Point Break [Blu-ray]

Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Ericson Core, Robert L. Levy, Peter Abrams

Overview

Kathryn Bigelow's fourth action film follows FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) as he goes undercover to infiltrate a cache of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/14/2011
UPC:	0883929179633
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:02:00
Sales rank:	7,734

Special Features

Additional scenes; 4 featurettes: Adrenaline Junkies, it's make or break, on location: Maliby and Ride the Wave ; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Keanu Reeves	Johnny Utah
Patrick Swayze	Bodhi
Gary Busey	Angelo Pappas
Lori Petty	Tyler
John Philbin	Nathanial
Bojesse Christopher	Grommet
Julian Reyes	Alvarez
Daniel Beer	Babbit
Chris Pedersen	Bunker
Vincent Klyn	Warchild
Anthony Kiedis	Tone
Dave Olson	Archbold
Lee Tergesen	Rosie
Sydney Walsh	Miss Deer
Christopher Pettiet	`15'
Dino Andino	Psycho-Stick
Michael Kopelow	Passion for Slashin
Matt Archbold	Surf Rat
Julie Michaels	Freight Train
Kimberly Martin	Fiberglass
Mike Genovese	Corey
Jack Kehler	Halsey
Paulo Tocha	Cab Driver,Cab Driver
Elizabeth Berkley	Macrame Girl
Raymond Forchion	Neighbor
Betsy Lynn George	Girl at Party
Shannon Brook	Fast Food Girl
Gloria Mann	Fierce Woman
Ping Wu	Dispatcher
Jared Chandler	Pilot
John Apicella	Security Guard
Richard Grove	Cullen
Anthony Mangano	Off Duty Cop
Deborah Lemen	Miss Jennings
Mick Regan	Mr. Duggan
Randy Walker	Combat Alley Supervisor
Marcha L. Carter	FBI Reception,FBI Receptionist
Sedrick J. Azurdia	Fruit Vendor
James LeGros	Roach
John C. McGinley	FBI Agent Ben Harp
Luke Bracey	Actor
Teresa Palmer	Actor
Edgar Ram?rez	Actor
Delroy Lindo	Actor
Ray Winstone	Actor
Tobias Santelmann	Actor
Matias Varela	Actor
Clemens Schick	Actor
Nikolai Kinski	Actor
Ronak Patani	Actor
Glynis Barber	Actor
Steve Toussaint	Actor
Max Thieriot	Actor
Galyn G?rg	Margarita
Gregory Snegoff	Voices
Sharon Bialy	Actor
Richard Pagano	Actor
Chris Pederson	Bunker
Peter Phelps	Australian Surfer
Gary Roberts	Australian Cop #1
Tom Sizemore	DEA agent Deets
Junkie XL	Composer
Mark Isham	Composer

Technical Credits

James Cameron

Rick King

Peter W Iliff

Kurt Wimmer

W. Peter Iliff

Kathryn Bigelow

Peter Abrams	Producer
James Cameron	Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Robert L. Levy	Producer
Rick King	Screenwriter,Producer
Peter W Iliff	Screenwriter
Joseph Newton Cohen	Producer
Kurt Wimmer	Screenwriter,Producer
John Baldecchi	Producer
W. Peter Iliff	Screenwriter
Geno Crum	Special Effects
Pat Banta	Stunts
Roberta Alstadter	Sound Effects
Michael Rauch	Producer
Gregg Barbanell	Sound Effects
David Bartlett	Sound Effects
Bob Beemer	Sound Effects
Dean Beville	Sound Effects
Andrew A. Kosove	Producer
Broderick Johnson	Producer
David Valdes	Producer
Christopher Taylor	Producer
Kathryn Bigelow	Screenwriter
Glenn Wilder	Stunts
Richard Pagano	Casting
Sharon Bialy	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Working in the same mythopoetic vein that informs her stunning, postmodern vampire film Near Dark, director Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days) fashioned one of the most gorgeous, exhilarating and offbeat action-adventure flicks of the '90s. Perhaps because she is a female, Bigelow brings unique perspective to this staunchly male genre. Point Break packs all the standard action movie conventions -- screaming car chases, bloody shootouts, high-tech hardware, kinetic fistfights, and macho posturing -- into an action film that's anything but conventional. The story transplants the classic western to the beaches of Los Angeles, as young FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes undercover as a surfer to catch a band of wave-riding bank robbers led by the charismatic Bodie (short for "Bodhisattva"). As portrayed by Patrick Swayze, this Zen surf master is a peripatetic modern cowboy who'd rather die free than succumb to the society's constraints. Bigelow emphasizes the bond that develops between Bodie and Utah, as the lawman falls under the renegade's spell, making for a film ripe with homoerotic subtext. The romance between Utah and Bodie's former girlfriend, a tough female surfer named Tyler (Lori Petty), is compelling only in that Tyler is so androgynous that's she clearly a stand-in for the true object of Utah's attraction. Reeves is laughable as an FBI agent, though he looks great in a wetsuit; while Swayze, radiating suitably deranged intensity from his slit-like blue eyes, is pitch perfect as an idealistic sociopath who spouts half-baked Buddhist philosophy about achieving oneness with the sea. In order to maintain their wave-chasing way of life, he and his gang of surf bums commit bank jobs, disguised as ex-presidents by means of grotesquely accurate rubber masks. It's an inspired idea, which translates into some surreal and delightfully subversive visual moments -- the image of Ronald Reagan gleefully torching a car is pure brilliance. Bigelow is no Hollywood hack.With an artist's eye she paints a dark, richly textured portrait of L.A.'s surfing subculture that is an antidote to the inane, sunny naiveté of '60s beach movies, while the thrillingly photographed surfing footage and awe-inspiring skydiving scenes convey the pure adrenaline rush these thrill seekers live and die for. Sure, Point Break is ridiculous, but why think too hard about it? To paraphrase Bodie, just let it wash over you.