25 years later, we have now been blessed with a 'Point Break' remake that is completely lacking in any of the visceral thrills or apparent charisma of the original and which could not be duller if it tried. To be fair, it was dumb but it certainly wasn't boring and director Kathryn Bigelow (who would go on to make such great films as ' Strange Days' and ' The Hurt Locker') handled the action sequences in such a visually arresting manner (especially in an extraordinary mid-film chase scene through a residential neighborhood that is still stunning to watch) that there were times when you could almost convince yourself to forget that the rest of the film was a preposterous mess. After all, the film in which callow FBI agent Johnny Utah ( Keanu Reeves) infiltrated a group of bank-robbing surfers led by the enigmatic and Zen-spouting Bodhi ( Patrick Swayze) in order to bring them down-was an aggressively stupid film back then and time has not exactly done it any favors.

Since making its debut in the summer of 1991, the action film 'Point Break' has developed a cult following that I continue to be at a loss at fully explaining.

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