In 1991, Kathryn Bigelow directed the adrenaline-charged action crime movie “Point Break,” about an FBI agent who goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. It’s become an action crime classic over the last two decades, and sure, it’s an enjoyable film, but do we actually need a remake? Hollywood sure seems to think so. Warner Bros. is releasing “Point Break” later this year, but this main trio is decidedly less sexy than Bigelow, Reeves and Swayze. Then again, everyone’s gotta start somewhere.
This new version of “Point Break” focuses on some up-and-comers: Luke Bracey staring in the Keanu Reeves role, and Edgar Ramirez in the Patrick Swayze role. Now, Ramirez is known and celebrated in many circles — he was amazing in Oliver Assayas’ three part “Carlos,” and has done strong supporting work in "Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Counselor” and “Che: Part One" — but he’s still hardly a household name.
Luke Bracey is a real unknown to mainstream audiences, but Hollywood is definitely hoping he’s one of the next great white hopes. He’s appeared in “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” co-starred in "The November Man" alongside Pierce Brosnan, and he has a slew of films in the can like “Amnesia,” “American Dream,” and Max Landis’ “Me Him Her.” Here’s the official synopsis:
In Alcon Entertainment’s fast-paced, high-adrenaline action thriller “Point Break,” a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes – led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes. The film is replete with the most daring athleticism ever seen in a motion picture. These action adventure feats are performed by elite athletes representing the world’s best in class in big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling.
Early footage of the movie recently unveiled at CinemaCon apparently emphasized a lot of action and extreme, high-flying stunts — go figure — but some also complained that the fun and entertainment value of the first one was missing. Have they gone too dark or too serious? Well, a new trailer is here and you can judge for yourself.
The new "Point Break" also stars Teresa Palmer, Ray Winstone, and Delroy Lindo. Directed by cinematographer turned director Ericson Core (he shot "Payback," the Ben Affleck "Daredevil" and directed 2006’s "Invincible with Mark Wahlberg), this reboot/remake is due in theaters Christmas day later this year. Watch the trailer below and let us know what you think.
Also, it\’s a shame Keanu isn\’t in this. With a release on Christmas, it\’d continue his trend of dropping box office bombs on that day.
I\’ll catch it on cable at some point. Until then, I\’ll be holding out hope for the shot-for-shot remake featuring Gary and Jake Busey taking on all the male roles alongside Lori Petty. That would be worth paying to see the day it opens over this.
Loved tne original movie. Nothing can compare! Point Break without Keanu would just not be worth seeing. Ridiculous to remake it.
Shouldn\’t have re made it. POINT BREAK without Keanu would be he original is a true
luke Bracey really has the Keanu Reeves acting style nailed down though.
And you missed the best part….James Le Gros is in BOTH movies. Duh duh duuuuuuhhhhhhnnnn.
#notmyswayze
So Winstone has to follow Gary Busey? That ain\’t happening. Edgar Ramirez needs a new agent.
And – can we please call a moratorium on characters closing their eyes and falling backwards off cliffs? And Ray Winstone doing an American accent – sorry any accent apart from East End? Actually scratch that, Winstone\’s accent are actually hilariously bad, and may well be the saving grace of this movie.
I do believe that\’s James Le Gros (Roach from the 1991 version) in an uncredited role there as a FBI agent of some sort. That\’s a nice touch. That said, this looks like a load of balls. It seems to have lost the fish out of water element that gave the original so much of it\’s storytelling juice – and the Utah character an interesting journey. Now he\’s already a tattooed extreme sportsman from the start.
lol way to completely remove the point of the title of the movie – save for a few random shots of people surfing.
Does anyone know if it\’s true that Edgar Ramirez is Gay? Alguien me podria decir si es verdad que Edgar Ramirez es gay? porque en Venezuela, se habla tanto de que fue novio de Jonathan Blum, un alto ejecutivo de Grupo Cisneros. Y si es gay, porque no sale del closet y lo dice. Alguien me podría ayudar con esta duda. Gracias
nope, nope, no… no, no, no. Why remake something that was perfect the first time? Seriously.. smh
I am impressed that they were able to find an actor even less convincing and more unnatural than Keanu Reeves for the Johnny Utah role. That cannot have been easy.
SEE IT IN REAL SHIT
omg. they just sold me with that last line. this is going to be one of those midnight cult masterpieces, ala rocky horror picture show.
Unnecessary.
It probably goes without saying, but this looks horrendous.