-movie chops or psychological smarts of Ms. Bigelow's original.
Stuff
pressIt could just as easily have been a XXX relaunch or a Fast and Furious episode.
Los Angeles Times
pressTedious and overblown - as though the filmmakers were so preoccupied with "updating" the material that they forgot what made it so popular in the first place.
Hollywood Reporter
pressStrips the silly fun and relatively straight-ahead narrative from the original for a humorless, if photogenic spin on extreme crime.
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksConfirming exactly what the multiple delays and lack of advance media fanfare indicated, this film is terrible. A series of extreme sports scenes tied together with a silly, nonsensical storyline, it boasts scenes of snowboarding, wingsuiting, surfing, dirt biking and rock climbing. But none of those sequences are filmed anywhere well enough to justify how pointless this film is without them, as director Ericson Core frames everything too tightly and cuts too quickly to ever allow much scope or excitement making it to the screen. Far greater thrills can be found watching GoPro footage on YouTube.
Variety
pressWhat weighs the characters down is not their parachutes or rock-climbing gear, but their sententious First World guilt and bland casting; gone is the free-spirited fun of Kathryn Bigelow's cult-hit original.
The Washington Post
pressBasically a cavalcade of extreme sports, but with less drama than a highlight reel.
The New York Times
pressNowhere does Mr. Core's film approach the action-movie chops or psychological smarts of Ms. Bigelow's original.
Stuff
pressIt could just as easily have been a XXX relaunch or a Fast and Furious episode.
Los Angeles Times
pressTedious and overblown - as though the filmmakers were so preoccupied with "updating" the material that they forgot what made it so popular in the first place.
Hollywood Reporter
pressStrips the silly fun and relatively straight-ahead narrative from the original for a humorless, if photogenic spin on extreme crime.
Great action flick
I absolutely loved this movie. I hadn't seen the original so I guess I had nothing to compare it to but I was thoroughly entertained. It kept me on the edge of my seat with all of the stunts and I also thought the acting was great. In particular, I thought Bodhi and Utah had a great chemistry together - you could feel how Utah was getting swept under...
won't bother...
I loved the original and was looking forward to this one, but when I heard it wasn't based around surfing, I had my doubts - why fix what ain't broken? Thanks everyone for your reviews - I won't waste my time or my money - will re-watch the original instead..Oh, and Vertical Limit, for a double shot of armchair adrenaline..
Point Less.
The first mistake in the creation of an updated 'Point Break' is the startling realisation that Hollywood actually thought that it needed to be made. The second mistake was the enormous amount of money committed to the production of this bland, eco-environmental crime thriller, if in fact that is what it can actually be called. In saying this though, the...
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