Screenrant
It’s understandable why Hollywood was interested in a Point Break remake – given that a “bigger” and “more extreme” version of Bigelow’s well-known surfer crime thriller, on paper, might have sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately, nothing about the movie improves on the original film – as the story, characters, and acting, in particular are mundane outlines. That all said, Point Break‘s inability to deliver on its fundamental promise of adrenaline-pumping action, in spite of well-known extreme athlete consultants, is the movie’s biggest disappointment – and, frankly, a massive failure given that story and character development were sacrificed at every turn to service Core’s spiceless sport footage.
You go into a movie thinking the main character is the good guy and then BAM–you had it all wrong.
MAI Review (2024): Phuong Anh Dao and Tran Thanh sparkle the brighest in this overdramatic movie.
One of 2023's biggest and dumbest creature features is making waves right now on streaming around the world.
Looks like one of those movies that'll successfully put me to sleep one lonely night skimming through Netflix a year or two from now.