There's enough high-octane, heart-racing excitement for a dozen movies.
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02/09/06
Point Break (1991)
68 %
Reviews Counted: 47 Fresh: 32 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Synopsis: POINT BREAK is the high-velocity thrill ride in which clean-cut FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes head to head with surfer renegade Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) in this nonstop action drama. Utah is assigned to go undercover, investigating a string of 28 bank robberies by a gang called the... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley
Reviews
Top Critic
The hinted spirituality of the film is plainly silly, but it's quickly swallowed by the undertow of crashing spectacle.
09/10/01
Top Critic
The elements conspire to produce a superb splash of trashy, testosterone-induced mayhem.
01/01/00
Top Critic
From our first glimpse of a surfer hovering through a cascading wave to the final sky-diving stunt, Kathryn Bigelow's fourth feature keeps offering us new thrills with unapologetic verve.
03/22/07
Top Critic
A hare-brained wild ride through big surf and bad vibes, Point Break acts like a huge, nasty wave, picking up viewers for a few major thrills but ultimately grinding them into the sand via overkill and absurdity.
03/22/07
Top Critic
In some ways, Point Break is a guilty pleasure. But do keep in mind, like many drugs, repeated exposure may make you dumber.
11/05/06
Visually delirious but intellectually vapid thriller-actioner, with wonderfully executed chase scenes but characters that defy any dramatic logic, even when played by Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves
10/09/06
There's fun to be had, but there's also a few chapters worth skipping through.
10/05/06
While it can accurately be described as an action film, a heist movie, or even simply a thriller, Point Break is also the first "extreme sports" movie
09/05/06
[Bigelow] has a great eye not only for action, but also for the psychological push and pull behind the action.
05/26/06
Bigelow's adept handling of the action elevates Point Break to guilty pleasure status.
10/08/05
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