Whatever

Rating: 5/10 (12 March 2016)

Point Break (2015) is not a reboot, prequel or sequel of the movie from 1991. The basic premise of this version was: let's take few clutch scenes an characters from the original (Utah, Bodhi, 'I'm an FBI agent', robbers in presidents masks, protagonist shooting at the sky and screaming, surfing, etc), let's build a slightly upgraded story around the original premise and fit it into today's market (so basically dumb it down and make it PG13). What we get in result is rushed plot revolving around the group of people with death wish trying to accomplish their questionable goals.
The plot is rushed and dumbed down beyond belief. Remember that slow build up in the first movie? Those conversations between Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey? This slow and methodic infiltration of the surfers community? Forget about that. New Utah is some stuntman that can easily achieve the most impossible task on this planet and he gets straight to the point in like first 10 minutes of the movie.
Acting? Let's be honest, the original wasn't that great. It was mediocre / not bad and sometimes flat out cheesy. In 2015 version we have similarly flat performances. Nothing memorable or horribly bad.
Action sequences feel like a commercial for all of that sport gear that our protagonists are using. Surfboards, motorbikes, wingsuits... And those sequences feel oddly out of place. It's like few minutes of boring conversations that have no meaning, heart or reason behind them and then 10 minutes of few guys flying downhill in their wingsuits. All that time you feel like 'cool, can we get to the point?' And I don't believe that this movie sends a good message in general. It's like a celebration of dangerous behaviour. Few stuntmen with death wish trying to complete an impossible and really weird task (spoilers - all of them die in the process, so good job).
Some people say that this movie would work just fine if it had different title. I have to disagree. You must have something to sell this kind of low impact, totally average action movie. Nostalgia is a good seller. And while it didn't completely disappoint, it wasn't good either. But at least it's watchable...
5/10