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Point Break (Pure Adrenaline Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. Mcginley
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 4938
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2237232
UPC: 024543372325
EAN: 0024543372325
ASIN: B000GUJZ4G
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1991
Release Date: October 3, 2006
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Product Description
Young FBI agent Johnny Utah (Reeves) goes undercover at the suggestion of his partner (Gary Busey) to learn if a group of wild surfers is actually a gang of bank robbers. He soon comes under the dangerous spell of the surfers' charismatic leader Bodhi (Swyaze) a mystical mastermind who'll do absolutely anything for a thrill - and expects his followers to do the same.System Requirements:Running Time: 120 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 024543372325 Manufacturer No: 2237232
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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
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 mmm June 21, 2008
Barb (Roma - Italia)
just wonder about what happened to the original extra featurettes of this movie - that I saw in an italian version of the DVD I didn't like because the english audio version had useles italian subtitles on it. The movie is still the movie I enjoyed when I first saw it years ago!
 Critics don't always get it right May 12, 2008
M. Lockhart (New York, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the best action/adventure movies ever filmed! It's a *lot* more believable than say, Iron Man, Spider Man, Super Man, etc., or anything featuring "Bond, James Bond."
Why did they give it a rough time when it first came out? It was directed by a "woman, very talented woman," and people were not about to let the sacred domain of the Summer Blockbuster Movie be shared with a woman! She had been romantically linked with James Cameron, so critics, of course, archly hinted that he did it for her, etc.
I recommended it to friends at the time, and told them it was so vivid, that in the surfer scenes you'll need a towel! They didn't go see it. Months later, when it was out on cable, they came up to me and said, "I have this great movie to recommend - you've got to see it!" I explained that it was the same movie I'd tried to bodily drag them to. They were shocked - "But this was a *good* movie!" Yes. That's what happens when you let your life be decided by critics.
It's got much more heart, and a much better story, than most summer blockbusters you'll ever see (or a lot of other movies, either). Not to be missed! Great all-around cast, pulse-pounding action, memorable lines, and -- remember your towel.
A cop's dilema March 6, 2008
culinary book vixen (Omaha, NE)
Whoa - where can you get several good-looking men, a beach front, and a
true discovery of your heart in one movie. This one teaches where the
heart lies, with right, wrong, or yourself, and the agony of having to
choose, and know the difference.
like woah dude, totally radical! February 21, 2008
B. Andre (maine)
this is a comic book of an action movie, however, seeing point break as a teenager, it doesnt seem to be the case. you really think that people have fire breathers at parties, that cops can go undercover for special work-related surf lessons, that keanu reeves is cool, and so on...as an adult who knows better this is just totally illogical, i mean, radical fun.
the performances are actually really well done. patrick swayze seemed to especially lose himself in the roll and from what i've heard is or was an actuall adrenaline junkie at that time any way. he really does come off as some sort of surf guru by day/criminal at night type jeckyl and hyde character. gary busey is always way out there and is a fun sidekick for the dumb-as-rocks keanu to play off of. on that note, i never liked reeves acting. even in parenthood where he was supposed to play a bumbling retard, i was still disgusted by his lack of creativity toward such a stereotypical character. in point break he is supposed to be ice cool as SECRET AGENT JOHNNY UTAH! who has a monumental epiphony when he goes on a "stealth mission", or to us land-dwellers, night surfing that is. this special moment is realized when lori petty's character caresses his face and claims he looks like he's...well, it's such an enlightening moment i dont want to spoil anything. in reality it looks like he just got hit over the head with a surf board. which seems to be the case, stealth mission or unstealth mission.
the action moves along nicely. the movie never takes itself too seriously, even when minor characters drop like flies (you pretty much forget busey gets blasted with a shotgun to the back) the film never cuts to a crying in the rain type scene set to lonely piano keys. the bank robberies are fast and fun. the beach house parties are wild. the free fall scene is very well done and believable all the way through (you dont even question wether or not you can have a conversation while plummeting to the earth at a couple hundred miles mph).
mike nelson of mst3k and rifftrax shares my dislike for mr. reeves and if you do as well i highly suggest downloading the comedy commentary from rifftrax.com to properly enjoy this classic action flick!
as last note, keep an ear out for the dialogue. there's some real gems.
Hello! From Argentina! :) January 23, 2008
Miamiadrian (San Juan, Argentina)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hello! I Purchased This Item Even That I Bought the First Edition of this
DVD Many Years Ago, But, I Could Make a Gift With the Old Version Because
This is a Good Movie that Unfortunality Was Never Released Here in my
Country, So, The Transfer is Excellent and the Only Thing that Always i
Ask and I Don't Understand Why, Is that the Extras Have No Subt. So, Even
I Speak and Talk in English, My English, As U Can See, is Very Poor, So,
That's I Put a Minus Star in Rating this Item, But, Buy it Anyway! :)
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