Pascal Al Fariq, a wealthy playboy type, sponsors them on their quest.Īfter completing a few ordeals, Bodhi runs into Utah, an extreme sports motorcyclist, post-wipeout on a large wave in France where Utah got sucked into the wave.Īfter much animosity, Bodhi invites Utah into his posse.Īfter figuring out Johnny is a cop, he invites him on several death-defying adventures, including snowboarding, surfing, wingsuit flying, and rock climbing.

Bodhi's justification for his quest is to show the world that they must change their ways to save the Earth, as it could turn people's attention back to the planet's beauty.īodhi links up with a crew of extreme athletes on his quest, including Grommet, Chowder, and Roach. After getting in touch with Onno Osaki, an extreme sports athlete, he goes on a quest to complete the 8 Ordeals and reach Nirvana. In the remake of the film, directed by Ericson Core, Bodhi is played by Edgar Ramirez.īodhi is given a new, hip haircut, though he is the same spiritual adrenaline junkie in search o the perfect wave. It is during the 50-Year-Storm that we believe Bodhi dies. Knowing he would not survive this wave, Utah allows Bodhi to go out into the surf, knowing that he won't come back alive. Bodhi had long talked about the '50 Year Storm,' a storm that would produce lethal waves only twice in a century. Then, he tries to get Utah to rob a bank with him by threatening to hurt his girl Tyler (played by Lori Petty).īodhi's time comes during the final fight scene at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia. At one point, Johnny gets a clear shot of Bodhi during a chase scene, though he never takes the shot.Īfter determining that Johnny is an FBI agent, Bodhi tries to manipulate him into going on skydiving adventures and death-defying surf trips. When noting that one of the surfers in Bodhi's crew moons everyone the same way one of the culprits did after leaving the robbery, he begins to suspect Bodhi and his crew are the 'ex-presidents.'Įventually, Johnny's suspicions are confirmed when he sees Bodhi and his pal Roach case a bank. Though this group of surfers is a group of criminals, are they the 'Ex-Presidents' as Johnny expected? After meeting Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), a former football star-turned-FBI agent, he invites him into his posse of surfers, all while defending him against the mean gang of surf locals.ĭuring this time, Johnny finds a clue after analyzing hair toxins from one of the bank robbers during a raid on one of the local surf gangs. He is introduced as a spiritual yet adrenaline-charged surfer in search of the biggest thrills. 'Point'-less, indeed.In the first film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Bodhi is portrayed by none other than Patrick Swayze. Ramirez can't match Patrick Swayze in the original Bracey doesn't even come close to Keanu Reeves, and Palmer looks like she's turned off her brain, emphasizing her cleavage over her talent. (It's pretty easy to predict when any of the characters is going to die.) There's no suspense plus, the dialogue is heavy on plot exposition and blatantly obvious statements, and pop music is awkwardly relied upon.

Based on Kathryn Bigelow's terrific 1991 movie, the updated POINT BREAK copies the basic idea but strips away most of the original's nuance and feeling this one is unbendingly simple, with few tough decisions or emotional struggles.Įven with all the stunts - photographed with an annoyingly busy, roving camera - it feels like very little is actually at stake here.

Like many remakes, this adventure yarn seems designed more like a soulless factory product, a calculated grab at some overseas profits, than anything anyone actually wanted to be involved with.

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