Very little going for it

Rating: 4/10 (12 December 2016)

I once told someone that I hadn't seen the original 'Point Break' film, and they acted with utter shock and disbelief that a film-buff like myself would not have seen that film. It appears that the original has quite a passionate fan-base. I decided to skip the original and just go straight to the remake. It would appear that may have been a bad idea. This was a pretty dreadful effort at making a film. The problems were abundant. The acting is bad, the story is bland and completely lacking in creativity, and the dialogue is poor and often feels like it has been written by a teenager (at best). It also spends too much time simply trying to look impressive, with long drawn out "action" sequences of people surfing or free-diving. The only problem with these sequences is that nothing of any importance is actually happening during them. We might as well be watching clips of random people doing the same things on Youtube. I get the strong impression that this film is very far from the quality of the original, because there's no way the original could have achieved a cult following if it was as bad as this film.
I actually really wanted to like 'Point Break'. It started out alright in the first ten minutes or so, while the story was being set up, and I thought to myself wouldn't it be a nice surprise if the critics were completely off base with this one and it turns out to be a diamond in the rough. Sadly, it wasn't to be. Soon after, the whole thing fell apart and never recovered. It's a shame too, because it sounds like a lot of effort went into making the film. It took nearly a year and they traveled all over the world in an extensive shoot. If you're going to go to that kind of effort, you're going to want a script that justifies it. That wasn't the case here.