Point Break (2015)
Directed by Ericson Core
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
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Australian soap opera star Luke Bracey steps into the befuddled, macho role made famous by a post-Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Keanu Reeves.
Point Break arrived in 1991 with more cheese than a Green Bay Packers game and ten years later a fresh generation got to enjoy an ambiguous cops and robbers romp that moved the same basic plot from ocean to streets with The Fast and the Furious.
Having cut his teeth lensing fast-track blockbusters like “The Fast and the Furious” and “Payback” before helming “Invincible,” Core, who also doubles as d.p. here, has poured his expertise into devising jaw-dropping stunts and visualizing awesome natural wonders.
Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 cult classic “ Point Break ” has already been remade once before with “ The Fast and the Furious ” (if not in name, then certainly in spirit), but whereas that film retained many of the key elements that made “Point Break” so enjoyable, the 2015 version – which coincidentally is directed by Ericson Core, the cinematographer on the first “Fast and Furious” – is an overly serious dud.
Director Ericson Core uses his visual eye for the death-defying action scenes (like he did as cinematographer of The Fast and the Furious) to successfully choreograph and shoot these hypnotizing feats.
Core, whose credits include shooting the first The Fast And The Furious , is proficient with eye-catching stunt shots and rugged vistas, but he stages every conversation the same way, with characters leaned forward as though called in for a plot briefing.
A “remake” of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 crime thriller, director Ericson Core (The Fast and the Furious cinematographer) attempts to differentiate his version of Point Break with a globe-trotting tale of enlightenment, intricate sport stunts, as well as Édgar Ramirez and Luke Bracey in the roles previously held by Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, respectively.
When Utah tries to surf a rare ocean mega-wave, he’s rescued by Bodhi (Ramirez, Wrath of the Titans, Deliver Us from Evil), and just like that, he’s deep undercover in the gang and knows he has his man, or men.