Point Break

1991
US
120 min
15

Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Written by: W Peter Iliff
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C McGinley, James LeGros

Director Bigelow (Blue Steel, Near Dark) takes on Hollywood's action/adventure big boys at their own game and comes out on top. Reeves is the eager young FBI recruit on the trail of a group of latex-masked bank robbers who are known to be surfers. Bigelow tackles cliches of buddy partnerships, macho bullshit and thriller shoot-outs with fresh energy, creating a terrific movie that has one foot in reality, the other in an absurdist world.