![]() ![]() And she doesn't drop her direction when the characters pick up guns and knives either. is filled with details that give the movie extra dimension. No longer good American boys but a jolting mixture of Dylan and Manson. With her cinematographer's able assistance, Bigelow turns the beaches into a chilly world of cobalt blue and pitch black. It's not the innocuous pink and orange world of the early 60s. ![]() And Lori Petty (CADILLAC MAN) has a sexy and dignified presence as the love interest that gives the story another element of believability.īigelow also gives us a new and bold picture of L.A. Keanu Reeves (RIVER'S EDGE, BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) makes a good foil for the mercurial Swayze. Who would have thought that Moondoggy from "Gidget" could be reincarnated for the 90s? He's so completely within his gonzo character that he pulls off his dopey new-age lines with confidence. Swayze (DIRTY DANCING, GHOST) is superb as the surfer mystic. This sequence is so unworldly that it pushes the whole movie into an exciting unreality which it holds until the end.īigelow also makes good use of her actors. The first surf sequence is shot slow enough so that we can see how the surfers bend their bodies to follow the motion of the wave. She uses the skills of herĬinematographer Donald Peterman to perfection. And she does it so well that the audience experiences its own rush. She wants to show above all the adrenaline rush that her characters are addicted to. She has gotten to the center of her material. Yelping in disbelief and pleasure as you watch it happen. When we arrive at the amazing final stunt Bigelow pulls out her biggest surprise yet and you might find yourself She knows how to modulate the action scenes so that they top one another. But it doesn't matter a bit under Kathryn Bigelow's vigorous direction. But will Utah be able to act objectively in bringing any surfer to justice now that he has discovered The Way of Surf? Pappas meanwhile has zeroed in on a group of surf Nazi villains who are the prime suspects in the case. Slowly begins to fall into their philosophy of taking things to the edge. Utah is immediately smitten with their lunatic antics and it's a place where you lose yourself and find yourself." They're andrenaline junkies who like to risk their lives in all sorts of death-defying acts. She guides Utah intoĪn inner circle of surfing devotees that is presided over by the mystical Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).īodhi and his gang have a sacred relationship to surfing. On his first attempt he meets Tyler (Lori Petty), a tough and decidedly un-blonde surfer chick. ![]() Utah goes willingly undercover and learns the art of surfing to track down the desperados. The criminals are surfers who are financing their endless summer through these robberies. The two are assigned the case of the "Ex-Presidents," a group who hold up banks disguised as Reagan and his predecessors. to work with the wild man of the squad, Pappas (Gary Busey). Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) is an FBI agent fresh out of training. 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. There's something unmistakably alive in POINT BREAK. ![]()
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