Resting on pretty will not work forever.įinally, there is something incredibly lacking here that could have saved this movie. Bracey, I want to give actors I’ve never seen before a chance to impress but please get a personality. The impression I get from his acting in this trailer, it’s like staring at a blank page. At this point, I don’t even have more to say about the narrative, so let’s move on to the actors. They’re relying on the appeal of the name without knowing a thing about it. “Point break” refers to a surfing term “when a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.” I saw no beaches or sandy coastline anywhere in this trailer. My view of his character is composed of euphemisms I’m not sure I can use here without approval from my editor. ![]() He is supposed to be the charismatic zen-like leader. ![]() Learning that he “liberates” money from corporations does not lessen the distance I would maintain because he kills people indiscriminately as the trailer suggests. He has to identify with Bodhi to truly be “undercover” and that means the audience has to understand and identify with him as well. Utah represents the audience’s perspective because he becomes part of the “extreme sports athletes” as we follow along. If it matches the original film’s narrative, Utah builds a man-crush on Bodhi. This brings me to the next thing.Īt some level, at some point in the story, the audience should identify with the main antagonist. Hence the question, why should I care about a gang of Robin Hoods who rob corporations? Is it because a bunch of corporations have screwed over most of the real world? Maybe I should ignore the fact that they still kill innocent people. We’re already exposed to the most current ideas. With the advent of the internet, we obtain instant gratification and thus grow more weary and bored. Before action movies with Keanu, Arnold and Sly, we had John Wayne or Paul Newman who just pulled triggers and rode horses. In the 90’s, a group of action junkies robbing banks was a novel idea because we didn’t have the internet. Why would you use the term “extreme sports athletes” instead of adrenaline junkies, daredevils, skydivers, air acrobats, pro aerialists, athlete aerialists or my favorite term, “criminals”.Ī big reason this film doesn’t work is because it is set in the here and now. This gang and their leader, Bodhi, are extreme sports athletes similar to Utah. An FBI agent with the last name Utah joins a gang of thieves who target corporations. This Point Break is directed by Ericson Core and stars Luke Bracey and Edgar Ramirez.
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