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8th December 2015
08:04am GMT

Title: Point Break
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Irish release date: January 31, 1992
Worldwide box office: €83,531,958
Irish certificate rating: 18
Tag Line: '27 banks in three years - anything to catch the perfect wave!'
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Plot's it all about?
Although Ridley Scott was first choice, Point Break was directed by the renowned Kathryn Bigelow. Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) is the fresh-faced FBI agent tasked with taking down a group of surfers, led by the cosmic Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), who finance their lifestyle by conducting shrewd and calculating bank robberies across America’s west coast.
However, it is the intriguing relationship between Utah and Bodhi, two young men who have chosen polar opposite paths in life, that is the truly engaging factor in this frantic story.
With the controversial remake set to hit screens globally this month, here are some interesting points about the two lead actors that may or may not be known by fans of the original Point Break.
Executives were reluctant because of his lack of experience in the action genre.
In fact, amazingly, it was only after Willem Dafoe, Val Kilmer, Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen and Ferris Bueller himself, Matthew Broderick passed on the opportunity, that Reeves got his shot.
We're forever grateful they went with Keanu because we couldn't picture anybody else doing the role justice.
He totally immersed himself in the villain, later revealing in an interview that he shared the same free spirit philosophy in life as Bodhi (not counting the bank robberies and murders, of course).
Such was his dedication and passion for the role that there were no stunt doubles used for the famous skydiving scenes, as Swayze was an avid and high quality skydiver.
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Nobody puts Swayze in a corner!
Incidentally, a lot of the casting for Point Break went beyond the method. For instance, a couple of members of the ‘ex presidents” crime gang were accomplished surfers away from shooting, including Bojesse Christopher and John Philbin.
At the beginning of Point Break, we discover that Utah turned to the law enforcement profession after a potential career in the NFL was ruined by a nasty knee injury.
Again, Mr Reeves can relate.
Acting was not an initial priority for the John Wick lead as, in his youth, he was a supremely gifted ice hockey player who was tipped to turn professional, only for a serious, yes, knee injury to derail that primary ambition.
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His intense research led him to follow the FBI’s day-to-day operations – an exercise in which he was completely devoted to throughout the production.
Now, that's dedication. All that work was worth it because it led to this; possibly the greatest ever final scene in motion picture history.
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The actor’s performance was made all the more remarkable considering he was just beginning to recover from a near-fatal motorbike accident in real life.
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Anthony Kiedis also enjoyed a significant cameo in the movie as an abominable surfer.
Reportedly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman was difficult to direct at times, with his focus being the main issue.
Nevertheless, Kiedis' showing is memorable alone for the fact that his character, Tone, accidentally shoots himself in the foot.
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Reeves actually spent quite a bit of that year working with members of the ‘Chilis, as he starred alongside bassist Flea in the aforementioned My Own Private Idaho.
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