Unnecessary remake but enjoyable extreme sports action scenes

Rating: 6/10 (13 January 2016)

"Point Break" (2015 release from US/China; 113 min.) opens with a crazy sequence, where we see a couple of bike riders attempt an outrageous stunt, only for it to end in tragedy. We are then told "Seven Years Later", and our hero is now in the FBI Academy. Before we know it, he is off to infiltrate a group that is, well, I'm not going to tell you. At this point, we're 10 minutes into the movie, but to tell you more would spoil your viewing experience.
Couple of comments: first, while there is of course a plot that guides the movie (and the plot is only in spirit connected to the original Point Break), I have to say that the plot doesn't matter in the least. Why? Because let's face it, we are here to see what crazy stunts the film makers can pull off, while making us believe that they are real. And do they? Yes, they certainly do, although I can't tell to what extent the stunts are real or fake. For example, the free solo rock climb at Angel Falls in Venezuela: if that was real, that was pure insanity, period. Second, this movie is mostly by a no-name crew. The only names that jumps out to me include Kurt Wimmer, who wrote the script (and previously wrote the script for Salt and the remake of Total Recall), and Junkie XL, who composed the movie's score. Third, this is a US-Chinese co-production, as in: the Chinese (through DMG China) put up a lot of the money for this movie. When you watch the film, it was clear this was an expensive production (filming in India, Italy, Austria, Venezuela, Tahiti, Hawaii, Utah, and other places), so curiosity got the better of me and I looked up what this movie cost. I almost fell out of my chair when I read that the production budget was over $100 million (and that's not counting the marketing budget). Did anyone even ask for this remake?
I was on the fence about seeing this,but curiosity for the action scenes got the better of me so I went to see it during the New Year's holidays. The early evening screening where I saw this at in Fort Myers was attended okay but not great. If you are a sucker/addict for extreme sports, you may want to check this out. If not, there honestly is no reason whatsoever to see this movie.