Watching Bodhi and his crew ride the waves at dawn, Johnny realizes the band of adventurers he’s joined are the exact criminals he’s trying to catch. Meanwhile, Utah and Pappas have honed in on a violent gang of Nazi surfers as prime suspects, but a botched raid reveals they’re drug dealers, not bank robbers. After conning surfing instructor Tyler (Lori Petty) into giving him lessons, he gets introduced to her sometimes-lover Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) and his band of thrill-seeking surfers.Įmbracing a surfer dude approach to Zen concepts, Bodhi and his followers follow the waves in search of “the ultimate ride.” Bodhi sees a kindred spirit in Utah, a former college football star, and Johnny soon goes to parties at Bodhi’s house and joins him on late-night surfing expeditions.
Convinced by Pappas’ theory that the robbers are surfers, Utah goes undercover posing as a lawyer-turned-neophyte surfer. Disguised in rubber masks of Presidents Nixon, Carter, Johnson, and Reagan, the gang is notorious for their efficiency and prolificness. Keanu Reeves stars as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who gets paired up with grizzled vet Angelo Pappas (a perfectly cast Gary Busey) to catch a gang of bank robbers known as The Ex-Presidents in Los Angeles. Catch Point Break as part of WUD Film’s Lakeside Cinema series of crowd-pleasing summer favorites at the Memorial Union Terrace on Monday, July 18, at 9 p.m.
#Point break movie#
Kathryn Bigelow’s blockbuster action flick from 1991 screens at the Memorial Union Terrace on July 18.Ī very-’90s blend of extreme sports, crime movie tropes, and new-age spirituality, Point Break (1991) functions as both an over-the-top action movie and a playful subversion of the genre.Ī master of on-screen violence and tension, director Kathryn Bigelow transforms a B-movie cops-and-robbers plot into a meticulously crafted thrillride full of personal trademarks. Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves, left) and Bodhi (Patrick Swayze, right) thrillingly join hands in midair while skydiving.
0 kommentar(er)
