Point Break (1991)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama, Sports & Recreation, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Action Thriller |
Release Date - Jul 12, 1991 (USA) |
Run Time - 121 min. |
Countries - Germany, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Linda Rasmussen
Kathryn Bigelow's fourth action film follows FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) as he goes undercover to infiltrate a cache of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks. Utah, a former football player, is assigned to Los Angeles. There, four bank robbers, who wear rubber masks and call themselves "Ex-Presidents," have executed a series of successful robberies which embarrassingly have the FBI stumped. Utah, and his partner Pappas (Gary Busey) suspect that the robbers are surfers and hatch a plan for catching them.
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danger, law-enforcement, surfing, agent [representative], bad-guy, bank, beach, cat-and-mouse, FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), friendship, good-guy, infiltration, investigation, police, robbery, self-discovery, skydiving, sports, subculture, undercover