Point Break
Director: Ericson Core
Actors: Edgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone
PlotAn extreme sports athlete, Johnny Utah, is a young FBI agent who infiltrates a team of thrill-seeking elite athletes suspected of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. Utah is assigned the case because of his own past exploits in extreme sports. The athletes are led by the charismatic and enigmatic Bodhi. The team performs the heists using their skills in extreme sports to escape and evade capture, pulling off death-defying stunts. Utah must prove their involvement in the crimes, and he uses his athletic prowess to gain their trust, joining them in various feats of daredevilry.
As Utah delves deeper into the athletes' world of adrenaline and danger, he bonds with the team members and develops a complex friendship with Bodhi. The investigation blurs the lines between duty and passion, and Utah's loyalties are tested as he is drawn into their lifestyle and their motivations. The agents’ quest for justice leads him to discover a string of international crimes, each connected to the ordeal of a specific extreme sport, revealing an ideological motive behind the heists. Utah is pushed to his physical and moral limits, finding himself connected with the athletes in ways he hadn't anticipated.
Writers: Kurt Wimmer, Rick King, W. Peter Iliff
Release Date: 25 Dec 2015
Runtime: 114 min
Rating: PG-13
Country: China, Germany, United States, Austria, Italy, Canada
Language: English, French, Spanish
Home Video Reviews
Point Break's remake fails to capture the original's charm, lacking strong performances and marred by mediocre execution despite its decent audio and video quality.
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The Point Break remake fails to capture the original's spirit and performances; despite overseas success, it's an uninspired effort best suited for a rental.
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Both agree: 'Point Break' UHD fails to impress, lacking in story and audio quality. Skip it.
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