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Point Break (1991) 7.0
An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers. Director:Kathryn Bigelow |
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In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend. Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>
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100% Pure Adrenaline. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 July 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Riders on the Storm See more »Box Office
Budget:
$24,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$43,218,387 (USA)Company Credits
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Performed by Wire Train
Written by Kevin Hunter, Brian McLeod, Anders Rundblad, Jeff Trott
Produced by Wire Train
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
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Another title considered for the movie was "Johnny Utah", but Patrick Swayze's star was still on the rise, and the idea was dropped. See more »Goofs
When the FBI raids the house, Utah jumps forward to tackle the guy, and they go sideways out the window. See more »Quotes
Roach: [after robbing a bank disguised as Nixon quoting his famous phrase] I am not a crook!See more »
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"I Will Not Fall"Performed by Wire Train
Written by Kevin Hunter, Brian McLeod, Anders Rundblad, Jeff Trott
Produced by Wire Train
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
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Thirteen years on it sounds a little trite - an FBI agent examines his inner self whilst trying to bring down a gang of surfer bank robbers by infiltrating their scene. But dude, how Point Break pulled this off!
In what can now safely be regarded as one of the more generation-defining cinematic moments of the nineties, Point Break serves as not just a credible well-paced action thriller spectacle, but also as a voice for advocates of the adrenalin rush. The movie's sleeper popularity at the time would no doubt have helped issue in a new generation of 'X' sports for a new generation, as hungry sponsors leapt at a new market.
Kathryn Bigelow takes some key pointers from then hubby James Cameron and paces the movie brilliantly. There are many key moments of unique action - that chute-less jump from 4,000 feet being the highlight - that filled the trailer, but it is the cumulative effect of bringing these moments together that adds to the picture. For so many films the denouement is a gross failure but Bigelow controls the films peaks and troughs expertly and the ending is genuinely well handled, something that appears to be a real struggle for Hollywood today.
In what will go down as Patrick Swayze's finest moment on film, he plays the adrenalin guru Bodhi with glaze-eyed and silver tongued expertise, and manages to pull off the very difficult assignment of being both sane and insane simultaneously with accomplishment.
You can almost feel pulled by Bodhi's enthusiasm for a sensation 'as close as you get to God', and as a result can excuse the decade for being labeled that of the 'slacker' generation. The nineties weren't about slacking, just looking for a different kind of high.