Point Break movie

An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers.

Point Break is a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The title refers to the surfing term point break.It was rated R by the MPAA for violence, language and brief nudity.Plot summaryKeanu Reeves plays Johnny Utah, an FBI agent and former Ohio State football quarterback who, with his partner Angelo Pappas (played by Gary Busey), is investigating a string of bank robberies. Suspecting a connection between the bank robbers (known as the "Ex-Presidents" because they hide their faces behind masks of former US presidents) and local surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Knowing little of the surf lifestyle, Utah convinces surfer Tyler Ann Endicott (played by Lori Petty) to mentor him and bring him into the surfing community.In the process, Utah develops a complex relationship with Bodhi (played by Patrick Swayze), the ex-boyfriend of Tyler and charismatic leader of a gang of surfers who accept Utah into their midst.

While Utah goes undercover in the hope of finding and identifying the bank robbers, he finds himself increasingly attracted to the adrenaline-charged lifestyle of the community he has infiltrated.The Bodhi/Utah dynamic gets more complicated as Utah begins to zero in on Bodhi as the likely ringleader of the Ex-Presidents. Utah learns that Bodhi and his gang rob banks in order to fund surfing lifestyles and skydiving expeditions and as a form of rebellion against a social system that they believe "kills the human spirit." This creates an internal struggle for Utah, as his fondness for Bodhi and the lifestyle Bodhi epitomizes conflicts with his duty and responsibility as an FBI agent.By the end of the movie, Johnny is so absorbed by this lifestyle that he refuses to arrest Bodhi and instead lets him seek his own death surfing the giant waves of Bells Beach, Australia, in a raging fifty year storm.The actual location used to film Bells Beach is really Indian Beach in Oregon. Box Office Point Break was a considerable success in 1991, with competition from Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. With a budget of $24 million, it grossed $45 million in the USA, and $105 million worldwide. Aftermath Point Break has been widely considered to be the ultimate surfer-movie. Kathryn Bigelows work positively altered perceptions of female directors in the action film genre, and the films success helped establish Keanu Reeves as a future action star, from Point Break to Speed and to The Matrix.

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Point Break Cast

• Anthony Kiedis
• Bojesse Christopher
• Chris Pedersen
• Daniel Beer
• Dave Olson
• Gary Busey
• James LeGros
• John C. McGinley
• John Philbin
• Julian Reyes
• Keanu Reeves
• Lee Tergesen
• Lori Petty
• Vincent Klyn