Point Break

 (1991)


  • User Rating 47 votes
  • Critics Rating 30 critics
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User Reviews

A great feel-good movie.... but with a message.
Jun 24, 2008
chaymondo - yahoo.com
You could see this as an action-packed thriller, which uses the perceived coolness of surfing to sell itself to those who see themselves as hip and happening, so to speak, and those who want to be... it's also so much more... Full review
Point blank is a more fitting title.
Jun 15, 2008
landy2good - yahoo.com
Point Break, directed by the gifted Kathryn Bieglow(Near Dark, Strange Days.) Directs this very empty, silly thriller-action film which throws credibility and logic out the window-or in this case the plane! For some incredible silly moments. With a good cast, solid... Full review
Great Movie
Jun 15, 2008
bbplayer005 - yahoo.com
A movie worth buying and watching over and over! One of those memorial movies made in the 90's. Acting by Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves is one of the best!... Full review
My favorite action flick of the 90's
Jun 15, 2008
fairbanksone - yahoo.com
This is a cool action flick! I like the Brodie character. He is the counter culture anti hero, we would all like to be. If you've seen the movie "Fast & Furious..." it's a total rip-off of "Point Break." The characters... Full review
Pure Adrenaline
Jun 15, 2008
okiereviewer - yahoo.com
This is a good movie. It's about four adrenaline junkie surfers who rob banks to finance their fun. When they rob banks they wear rubber President's masks. Patrick Swayze plays their leader. Keanu Reeves and Gary Bussy play FBI agents trying... Full review
Good Acting *Kinda*
Jun 15, 2008
agent_elrond2000 - yahoo.com
Keanu's acting in this movie was better...than Jonny Mnemonic...*wrote reveiw for that movie too...*But lots of nudity...I don't want to see everything....... Full review
surfs up dude!!
Jun 15, 2008
king_of_the_kickboxers - yahoo.com
what the heck surfers who dress as the ex-presidents and rob banks to finance there endless summer.lol!!! what the heck.lol!!a teen movie. i repeat, a teen movie "not for adults". it sucks dude!!... Full review
a good 80's movie
May 19, 2008
goulette - yahoo.com
point break is a good 80's movie. the action is cool ( well the part where partic swazy junps out of the plne and keanue reeves gose after him was stupid ) over all i liked it .... Full review
Awesome
Mar 27, 2008
hartley006 - yahoo.com
This was a fairly good movie. The acting coulda been better and the direction a bit better as well, but overall this movie was bloody awesome!!... Full review
Delivers for genre fans without fail.
Mar 04, 2008
SergeantDudfoot - imdb.com
This was flipping great because I got what I expected, dumb unadulterated fun, jam packed with action and some tremendous sequences. When you lay out director Kathryn Bigelow's CV it doesn't add up to much, but there are so many... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Sep 18, 2009
associatedcontent.com
The problem with recommending best sports movies is this:....There are plenty of excellent, less traditional sports movies that can be enjoyed equally well by sports enthusiasts and non-sports fans.....people should be free to remember the great actor however they like.....Patrick Swayze had lost his valiant fight against pancreatic cancer, every stirring tribute was accompanied by scenes from Ghost or Dirty Dancing, or even Roadhouse.....But when I remember Patrick Swayze, I shall be picturing him in his f ... Full Review
| Sep 15, 2009
typepad.com
squeezed all the sensitivity from his talented director, Kathryn Bigelow.....off the film lurches into narrative gobbledegook, surfing....you can relive some of the film's joys on this page of fantastic quotes .....Somehow the obvious merits of Point Break were lost on The Times 's film reviewer.....The scene in Point Break where Keanu Reeves jumps out of the plane after Swayze without a parachute has to be an all-time screen great..... ... Full Review
| Jul 13, 2009
Film.com
it applies just as well to Point Break .....Reeves' performance in general is flat;....Those are the basic elements of a good action scene, yet many directors ignore them --....action" means you film jittery things moving quickly and cut to a new shot every half-second.....Much of the praise is being reserved, quite rightly, for the film's director.... ... Full Review
| Jul 13, 2009
seattlepi.com
it applies just as well to Point Break .....Reeves' performance in general is flat;....Those are the basic elements of a good action scene, yet many directors ignore them --....action" means you film jittery things moving quickly and cut to a new shot every half-second.....Much of the praise is being reserved, quite rightly, for the film's director.... ... Full Review
| Jan 27, 2009
Slant Magazine
Even the actors seem confused:.... ... Full Review

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