Point Break (Bigelow, 1991): Prince Charles Cinema, 8.45pm
This great Kathryn Bigelow action film is getting a 4K re-release (and there are a number of screenings including at the Prince Charles Cinema) but this opening night presentation is from a 35mm print. How hard has it been in recent years to screen Kathryn Bigelow’s surf classic? You can find out here via this article detailing Sophie Brown's quest.
Time Out review:
Undercover
FBI agent Keanu Reeves strips for action and gets into some serious
male bonding when he infiltrates the Californian surfing fraternity
in search of a gang of bank robbers who call themselves the
Ex-Presidents. During the course of the investigation, however,
Reeves is seduced by 'spiritual' surfer Patrick Swayze's cosmic talk
about one-ness with the sea, and becomes addicted to the adrenalin
rush of life on the edge. Despite this theme of Faustian redemption,
the distinction between good and evil is far from black and white,
Swayze's reckless craving for danger filling an elemental void in
Reeves' hollow soul. There are times when the dialogue is a shade
comic, others when the brilliantly staged action set pieces become
almost abstract. Plausibility, though, has never been director
Kathryn Bigelow's strong suit, and there's precious little to be found here.
Even so, there's enough high-octane, heart-racing excitement for a
dozen movies.
Nigel
Floyd
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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