Pointless Break

Rating: 5/10 (20 November 2016)

For a movie that is about thrills, stunts and exhilaration, it sure did lack in excitement or any type of suspense. Maybe its weak point was, the sheer fearlessness. Utah, Bodhi and Co. had such little fear that, you really couldn't sense any danger... There was damn near literally, zero danger.
The closest to suspense this movie got was when they were rock climbing... and that too wasn't all that, exciting. Even the way Grommet just accepted his fate... Was, so ordinary. These guys push fear and show it no respect, then you have Utah reacting when fear pushes back. Utah acts without fear, then gets riddled by guilt when consequences arise.
Teresa Palmer, though she is very, very pretty, then sometimes not - she's weird that way - was playing an incredibly flat character. Samsara was quite avoidable in this film, and only seemed like some kind of eye candy. Sure, many movies have that, but here, it felt too obvious.
This version is better than its original mainly, if not only based on technical aspects, such as cinematography and composition... Two aspects that have a lot to do with this time vs that time.
From there, the progression felt a little incoherent, the acting from Edgar and Luke felt a bit too much, then a bit little... Then a bit too lack luster. The 8 Ordeals approach was meant to make the movie much fresher than the '91 version, but failed dismally... How, I'm not even sure.
I'll give Point Break 5/10, only because it didn't inspire anything in me. It was what it was, and that is the end of that. I may be a little harsh, but... I've seen this movie once, and that feels about enough.