![]() ![]() Utah does by the end of the film? (Hint: It’s more than one.) Because who needs to train to be an extreme athlete? Well, the movie instructs us that there are 8 “impossible” extreme challenges, and they’re so difficult that someone can train an entire (sporting?) lifetime just to do one. He’s able to do this despite being retired for seven years. Coincidentally, there are a bunch of extreme athletes pulling off crimes, and Utah is the only one who (1) can figure this out and (2) can infiltrate the scene and figure out who’s behind the crimes. Our lead is a retired extreme athlete named Johnny Utah ( Luke Bracey), who quit the extreme athlete life after his friend died and, seven years later, became an FBI agent. The remake replaces surfers with generic extreme athletes. As to why anyone would remake it? “Money” is the only reason, since the original still “holds up” as well as an early-’90s action movie can do, and the first Fast and the Furious movie was basically a remake of it anyway – just with cars taking the place of surfers. It wasn’t that good, but it had a little bit of an undeniable charm that helped me understand why it has achieved its cult classic status in the years since its release. Producers: Broderick Johnson, Andrew A.I don’t know if any of you have seen the original Point Break lately, but I did before seeing the new one in order to get a better idea as to why someone would remake it. ![]() Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer, based on the screenplay by W. Production companies: Alcon Entertainment, DMG EntertainmentĬast: Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, Ray Winstone, Tobias Santelmann, James Le Gros Read more Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Makes Christmas History With $49.3M ‘Daddy’s Home,’ ‘Joy’ Strong Technical specs are polished across the board. The cast seems game, if overly serious, and Ray Winstone (replacing Gary Busey) manages to liven things up with his typical grizzled charm. Bracey is even less emotive than Reeves, though Ramirez shows flashes of genuine, true-believer sex appeal in a half-baked role. A late second-act twist involving Utah’s painfully underwritten love interest, Samsara (Teresa Palmer, Warm Bodies) doesn’t shock the way it should, and ever worse injects zero emotional resonance into the proceedings. But the thin connection between Utah and Bodhi never raises the stakes enough to make the chases and extreme dares really land. The primary goal, however, seems to be to make a more timely, relevant film that never quite reaches those heights (why does the European FBI office seem to be in a library, complete with a chalkboard?).ĭespite all that, Core does manage to squeeze a bit of tension out of some incredible action sequences and gorgeous locations, with a chase up (yes, up) Angel Falls being a highlight. Agent.” moment and a tip of the hat to presidential references. Cue the blown cover and betrayal, and the rest of Point Break follows the original’s course.Ĭore and writer Kurt Wimmer ( Ultraviolet, 2012’s Total Recall) are sure to include a handful of shout-outs to the original film: Utah’s frustrated gunfire when he lets Bodhi escape, the notorious “I am an F.B.I. The cat-and-mouse between Utah and Bodhi is replaced with snowboarding, wingsuit flying and free rock climbing, leaving the slow bond between the two behind, along with any sense of personal drama. When Utah tries to surf a rare ocean mega-wave, he’s rescued by Bodhi (Ramirez, Wrath of the Titans, Deliver Us from Evil), and just like that, he’s deep undercover in the gang and knows he has his man, or men. There’s too much mumbo-jumbo backstory about a dead eco-guru, the mythic Ozaki 8 (a series of extreme sporting challenges) and the raid of Mother Earth/the poor and so on and so forth to leave room for character arcs. In overcomplicating the bandits’ motives, the film sets itself up for a fall. ![]() Read more ‘Point Break’ Characters Headed to ‘Payday 2’ Online Game ![]()
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