Point Break (Pure Adrenaline Edition) [DVD]

Simply put, Point Break is one of my all-time favorite movies. It was groundbreaking for its time and has aged exceptionally well. Until now, I had only owned the DVD version, so I felt it was time for an upgrade. Thankfully, this 4K version only serves to enhance the look and feel. The whole presentation is simply amazing and the added features are definitely cool to check out. There's a lot here for the money, so check out this classic if you haven't already. Thank you!

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Point Break is not only a truly great action movie, but it is a realisation of everything a truly great movie should be in general. Johnny Utah is a new FBI agent fresh out of Quantico, ready for some action. He's "young, dumb, and full of cum", as his new FBI department chief Harp puts it so elegantly. Utah is teamed up with Agent Angelo Pappas, a genial, no-BS 19-year veteran of the Bureau who knows everything his bosses don't know about doing the job, not by the book, but the best way. Their boss, Agent Harp, doesn't like that, and doesn't much like anything else about Pappas, either, which soon becomes apparent to Utah. On their first case together, Utah and Pappas investigate the most recent bank robbery in L.A. by the notorious "Dead Presidents", a gang of four bank robbers who don masks of Reagan, Carter, Johnson and Nixon during their armed capers. Utah then learns Pappas' theory regarding the Dead Presidents: "The Dead Presidents....are SURFERS." Maybe not a revelation of historic significance at first to Utah, but this small detail is what makes the film so compelling, in the end, the stuff that is the meat of the action; the story revolves around the world of surfing, with all the tremendous beauty and power of the ocean, the concurrent mysticism and physicality of the sport, and the language, culture, and traditions of its adherents. Utah quickly makes friends with a local surfer girl, Tyler (Lori Petty), as a way to gain entry into the surfing clique, who teaches him some of the basics of the sport. It turns out that Tyler is a friend of surfing legend and spiritual guru Bodhi (Patrick Swayze, in a tour de force performance), who not only sees his sport as a pathway to enlightenment, but sees life itself as a higher calling to be experienced to the pinnacle of every activity. Bodhi quickly sees the "kamikaze look" in Utah, who he recognizes as the former All-Big Ten quarterback from Ohio State. They are kindred spirits. Bodhi brings Utah under his wing, initially unaware that Utah is an FBI agent, and they set out as part of Bodhi's surfer-cum-extraordinary gentleman's club on various daredevil adrenaline trips such as skydiving into the sea, surfing at dusk and wild beach parties. All this is great, for sure, except Utah eventually realizes that his new best friend is actually the head of the Dead Presidents. That's when things really heat up. First is a seat-of-your-pants chase through what looks like South Central L.A. after Utah and Pappas break up the Presidents' latest bank heist. As the truth comes out, Bodhi controls Utah by threatening Tyler, who it turns out is Bodhi's former girlfriend, but who Utah is now in love with. When Tyler is kidnapped by Bodhi's gang, Utah is forced to become one of the Dead Presidents. Utah robs a bank with them, bystanders get killed--knocking it up to murder one--and then they end up in Mexico, where Tyler is finally freed--but not before Bodhi makes a dramatic getaway. The only clue Utah still has is that Bodhi must eventually get to Australia's Bell's Beach within a year to fulfill his spiritual destiny and catch the 50-Year Storm, a weather pattern which yields 200-ft high waves and the penultimate challenge for big-wave surfers. It seems that at least one of our two protagonists, Bodhi or Utah, will not survive and walk away from this storm. But that is part of the beauty of it all, is it not? Point Break is just about the most compelling action film you could ever wish for, especially if you are one of those coinosseurs who demands that a movie is both pretty to look at but also philosophically profound. Patrick Swayze's Bodhi brings a new meaning to the concept of hero-villain, by also making him somewhat of a prophet or seer at the same time. There's no doubt that you'll like what you see here. In addition to stunning surfing photography, the film achieves a certain zen flow which builds up to a definite crescendo towards the end. It's not enough for Bodhi to achieve greatness, on the ocean and in the mind, he must transcend our soul-robbing society and the law itself, and ultimately conquer death. He'll either succeed or fail, and obviously perhaps die trying, but either way, Point Break looks really good.

Really you just need to suspend your disbelief about Keanu Reeves finishing high school, going to college and graduating, going to law school and graduating, and getting a job with the FBI...no big deal. Well, in his role as a rookie FBI agent in Los Angeles, Reeves must go undercover as a surfer to ferret out a gang of surfing bank robbers who are known for wearing masks of the faces of ex-Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Right away, I liked Gary Busey as the senior FBI agent on the case. He had the rugged-cop thing going to the point where it wasn't cliché or stereotypical...you could actually connect with this guy. But none of the other cast members quite matched up to Mr. Busey. Lori Petty played the main character's love interest (something every Keanu Reeves seems to require) and that's it. I don't recall her performance being bad or anything like that...I just don't recall anything remarkably good about it either. She was just there so this film could have a love interest. Patrick Swayze and his band of surfers were interesting but I sometimes felt that they were trying too hard...yes, we get it. You live a surfer's lifestyle with the waves, the babes, and the tubes...no rules. Thank you for making that so clear that a blind man like myself could literally see that. But for all it's faults, this film was actually pretty good, particularly when Keanu Reeves wasn't trying (and failing) to speak like some sort of scientific super-genius. When he was just acting like a guy trying to get through life and keep his job in the process, he actually wasn't that bad...it was when he was spewing technical phrases about evidence that annoyed me. He also had pretty good chemistry with Patrick Swayze, who too was enjoyable to watch when he wasn't pressing the surfing thing down on us. This chemistry allowed me to identify with their later conflicts much more readily. This is definitely beyond any sort of cop or action thriller. There's a story with characters and suspense and a decent conclusion. Given how our government agencies operate today, that world-wide hunt in the end seems very plausible. Overall, a good film. Enjoy.

Stick with the originals, especially this movie!

Patrick Swayze at his BEST, love this movie, especially the action!!!

One of my favorite movies growing up, great movie.

Den Film hatte ich schon als Video. Ist ein guter Film und nun wieder in meiner Blue-Ray Sammlung.

Un des meilleurs films d'action de l'Histoire avec un superbe casting . Keanu Reeves et Patrick Swayze sont aussi bons l'un que l'autre , et les seconds rôles sont également très bien interprétés . Scénario haletant , scènes d'action spectaculaires , ambiance très Californienne , réalisation impeccable , dynamique et très moderne pour son époque . Un film devenu culte . Un véritable classique qui aura fait de Keanu Reeves la nouvelle superstar d'hollywood . . A voir et posséder absolument .

The price Is a issue? Because it’s not a new release.

100 % OK Goede verzending en besteld item beantwoorde volledig aan de beschrijvingvan de verkoper ( uiterst tevreden ):-):-):-)