Should you watch Point Break?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Point Break
Film · 1991
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
The sides of Point Break
- An FBI agent undercover among surfers
- Bank robbers in ex-president masks
- A jump from a plane without a parachute
Point Break is good for you if…
- you like foot chases, skydives and big waves in one film.
- you like a cop who starts to love the man he is hunting.
- you like a crew robbing banks in rubber masks of ex-presidents.
Point Break is bad for you if…
- you can't stand shootouts and bloody robberies.
- you need an FBI agent who behaves like a real one.
About: loyalty · freedom · thrill seeking
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