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Plot summary

Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), is an FBI agent and former Ohio State quarterback who, with his partner Pappas (Gary Busey), is investigating a string of bank robberies. Suspecting a connection between the bank robbers, known as the Ex-Presidents because they use masks of former US presidents, and local surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Knowing little of the lifestyle, Utah convinces surfer Tyler (Lori Petty) to mentor him. F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ... This article is about Ohio State; there is also an Ohio University. ... Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... William Gary Busey (born 29 June 1944) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... Look up Undercover in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American movie actress. ...

In the process, Utah develops a complex relationship with Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), the charismatic leader of a gang of surfers who accept Utah into their midst. While Utah goes undercover in the hope of finding the bank robbers, he finds himself increasingly attracted to their adrenaline-charged lifestyle.

The Bodhi/Utah dynamic gets more complicated as Utah begins to zero in on Bodhi as the likely ringleader of the Ex-Presidents. Utah learns that Bodhi and his gang rob banks in order to fund their lifestyle, and as a form of rebellion against a social system that they believe "kills the human spirit". This creates an internal struggle for Utah, as his fondness for Bodhi and the lifestyle he epitomizes conflicts with his duty and responsibility as an FBI agent.

By the end of the film, Utah is so absorbed by this lifestyle that he refuses to arrest Bodhi and instead lets him seek his own death surfing the giant waves of Bells Beach, Australia. Bells Beach Bells Beach ( ) is an internationally famous surf beach in Victoria, Australia, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. ...

Cast

• Patrick Swayze as Bodhi
• Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah
• Gary Busey as Pappas
• Lori Petty as Tyler
• John C. McGinley as Ben Harp
• James LeGros as Roach
• John Philbin as Nathanial
• Bojesse Christopher as Grommet
• Lee Tergesen as Rosie
• Tom Sizemore as Deets

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Reception

Upon release it was a considerable success in 1991, with competition from Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. With a budget of $24 million, it grossed $45 million in the USA, and $105 million worldwide. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was a 1991 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. ...

Kathryn Bigelow's work positively altered perceptions of female directors in the action film genre, and the film's success helped establish Keanu Reeves as a future action star, from Point Break to Speed to The Matrix. ARSE FACE!(born 27 November 1951) is an American film director. ... Speed is a 1994 American action film directed by Jan de Bont set in Los Angeles. ... This article is about the 1999 film. ...

At the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, Point Break was nominated for 3 awards including Most Desirable Male (Keanu Reeves), Most Desirable Male (Patrick Swayze), and Best Action Sequence for the second jump from the plane, when Utah jumps out of a plane to catch Bohdi and rescue Tyler. Utah catches up with Bodhi and holds a gun to his head. However, Bodhi refuses to pull the rip cord and Utah must decide between dropping his gun (so he can hold on and pull the rip cord) or letting the two fall to the ground. The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ...

The movie has even inspired a piece of cult theater, Point Break Live!, which features a new, unrehearsed "Keanu" picked at random from the viewing audience, and reading all of his (or her) lines from cue-cards for the duration of the show. Point Break Live! is an adaptation of the 1991 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme sports movie Point Break. ...

The movie was listed in the book "The Movies of the 90's".

Point Break was listed in the VH1 show I Love the 90s on the episode 1991. Many celebrities, including Dominic Monaghan, Maroon 5, Mo Rocca, Michael Ian Black, Hal Sparks & Jackass's Chris Pontius, commented about the movie and why it deserved to be included in the episode. As Hal Sparks says "We never saw Bodhi die... I smell a sequel, Point Break 2 – Paddling Out". The use of the term "Paddling Out" drew suspicions that a possible sequel could involve Bodhi "Paddling Out" to New Zealand (as reinforced by his quote in the film). VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently... I Love the 90s is a television mini-series originally produced by the BBC, and later for American audiences by VH1, in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ... Second episode of VH1 nostalgia series I Love The 90s. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Maroon 5 is a soul-influenced American band originating from Los Angeles, California. ... Mo Rocca (born Maurice Alberto Rocca on January 28, 1969 in Washington, DC) is an American writer, comedian, and political satirist. ... Michael Ian Black (born Michael Schwartz on August 12, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and comedy writer. ... Hal Sparks (born Hal Harry Magee Sparks III, September 25, 1971[1] in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an actor, one-time game show host and comedian best known for his role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk. ... Chris Pontius (born Christopher Andrew Pontius on July 16, 1974 in Pasadena, California) is an American entertainer and daredevil. ...

Michael J. Nelson, who regularly mocked the acting abilities of Reeves and Swayze on Mystery Science Theater 3000, has produced a Rifftrax audio commentary for Point Break. Michael J. Nelson. ... Mystery Science Theater 3000 (often abbreviated MST3K) is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. ... RiffTrax main page, March 1, 2007. ...

The scene in which Utah jumps after Bodhi without a parachute was ranked seventh in Empire magazine's Top 10 Crazy Action Sequences. Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Emap Consumer Media since July 1989. ...

Inspiration from Point Break

• In the French film Brice de Nice certain scenes are part spoof of and part homage to Point Break. The film portrays the experiences of Brice, a young man from Nice. Although Brice claims to be a great surfer and owns a board, he does not know how to surf (for there are no waves in the Mediterranean Sea). Brice shows fanatical worship for the movie, which is possibly the sole inspiration for his surfer persona. He is shown watching Point Break several times during the film, and knows every line by heart. Brice also gets inspired from Point Break in order to rob a bank with the help of a Jacques Chirac mask. The climax of his adoration occurs when, late in the movie, upon losing consciousness after a bad spill (and finally realizing that he can't surf), he is visited by an apparition of Bodhi himself, telling him not to give up.

• The action/comedy British film Hot Fuzz has PC Danny Butterman showing his new partner, Sergeant Nicholas Angel a double bill of the films Point Break & Bad Boys II. Butterman, amazed to have a big city cop in a small village, is asking Angel questions about being a police officer in the city, he asks the question "Have you ever fired your gun in the air and gone 'Aaaarrrggghhh'?" similar to how Johnny reacts in Point Break. Later in the film, when faced with shooting his father, Butterman shoots into the air wildly whilst screaming. During the Hot Fuzztival held at the Prince Charles's Cinema in Leicester Square London on the June 10, 2007, Point Break is one of 4 films selected by the director of Hot Fuzz for viewing by an audience of cinema lovers with introduction by Nick Frost who plays Butterman along with director Edgar Wright.

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The Ex-Presidents

Point Break characters as the Ex-Presidents: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Lyndon B. Johnson.

Point Break's Ex-Presidents were parodied in the 2005 film Domino with a group of thieves dressed as and known as The First Ladies. A reference to the film was also made in the Family Guy episode "Ready Willing and Disabled" where a man in a Jimmy Carter mask steals a jar of money and Joe and Lois try to figure out which Keanu Reeves movie it was where the crooks wore President masks before Joe goes after him. Image File history File links Expresidents. ... Image File history File links Expresidents. ... Nixon redirects here. ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... Reagan redirects here. ... LBJ redirects here. ... Domino is a 2005 action thriller film currently in post-production, starring Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey, a former model who abandoned her career at the Ford Agency to become a bounty hunter. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ...

In the French film Brice de Nice, the surfer protagonist lives his life by the film, and tries to rob a bank with a mask of the French President, Jacques Chirac.

In the 2005 film Fun with Dick and Jane, the title characters commit a robbery wearing masks of former President and First Lady Bill and Hillary Clinton. Note that at the time Point Break was released, Bill Clinton had yet to be elected President of the United States which came a year later. Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 comedy film, and remake of the 1977 film of the same name. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ...

The Asian film Fulltime Killer also references Point Break when one of the main characters wears a Clinton Mask in a video store. The girl comments on it and the movie Point Break (in which the movie poster is in the background) and wonders who is under the mask. Later in the movie he assassinates someone wearing the mask. Fulltime Killer is a 2001 movie directed by Johnny To and Ka-Fai Wai . ...

In the Italian movie Tre uomini e una gamba, the three lead roles, played by comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, try at some point to steal a wooden leg wearing masks of the Italian ex-presidents Sandro Pertini, Francesco Cossiga and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. Alessandro (Sandro) Pertini (September 25, 1896 - February 24, 1990) was an Italian politician and arguably the most popular President of Italy ever, along with Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. ... Francesco Cossiga (born July 26, 1928) is an Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic. ... Baron Oscar Luigi Scàlfaro [skalfaro] (born in Novara, September 9, 1918) is an Italian politician and magistrate, member of the Christian Democracy, President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999 and senator for life. ...

In the animated comedy Code Monkeys, the characters Dave and Jerry try to rob a bank wearing masks of Alexander Haig and Henry Kissinger, respectivley. For the phrase on which this programs title is based, see code monkey. ... For other persons named Alexander Haig, see Alexander Haig (disambiguation). ... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ...

Special Edition DVD

On October 3, 2006 a special edition of Point Break became available on Region 1 DVD. Fox Home Entertainment has given it the name, Point Break: Pure Adrenaline Edition. is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the present name of a company established in 1968 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as CBS/Fox Video and Fox Video. ...

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External links

• Point Break at the Internet Movie Database
• Point Break at Rotten Tomatoes