It suffers from two major writing problems. So, Point Break is not quite a sloppy tribute to its predecessor, but it's still a terrible movie. There's way too many fucking jet skis in there. The boat scene where Johnny Utah and Serious Bodhi fight over a surfing wave is also great. The fight choreography is admirable compared to your usual hand trapping bullshit, but that scene has no purpose whatsoever, except you how cool and tough and in-the-know Serious Bodhi ( Edgar Ramirez) and his friends are. My favorite being a totally unnecessary Fight Club knockoff set in an overwhelmingly bleak setting where a car is inexplicably burning in the background. The movie definitely has a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor about itself, which transpire in the slew of baditude scenes. Point Break is surprisingly good, for thirty minutes or so. ![]() Extremely dangerous criminals here, you know? Utah is assigned to the case because he's the only one who figured they might be YouTube guys too. Then, they stole money money stacks from a plane. The first case Utah investigates is a mysterious crew that robbed 100 million dollars worth of diamond and made it rain on poor people. He retires and becomes an FBI agent after his sidekick ( Max Thieriot) literally falls off a cliff on the job. This iteration of Johnny Utah ( Luke Bracey) was an "extreme polyathlete", which mean he made a living shooting YouTube videos of motocross stunts. The story of this Point Break reboot is a little different. But the Point Break reboot fails on its own terms and wasn't that far from being a (humble) success. So, the new Point Break movie was definitely unwanted, but it is bad? Could we have been overlooking it like an overachieving red-headed stepchild? Well, the short answer is no. It ages like a good Merlot and becomes more ridiculous and inexplicable with every year. Few people remember it, but those who do remember it fiercely and watch it every couple months/years. I don't know anyone who's actually seen it that 1) doesn't think it's anything but great and 2) thought it was a good idea to give it a reboot.
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