{"id":33487,"date":"2023-08-15T07:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33487"},"modified":"2023-08-15T07:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T11:16:46","slug":"point-break-1991-directed-by-kathryn-bigelow-starring-patrick-swayze-keanu-reeves-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33487","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Point Break&#8221; (1991) directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Patrick Swayze &#038; Keanu Reeves \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z081523zview_pointbreak.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Point Break <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">(1991)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Kathryn Bigelow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>W. Peter Iliff <\/strong>from a story by <strong>Rick King, W. Peter Iliff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James Le Gros, John Philbin, Bojesse Christopher, Julian Reyes, Daniel Beer, Chris Pedersen, Anthony Kiedis, Lee Tergesen <\/strong>and <strong>Christopher Pettiet<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0<em> 27 banks in three years. Anything to catch the perfect wave!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Johnny Utah (Reeves), a rookie FBI agent, is assigned to a task force assembled to bring down a gang of bank robbers dubbed &#8220;The Ex-Presidents&#8221;.\u00a0 They earned their nickname because each member of the crew wears the mask of, you guessed it, an ex-president.\u00a0 The Ex-Presidents have successfully hit 27 banks over a period of three years.\u00a0 They leave few clues and are in and out within 90 seconds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leader of the FBI task force, Pappas (Busey) believes that the Ex-Presidents may be surfers.\u00a0 Pappas gets clearance for Utah to go undercover.\u00a0 Soon Utah befriends a charismatic surfer named Bhodi (Swayze).\u00a0 Bhodi&#8217;s crew distrusts Utah at first, but begins to warm to him when they see he&#8217;s as much of an adrenaline-junkie as they are.\u00a0 As their friendship develops, Utah begins to suspect Bhodi and his crew are the Ex-Presidents.\u00a0 Loyalties are about to be tested&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Swayze did his own skydiving and surfing for the film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Point Break<\/em> was Keanu Reeves first action movie.\u00a0 Kathryn Bigelow wanted Reeves for the Johnny Utah role.\u00a0 The studio wanted a higher profile star.\u00a0 Stars considered included Johnny Depp, Val Kilmer, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Matthew Broderick.<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s next feature film following <em>Point Break<\/em> was <em>Strange Days<\/em> which is another excellent film!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Point Break <\/em><\/strong>(1991) rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z081523zview_pointbreak2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point Break (1991) Director: Kathryn Bigelow Screenplay: W. 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