9% pure adrenaline........

Rating: 3/10 (1 April 2016)

Young FBI agent Johnny Utah, infiltrates a team of thrill-seeking athletes, led by charismatic Bodhi.
They are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in danger, Utah strives to prove they are the masterminds behind these crimes.........
In some random making of documentary, it is said that the film is replete with the most daring athleticism ever seen in a motion picture. Big-wave surfing, wing-suit flying, sheer- face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling, are all evident in the film.
That is true, but no matter how many stunts, deft-defying acts of lunacy, and good looking people feature in a 'film' it's doesn't make up for the sheer audacity of not only remaking one of the greatest action movies ever made, but to also have one of the most incoherent, boring scripts that Hollywood has churned out in quite a while.
It's clear that this was never going to be intended as a remake, but when the final script was presented, the studio must have known they had a dog on their hands,so I'm guessing they got Wimmer to change the names of some of the primary characters, rename the film from 'The Real BMX Bandits', to Point Break, and they had at least a chance of recuperating some of their money from the stupidly high budget.
And it flopped big time both here and in the States,which is a positive to the audience, because if this was a hit, imagine the Lethal Weapon remake Starring Tom Hardy and Samuel L Jackson, or the Die Hard remake, starring Armie Hammer.
Lindo and Winstone are clearly here for the pay check, and Bracey and Ramireź have absolutely zero chemistry on screen. And when that relationship between the two is the foundation to make the film actually work, the film is in serious trouble.
Swayze and Reeves had a relationship that had an air of mysticism about it, and during the second act, you knew that he knew that he wasn't who he said he was, and it just added to the tension of an already exhilarating action film.
Stick with the original, it's a timeless classic, that should have been left well alone.
This? It's enough to make you fire a gun in the air whilst screaming out loud......