Amazon.com video review:
An unbelievable movie, and deliriously better for it. Keanu Reeves is a
hotshot law enforcement dude--Johnny Utah by name--investigating a series of
bank robberies in L.A. Four gunmen, disguised in rubber masks of ex-U.S.
presidents, have never come close to being caught, but veteran agent Gary Busey
has a theory: The bandits are surfers. This prompts the superb line, "The ex-
presidents rip off banks to finance the endless summer!" This movie's full of
dialogue like that, but instead of sounding ridiculous it creates its own
infectious comic-book energy--ride the crest of it and you'll find the film's
giddy zone. Patrick Swayze plays Bodhi, zen-master leader of the surfing clan,
humming serenely with the wisdom of the waves. (Alarmingly, Swayze also did his
own skydiving stunts.) Director Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days) stages the
action sequences with a visceral snap, and clearly has a gift for orchestrating
pulp fiction. Though not a huge hit when was first released, Point Break
has a well-deserved cult reputation thanks to its video afterlife. The film's
executive producer is James Cameron, Bigelow's husband at the time. --Robert
Horton
