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In an era of remakes and reboots, which are more noticeable now thanks to the increased volume of available films in general, we were bound to get some weirder ones. Case in point is the latest reboot, Point Break, a now Keanu Reeves-less film where extreme sports athletes also happen to be extreme sports criminals. The film follows Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), and FBI agent who joins the group of athletes led by Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). Unfortunately for this film, The Fast and the Furious already remade and owned this premise sometime ago. It’s also probably why the trailer has that same kind of cheesy/yet not cheesy enough vibe.
Where the original had color and humor, we have a darker (read as: boring) color palette and not a single joke to be heard. At the very least, the stunts look neat. They’re all performed in camera (so very few cuts), so that could lead to a few visually entertaining pieces. We’ll have to see what comes out of this as the trailer kicker didn’t give me much hope.
Point Break opens in theaters Christmas Day.