Kathryn bigelows opus starred keanu reeves as johnny utah. The words point and break cross over, merging and dissolving, and so do the names patrick swayze and keanu reeves. There is a good deal of xgames style action, but honestly the acting was so horrible, i couldnt wait for the movie to end. At one point, bodhi and johnny are on a mountain, and they both jump off of the top. A new version of is available, to keep everything running smoothly. The run ends with a jump onto a lone stone column, where jeff overshoots the landing and falls to his death. The used the same names as the original point break, but that is about it. Point break was originally called johnny utah when keanu reeves was cast in the title role. An americangermanchinese coproduction, the film is a remake of the. Former college football star turned fbi agent johnny utah immerses himself in the radical lifestyle to infiltrate a crew of criminal extreme sports athletes and learns some things about himself along the way.
Chris sharma climbing angel falls for the new point break. He lies about his parents death to help him go undercover to get in with the surfer dudes who are. Jul 01, 2014 polldaddy poll8159447 for us children of the 90s, point break was well, were not even sure how to best sum it up. Alas, the new point break doesnt indulge in fanservice so much as nostalgia stripmining. Bodhi isnt a shaggyhaired, sunkissed patrick swayze type. Johnny utah and bodhi catch some waves in a new poster and actionpacked featurette for point break. Kathryn bigelows opus starred keanu reeves as johnny utah, a former ohio. The film inspired a piece of cult theater, point break live. Point break is a 2015 action thriller film directed and shot by ericson core and written by kurt wimmer which he coproduced with john baldecchi, broderick johnson, andrew a. And in my opinion, what keanu reeves johnny utah does at the end of the film is unjustifiable and completely wrong. Deathdefying athletes supply stunts in point break remake. The ocean shimmers behind point breaks credits, glowing gold.
Johnny utah, an extreme sport polyathlete turned fledgling fbi agent, is played by luke bracey, an australian piece of driftwood with a face painted on it. Teresa palmer at an event for point break 2015 point break 2015 edgar. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, utah strives to prove. Jul 12, 1991 in point break, johnny happens to be available when a gang of bank robbers leaves behind a surfboardwax sample in a footprint, some beachrelated toxins in a strand of hair and photographic. Written by kurt wimmer, the remake has the same basic architecture of the original. This leads to the beginning of a secret love, when utah is forced to confront his hidden desires. The best lines from point break, the stormiest surfing. Entertainment weekly ranked poin t br eak as having one of the 10 best surfing scenes in cinema. The new point break trailer is everything thats wrong. Point break trailer 1991 new version 2015 hq point break is a 1991 american action crime thriller directed by kathryn bigelow, starring patrick swayze, keanu reeves, lori petty and gary busey.
Professional climbers peter croft and chris sharma were both involved in the shoot with chris acting as climbing double for the films lead character johnny utah, played in this iteration by luke bracey. The team behind the new point break movie have just released this little excerpt about the climbing scenes that were shot as part of the production. Point break trailer released, but is it a remake in name only. Johnny utah is most often known for his cock jokes, and frequently uses them in his animations. Point break is about a federal agent, johnny keanu reeves that has to put an end to these bank robbers that happen to be surfers. Point break 1991 point break is a 1991 action film starring keanu reeves as johnny utah, a former college football quarterback and young fbi agent who goes undercover into the southern california surfing community in order to root out a bank robbery crew known as the expresidents, who bear characteristics of the culture. The plot to point break is a young johnny utah portrayed by keanu reeves joins the f. We compared the characters in the original point break to their counterparts in the remake trailer. When they fall on you, you wont back down and theyll have to burn your ass to.
Listen johnny, were in a kind of a hurry is there anything you need. Point break is a 1991 american crime action film directed by kathryn bigelow and written by w. Except the new version threw us off as soon as we saw the trailer. Bodhi is a charismatic man who loves surfing and living life to the full, which includes engaging in many dangerous and exciting activities such as skydiving and bodhis biography is extremly unknown. Oct 29, 2015 whatever one says about the new point break remake.
Film point break en streaming vf gratuit complet hd 2016. Keanu reeves is former football starturnedfbi agent johnny. Dec 20, 2015 deathdefying athletes supply stunts in point break remake. In bigelows point break, new york times, july 12, 1991. The studio felt that this title said very little about surfing and by the time patrick swayze was cast, the film had been renamed riders on the storm after the famous song by the doors. The new keanu reads all of his or her lines from cue cards for the duration of the show, to capture the rawness of a keanu reeves performance, even from those. Point break remake casts luke bracey as fbi agent johnny. The new remake of cult favorite actioner point break hasnt fared particularly well at the box office, but at least one of its stars doesnt think this is the last well see of johnny utah and. How you can become johnny utah in the stage adaptation of.
An americangermanchinese coproduction, the film is a remake of the 1991 film of the same name. Point break 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Point break quotes 36 total quotes bohdi johnny utah multiple characters. The new point break fails to grasp why people still love the weirdness and idiosyncrasies of the 1991 cult action favorite. Keanu reeves and patrick swayze in point break 1991 keanu reeves in point. In the fastpaced, highadrenaline point break, a young fbi agent, johnny utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrillseeking elite athletes led by the charismatic bodhi. The preposterousness of the 2015 point break isnt any more of a deal breaker now than it was in 1991. What song is playing when johnny tries to get tyler to teach him to surf. Undercover fbi agent johnny utah luke bracey has much more angst than keanu reeves as utah in the first point break. Point break is a 1991 action film starring keanu reeves as johnny utah, a former college football quarterback and young fbi agent who goes undercover into the southern california surfing community in order to root out a bank robbery crew known as the expresidents, who bear characteristics of the culture.
Keanu reeves is former football starturned fbi agent johnny. I have not seen point break but i would like to know why andrew was referring ryan as johnny utah. Director ericson cores film is a flat, joyless rendition of future. Point break remake looks to make a cult classic new, and. Luke bracey as johnny utah in the point break remake aside from the characters names, however, there appears to be very little in common with the original cult hit, directed by. The original version starred actor keanu reeves as fbi agent johnny. The scar on utahs face disappears when he leaves the group for a day while they. Luke bracey as johnny utah in the point break remake aside from the characters names, however, there appears to be very little in. As far as movies about surfer dudes who rob banks go, kathryn bigelows point break definitely ranks as one of the best. Theres still an fbi agent named johnny utah luke bracey. For the uninitiated, point break, released on july 12, 1991, tells the story of a rookie fbi agent named johnny utah reeves, who goes undercover to track a. Feb 25, 2014 point break remake casts luke bracey as fbi agent johnny utah. Extreme sport athlete johnny utah luke bracey, and his friend jeff max thieriot, are traversing a steep ridgeline on motorbikes.
Instead, like the film itself, they are forced to pretend to be something theyre not, to oneup each other in masculine. The best lines from point break, the stormiest surfing bank. Just as in the original point break, young fbi agent johnny utah luke bracey in the new version, infiltrates a team of thrillseeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic bodhi edgar ramirez. If you want another point break, make a sequel with johnny utah now embracing bodhis philosophy but faced with. The 1991 pappas was played by the inimitable gary busey, barking orders and trying to teach young utah the ropes. Utah meets surfer bodhi, and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend. Jul 12, 2019 for some growing up in kansas, new york city, or, heck, northern california, point breakstarring keanu reeves and patrick swayze and directed by oscar winner kathryn bigelowis the ultimate. That doesnt mean that it isnt going to get a 21st century remake.
But while bigelows version featured charismatic lead performances and ample pop. On christmas day, the 1991 classic point break will get its reboot. The new point break trailer is everything thats wrong with modern remakes. Jan 01, 2016 the new remake of cult favorite actioner point break hasnt fared particularly well at the box office, but at least one of its stars doesnt think this is the last well see of johnny utah and.
The 2015 version is played by hardnosed ray winstone, who definitely brings a lot more earnestness to pappas. Point break captures the thrill and intensity of a 1990s classic. We compared the characters in the original point break. Point break 1991 internet movie firearms database guns. Whatever one says about the new point break remake. In this version, johnny utah is haunted by the events of the movies first two minutes, when he and his motocross biker friend were doing dangerous things on the tops of pointy mountains, and then the friend fell to his death, as one does. It is scheduled for release in 3d and 2d in select theaters on. Johnny utah, une ancienne legende du motocross devenue agent du fbi, va devoir. Johnny utah will do almost anything to catch a criminal. Dec 25, 2015 the new point break fails to grasp why people still love the weirdness and idiosyncrasies of the 1991 cult action favorite. The film was a box office success upon its release, and it has since gathered a cult following. Point break remake casts luke bracey as fbi agent johnny utah. The point break remake is the most ridiculous movie since furious 7. Intrigued by the name, did some googling and found out from the imdb connections that the name was referred to a character from the movie point break 1991.
Point break is a 1991 action film directed by kathryn bigelow and starring keanu reeves, patrick swayze and gary busey. The film inspired a piece of cult theat er, p oint break live. We decided to revisit the orginal movie in order to see to what extent it has held up. Extreme lapses in new version of point break sfgate. Johnny utah, une ancienne legende du motocross devenue agent du fbi, va devoir infiltrer le. Point break would not be embraced if bigelow had made a straightforward, homosexual love storyaction film in 1991, just as bodhi and johnny utah would not be embraced as lovers in the diegetic world of point break. Point break is inspired by the classic 1991 hit starring patrick. Kathryn bigelows 1991 cult classic, point break, has been remade.
Mar 01, 2020 the new point break trailer is everything thats wrong with modern remakes. Dec 28, 2015 the point break remake is the most ridiculous movie since furious 7. The new point break trailer is everything thats wrong with. Fans reach breaking point over point break remake trailer film. Dec 29, 2015 to answer an important question, yes, in the point break remake johnny utah 2. Point break 1991 early life and meeting johnny utah. Johnny utah is the main protagonist in the 1991 action film and its remake point break. Taking the fast and furious formula that, well, point break did first, the new version shows extreme sportsloving fbi agent johnny utah. Voir film point break gratuit en francais point break en streaming vf. Point break trailer 1991 new version 2015 hq youtube. The original point break was a solid b rated movie making this remake at best. Theyll use something new called radar, maybe youve heard of it. Point break remake has all the action and none of the delightful. Johnny utah is actually a very skilled artist, and could probably be doing something constructive, but instead hes bettering newgrounds, and creating a more perverted place for future children.
First in his first action movie point break, reeves plays johnny utah, a former college football starturnedfbi agent who goes undercover as a surfer to track down a gang of bank robbers who maybe surfers led by an adrenaline junkie named bodhi played by the late patrick swayze. Katheryn bigelows 1991 action thriller point break is still a groundbreaking film of the early nineties. Extreme sport athlete johnny utah luke bracey, and his friend jeff max. The upcoming album, adventures in autism, will be released next year on the local label black listed international. I asked why, and was told the reason was that andre ethier would be there, playing keanu reeves role of johnny utah, in a live rendition of 1991 cult semiclassic point break. Utah s girlfriend in this point break is much less capable, introduced as a sex object during an underwater swim with lots of twirling so audiences can see every part of her body multiple. Johnny then, however, falls in love with a female surfer, tyler lori petty and she happens to be connected to the surfing bank robbers. In point break, johnny happens to be available when a gang of bank robbers leaves behind a surfboardwax sample in a footprint, some beachrelated toxins in a.
Read johnny utah s bio and find out more about johnny utah s songs, albums, and chart history. Starring keanu reeves as undercover fbi agent johnny utah and patrick swayze as the charismatic, philosophizing criminal bodhi, point break is still a fun and exciting watch even 23 years after its release. Edgar ramirez stars as bodhi, who attempts to pull off a series of daring crimes to achieve enlightenment in the new point break. Point break is a visually delirious but intellectually frustrating thrilleractioner about a band of zenspouting surfers. Every pretty boy like johnny utah needs a gritty veteran to counter his shine. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival. Keanu reeves is a hotshot law enforcement dude johnny utah by nameinvestigating a series of bank robberies in l.
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