Visual masterpiece, breaks point of realism

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2016)

Again like other remakes of days gone by, they have to be more bigger, and livelier, and in some case, more unbelievable. This remake, made famous all those years, by the very cool 1992 original, I still enjoyed more, and seriously that was a better movie. But if you go into one, in 3D, too, PLEASE, get ready for a cool ride, with awesomely breathtaking stunts, one involving our foursome, partaking in a lengthy paragliding sequence which was just riveting. It's like watching 4 bats, or those futuristic jets in those latest science fiction-Terminator/Transformers flicks. What I also liked about this, was the change of story, highly original, where this two our posse of robbers are not stealing for themselves. There a couple of familiar moments of cool agent Utah (Bracey-Home And Away material) shooting a score of pointless gunshots off skyward, or the end too, (bigger, and more spectacular). For this one, you have to leave your brain at the door, and surrender to the escapism, much like the last Fast And Furious flick. Why was I disappointed though?-sorry to be a pain, but plot development was really needed here, where from watching the trailer, I was expecting much more, in terms of that. I loved Ray Winstone's performance, for what screen time he had, replacing that of Busey's from the first (I like this Pappas character better). The delicious Teresa Palmer was of course, Teresa Palmer, only appearing in a number of scenes here and there, one of course, having to be a sex scene, where she was totally wasted. This time, Utah, not having an a..hole of a boss, was played by Delroy Lindo, who did the role solid. This was a remake I did like, for a few different reasons. It's much different, refreshingly different, and it really succeeded here. Ramirez giving a different take on Bohdi, was one I liked, where I really wanted him to walk away, or surf away. Quite a bit of the stunts are just unfeasible, and it's explosive tragic start, you will learn from, or question why you would risk such a stunt, in the first place. This remake will teach you, not to do stupid s..t. The waves too, are bigger, much bigger, as everything else. The day party scene on the water with a sea of hotties and the male race, familiar to that of the first piranha. Though, this is such a fun ride, and I demand you do see it, for the experience, I will still opt for the original, any day.