![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() #PointBreak Remake Trailer Is Here & There Are No President Masks in Sight so Why Even Bother /cd7eCRf85T The movie is also lacking in a few elements from the beloved original, most notably the masks the bank robbers wore featuring faces of former US presidents. I’m starting a boycott for #PointBreak, who’s with me? No more remakes! More original ideas! #BoycottPointBreak /AuvOcjw1fR Others take issue with the fact the film didn’t need to be remade in the first place, or with Hollywood’s habit for remakes in general. That #PointBreak Trailer is so bad that 2 minutes after I downloaded it I uploaded it right back to the server. There are concerns the movie may go the way of recent RoboCop and Total Recall do-overs, which upped the CGI and action but lacked the ironic humour and heart of the originals. Some feel the remake has missed the point of the original, favouring action for action’s sake to create what is essentially a Fast and the Furious clone. Meanwhile, Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez is Bodhi, a role originally played by Patrick Swayze. It also features a handful of Aussie actors, including former Home and Away actor Luke Bracey in Reeves’ original role as Detective Johnny Utah. The trailer for the 2015 version, which reportedly cost around $100 million, dropped online this week and responses have been mixed.įirst of all, director Ericson Core and writer Kurt Wimmer have seemingly taken the movie away from its surfing roots and made it about extreme sports in general. Of course, the formula of attractive young surfers committing crimes was a little too tempting for new Hollywood to resist and, thus, we’ve been given a remake no one asked for. Rated R, produced by James Cameron and directed by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow, it was highly quotable, thrilling and unique. Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in the original. Secondly, it has stayed a classic thanks to its excellent action montages, which hold up even in today’s CGI-heavy landscape.įinally, it was a ridiculous genre mash up that, against all odds, was weird enough to work – thanks in part to the charisma of Patrick Swayze and the crazy of Gary Busey. ![]()
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