I think that "Point Break" has always been dismissed as a typical action flick, with Keanu Reeves appropiately playing an FBI agent undercover as a surfer, it does sounds pretty lame. Well, "Point Break" is far from lame, it is actually one of the best action films ever made.
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, "Point Break" is highly underrated. I think because of when it came out, and the fact that alot of people just can't take Keanu Reeves seriously, its too bad because this is a very exciting film, a film that has a feel to it, a very resonate and distinguishable vibe.
"Point Break" is one of a handful of films that I can watch over and over again, and one of maybe 2 or 3 that I can actually fall asleep to, in a good way of course. From Keanu to John C. Mcginley, everyone is perfectly cast. The action sequences are taunt and original, especially the foot chase through houses and backyards, with Keanu hoofing a pitbull. The relationships seem real and believable, especially Keanu and Swayze, in the hands of lesser directors it all could of seemed silly and homoerotic, like "Top Gun", but although this is very much a macho film (as Lori Petty's character states "there is too much testosterone here") it has an understanding to it, all these guys, from the FBI to the bank robbers are all in it for the adreneline rush, the thing that makes them feel like men, that makes them feel alive.
You know a film is great when it is often copied but never duplicated, like "Die Hard" or "Pulp Fiction". "Point Break" has been copied many times, most recently in the form of "The Fast and the Furious" but nothing has compared to it, it stands alone, like the mystique placed on surfing in the film, "Point Break" has a mystique, its spiritual, Its a way of life, "dude".
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, "Point Break" is highly underrated. I think because of when it came out, and the fact that alot of people just can't take Keanu Reeves seriously, its too bad because this is a very exciting film, a film that has a feel to it, a very resonate and distinguishable vibe.
"Point Break" is one of a handful of films that I can watch over and over again, and one of maybe 2 or 3 that I can actually fall asleep to, in a good way of course. From Keanu to John C. Mcginley, everyone is perfectly cast. The action sequences are taunt and original, especially the foot chase through houses and backyards, with Keanu hoofing a pitbull. The relationships seem real and believable, especially Keanu and Swayze, in the hands of lesser directors it all could of seemed silly and homoerotic, like "Top Gun", but although this is very much a macho film (as Lori Petty's character states "there is too much testosterone here") it has an understanding to it, all these guys, from the FBI to the bank robbers are all in it for the adreneline rush, the thing that makes them feel like men, that makes them feel alive.
You know a film is great when it is often copied but never duplicated, like "Die Hard" or "Pulp Fiction". "Point Break" has been copied many times, most recently in the form of "The Fast and the Furious" but nothing has compared to it, it stands alone, like the mystique placed on surfing in the film, "Point Break" has a mystique, its spiritual, Its a way of life, "dude".
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