While wearing a Reagan mask, Bodhi leads Utah on a foot chase through the neighborhood, which ends when Utah's old knee injury flares up after jumping into a flood control channel. Utah and Pappas stake out a bank and the Ex-Presidents appear. Watching Bodhi's group surfing, Utah begins to suspect that they are the Ex-Presidents, noting how close a group they are and the way one of them moons other surfers in the same manner one of the robbers does when leaving a bank. The raid inadvertently ruins a DEA undercover operation, as those surfers were wanted for separate charges regarding drug dealing, but they are determined not to be the Ex-Presidents. Following a clue retrieved by analyzing toxins found in the hair of one of the bank robbers, Utah and Pappas lead an FBI raid on another gang of surfers, resulting in the deaths of two of them. As he masters surfing, Utah finds himself increasingly drawn to the surfers' adrenaline-charged lifestyle, Bodhi's philosophies, and Tyler. The group are initially wary of Utah, but accept him when Bodhi recognizes him as a former college football star who quit the sport due to a knee injury. Through her, he meets Bodhi, the charismatic leader of a gang of surfers consisting of Roach, Grommet, and Nathaniel. He fabricates a personal family tragedy to persuade orphaned surfer and restaurant waitress Tyler Ann Endicott to teach him to surf, after she saves him from drowning during his first attempt at surfing. Pursuing Pappas's theory that the criminals are surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Rather than robbing the vault, they only demand the cash the tellers have in their drawers, and are gone within ninety seconds.
Following the film's success, it spawned a remake that was released in 2015.įormer Ohio State quarterback and rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah assists experienced agent Angelo Pappas in investigating a string of bank robberies by the "Ex-Presidents": a gang of robbers who wear rubber masks of Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. During its theatrical run, the film grossed over $83.5 million, and has since gained a cult following.
Point Break opened to a generally positive critical reception and critics praised the relationship between Reeves and Swayze. It was shot across the western coast of the continental United States and was officially budgeted at $24 million, before being released for traditional viewing on July 12, 1991. Bigelow soon developed the script with husband James Cameron, and filming took place four years later. The film features Reeves as an undercover FBI agent who is tasked with investigating the identities of a group of bank robbers while he develops a complex relationship with the group's leader (Swayze).ĭevelopment of Point Break began in 1986, when Iliff wrote an initial treatment for the film. The film's title refers to the surfing term " point break", where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.
It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. Point Break is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W.
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