Point Break | The Movie My Life

Point Break (1991), Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, 20th Century Fox

My Keanu Reeves appreciation period continues with director Kathryn Bigelow’s Point Break, a good action/adventure/thriller about a Rookie F.B.I. agent who goes undercover to catch suspected bank-robbing surfers.

As a fan of both Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, their dynamic in this movie, coupled with all the ways the story is engaging and good in surprising ways, add up to why Bigelow’s film is memorable.

I suspect that even now – thirty-four years since it was released, Point Break still has one of the most memorable endings of any movie. How very wise of me to have watched this version instead of the unfortunate 2015 remake.

If you’ve never seen Point Break and you’re curious, enjoy this early and notable Bigelow film, long before she delighted movie fans with The Hurt Locker (2008) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012).

Happy Film Loving,

The original Point Break action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Patrick Swaze, Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey was a hit. Now, twenty three years later, a remake is coming.

This time, starring Luke Bracey, Edgar Ramirez, Teresa Palmer and Ray Winstone; director Ericsson Core’s plot appears to be roughly the same, except for a new character or two and some added relevance for modern times.

2015 Trailer >