So much hate just for being a remake

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2016)

Guys, this is a good movie. Obviously, it's not as good as the original, but that was pretty clear from the beginning. I didn't expect much from this movie and one afternoon I was really in the mood for going to cinema and decided to give this movie a chance. At least it looked good for cinema so I thought I couldn't go wrong with it because I'll at least have fun. And I was very pleasantly surprised!
The original movie is awesome and one of my favorites and good thing about this one is that it tried to be something different so it's not just same thing again. While the original is just surfing and skydiving, this one is focused on extreme sports much more and if you are going to see it for surfing you won't see much of that because it's only in two scenes (but still very good scenes). The movie is very well shot and action scenes are eye candy. Actors are not as good as Patrick Sawyze and Keanu Reeves but they are pretty good.
People are criticizing this movie way too much just because it's a remake but there are still flaws. There is almost no character development at all. Maybe just a little with two main characters, but the rest are so forgettable they might have as well put dummies instead of actors. And also a few plot holes, but if people forgive all those ridiculous moments to the Fast & Furious franchise, I'll do the same with this, and also, this is in my opinion a better movie than Furious 7.
This movie is not boring at all and it's full of well done action sequences and it's absolutely worth watching. I will not even call it a guilty pleasure, because I'll always defend this movie when someone starts complaining about it. If you don't mind remakes, you'll probably like this. And if you don't like remakes, then just don't watch this, simple!