There's enough high-octane, heart-racing excitement for a dozen movies.
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02/09/06
Point Break (1991)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:32
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... [More]
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Reviews for Point Break
Top Criticbrainless guilty pleasure
04/18/05
The hinted spirituality of the film is plainly silly, but it's quickly swallowed by the undertow of crashing spectacle.
09/10/01
Top CriticThe elements conspire to produce a superb splash of trashy, testosterone-induced mayhem.
01/01/00
Top CriticQuaint in its depiction of an alternative lifestyle, yet still an above average, really quite vicious action thriller.
08/27/09
...an above-average actioner...
08/04/09
Consistently stylish, dumb, and entertaining.
07/01/08
No review available.
04/06/08
Pretty fair action in Swayze-Reeves starrer.
08/14/07
Keanu Reeves is Johnny Utah. F*** yeah!
08/07/07
We might as well be watching a blissed-out Bill and Ted caper.
03/22/07
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 CriticA 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 CriticIn 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
Enjoyable, if silly, action romp.
06/02/05
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May 15, 2008:
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Following the announcement, a full year ago, that an Asian-themed sequel to 1991 action flick Point Break was in the works, news coming out of Cannes today suggests the film now... More...
May 15, 2007:
Wait, What? "Point Break 2"? And Another "Tomb Raider"?
From the "sequels we're not dying for" department, we get a few tidbits regarding the possibility of A) "Tomb Raider 3" and B) "Point Break 2."... More...
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