Watch for the Stunts in Real Time or via CGI

Rating: 7/10 (12 April 2016)

Former Motocross rider John Utah (Luke Bracey) - now an FBI Agent - infiltrates a group of daredevils who perform heists with unbelievable success. Utah believes these extreme athletes are also performing the Ozaki 8: extreme feats to honor nature and some say that once completed the participants enter a state of Nirvana. You buy that?
Now, let's get real. The only reason to watch this movie is to watch the stunts whether in real time or CGI because they are truly unbelievable and there are many of them. All this may be movie magic, but WOW! Hope you are not afraid of heights as we see many beautiful scenes in extremely high mountains, and of course we see all this from the tops of these mountains. Hope you are not one to get dizzy.
What we see: Surfing with almost 80-foot waves, snowboarding down a mountain side, parachuting into a huge hole in the ground, outrunning a rock avalanche on a bike, flying down mountains in flying body suits, bike-riding on the edges of mountain-top ridges and a car chase on a very high and narrow mountain road.
The story of the FBI going after these criminals gets lost in the stunts as we are relegated to philosophical discussions about honoring Nature via the Ozaki 8. A lot of the movie is somewhat preachy regarding honoring Nature. There is a shoot-out later on at a bank because the funds were cut off from these athletes and they need money to continue their "heists."
The leader of these extreme athletes is Bodhi played by Edgar Ramirez and he does a credible job. He and his fellow daredevils are decked out in tattoos from head to toe as is Samsara (Teresa Palmer) the love interest for Utah and we can only hope those tats are washable. Yes, Utah also has a lot of tattoos as movies these days seem obsessed with them.
Ray Winstone does a very good job as Pappas, an FBI Agent, who is tasked with keeping an eye on Utah as he works his way into the daredevil group. Delroy Lindo as FBI Instructor Hall I s also very good.
You keep asking about a twist. Well, there is none, but the ending will have to suffice as it goes where you don't expect it to go. Or is it exactly right? Hmmmm (7/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.