Wonderful character development!

That was an excellent one.

Best movie ever!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Kathryn Bigelow, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in his first major role. What else to say? A cult movie that inspired many other movies and its special atmosphere still comes through. It is still fresh and enjoyable.

Keanu Reeves coming off of his My Own Private Idaho performance. He shows on this movie what he's going to become in the future. This is his action movie coming out party, and it's fantastic! Classic.

Bigelow's Point Break is about a young and inexperienced FBI agent's efforts to apprehend a masked gang of L.A. bank robbers known as 'the ex-presidents'. There are clues that the gang are surfers, and Special Agent Utah has to infiltrate the subculture to break the case. En route he finds surfing, finds love, finds himself, and then loses almost everything.On the face of it, it is just another action movie, to be compared in the same breath as Speed or the Fast and Furious movies (one of which recycles much of the plot of Point Break). However it is a far better movie than those.One of the main things that sets this movie apart is that it is better written, better directed, better photographed, and just better made than most action movies are. The soundtrack is cracking too, well paced and sparingly used, adding the right mood to the textures of the film.However one of the things that differentiates this film from most other action movies is that it attempts to explain that some folk who indulge in certain sports are not just mindless escapist adrenaline junkies, but that such visceral pleasures may underpin their whole way of life, and (rightly or wrongly) there may be a whole philosophy that goes along with it. The momentary absolution of that perfect turn, that perfect wave, it can change your life for ever.I don't think that Reeves is an especially brilliant actor, but here he is well-suited to the role; whilst Utah appears to set out with purpose, he is but clay that is moulded by circumstance and those around him, from the jaded Pappas on the one hand to the charismatic Bohdi on the other, who is excellently portrayed here by Swayze, with real fire in his eyes.When I first sat down to watch this film it was with low-ish expectations; I was more than pleasantly surprised to find a much better film than I had expected, and it is one that I have watched several times since.

Loved this movie from the day i first watched it -Inspired me to just to live your life the way you want. This is essentially the journey that Utah takes in this movie. Bodhi and the gang are not cardboard cutout baddies, they are actual the kind of guys you wanna hang with ( for the most part!) Katheryn Bigelow brought both a slightly mocking, but also a great sensitivity to the relationships in this movie, that the turd of a remake completely missed.Lori Petty also was brilliant as the no BS surf girl. who Keanu falls for (literally!). But of course, it was Patrick Swazye, who stole this movie with his brilliant portrayal of the surf guru Bodhi - He was the spiritual center of the gang, and even though he lost his way at the end - He still had some honour. Contrast that with the stiff at the FBI ( With the notable exception of the hilarious Angelo Pappas ( Gary Busey y'all!!),and you can see why Utah was conflicted - All in all a great action film, that has some real depth, and great (Corona accompanied) rewatch value.