Point Break

Action, Crime, Adventure, Thriller, Drama

Patrick Swayze	Bodhi
Keanu Reeves	FBI Special Agent John 'Johnny' Utah
Gary Busey	FBI Agent Angelo Pappas
Lori Petty	Tyler Ann Endicott
John C. McGinley	FBI Agent Ben Harp
James LeGros	Roach
John Philbin	Nathanial
Bojesse Christopher	Grommet
Julian Reyes	Alvarez
Daniel Beer	Babbit

Director	Kathryn Bigelow
Producer	Peter Abrams
Writer	W. Peter Iliff; Rick King

An unbelievable movie, and deliriously better for it. Keanu Reeves is a hotshot law enforcement dude--Johnny Utah by name--investigating a series of bank robberies in L.A. Four gunmen, disguised in rubber masks of ex-U.S. presidents, have never come close to being caught, but veteran agent Gary Busey has a theory: The bandits are surfers. This prompts the superb line, "The ex-presidents rip off banks to finance the endless summer!" This movie's full of dialogue like that, but instead of sounding ridiculous it creates its own infectious comic-book energy--ride the crest of it and you'll find the film's giddy zone. Patrick Swayze plays Bodhi, zen-master leader of the surfing clan, humming serenely with the wisdom of the waves. (Alarmingly, Swayze also did his own skydiving stunts.) Director Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days) stages the action sequences with a visceral snap, and clearly has a gift for orchestrating pulp fiction. Though not a huge hit when was first released, Point Break has a well-deserved cult reputation thanks to its video afterlife. The film's executive producer is James Cameron, Bigelow's husband at the time. --Robert Horton