He fabricates a personal family tragedy to persuade orphaned surfer and restaurant waitress Tyler Ann Endicott to teach him to surf, after she saves him from drowning during his first attempt at surfing. Pursuing Pappas's theory that the criminals are surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Rather than robbing the vault, they only demand the cash the tellers have in their drawers, and are gone within ninety seconds. Following the film's success, it spawned a remake that was released in 2015.įormer Ohio State quarterback and rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah assists experienced agent Angelo Pappas in investigating a string of bank robberies by the "Ex-Presidents": a gang of robbers who wear rubber masks of Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. During its theatrical run, the film grossed over $83.5 million, and has since gained a cult following. Point Break opened to a generally positive critical reception and critics praised the relationship between Reeves and Swayze.
It was shot across the western coast of the continental United States and was officially budgeted at $24 million, before being released for traditional viewing on July 12, 1991. Bigelow soon developed the script with husband James Cameron, and filming took place four years later. The film features Reeves as an undercover FBI agent who is tasked with investigating the identities of a group of bank robbers while he develops a complex relationship with the group's leader (Swayze).ĭevelopment of Point Break began in 1986, when Iliff wrote an initial treatment for the film.
The film's title refers to the surfing term " point break", where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. Point Break is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W.
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