Point Break
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayDec 25, 2015
In its philosophical and criminal investigations (largely imported from Kathryn Bigelow's original), the film moves in dozens of illogical directions, but not without achieving a patina of earnest credibility. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoDec 24, 2015
For all the adrenalizing positives in this reworked Point Break, inadvertent silliness remains Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerDec 27, 2015
Nowhere does Mr. Core’s film approach the action-movie chops or psychological smarts of Ms. Bigelow’s original or, truth be told, benefit from actors displaying the same charm as her stars. But for a number of liberating airborne seconds, none of that may matter. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 26, 2015
Unless you’re a fan of extreme sports photography, the 2015 Point Break lags behind its predecessor in most areas. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerDec 25, 2015
“Bodhi,” in Sanskrit, is short for “being of wisdom.” In Hawaii, “Keanu” means “cool mountain breeze.” And, in Hollywood, Point Break means never having to bother with a plausible plot. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterElizabeth KerrDec 3, 2015
Ericson Core’s Point Break strips the silly fun and relatively straight-ahead narrative from the original for a humorless, if photogenic spin on extreme crime. Read full review
40
EmpireJames WhiteFeb 1, 2016
A joyless and pointless remake. The new take on Bodhi and co. squanders a potentially enjoyable premise and rarely delivers, except on the occasional stunt. Read full review
40
Screen DailyJames MarshDec 3, 2015
Core’s incarnation of Point Break is about one thing, extreme sports, and it is no small relief that the film at least handles those sequences well. Read full review
40
VarietyMaggie LeeDec 3, 2015
The sense of living dangerously is somewhat lacking as Kurt Wimmer’s emotionally vacant screenplay fails to make audiences care enough about the characters to sweat over their physical exertions. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenJan 7, 2016
The fact that Bracey is the equivalent of a charisma black hole (at the movie’s center, there is no there there) and the further fact that the movie runs out of plot long before it runs out of stunts to showcase, make Point Break a remake that ought not to have been made. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiDec 27, 2015
The idea of remaking "Point Break" was not necessarily a bad idea, I suppose, but whatever charms that film might have had, they are utterly lost on the people behind this embarrassment. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 25, 2015
The casting does the film few favors. Ramirez is charismatic, but has none of Patrick Swayze’s mad twinkle. It’s a humorless film that makes you go “Wow” more than it involves you. Read full review
35
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeDec 28, 2015
The first “Point Break” was absurd and hyper-macho, but the director committed to the story enough to make it, at the very least, vibrantly watchable. This remake offers nothing but the absurdity, along with a handful of impressive stunt sequences that are both its reason for being and a complete distraction from what little story is happening here. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 2, 2016
The new Point Break drops the original’s Zen-like balance of macho mysticism and camp in favor of dour humorlessness. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 20, 2016
Uninterested in competing on the bromance front, or even on the action-thriller front, this new Point Break often plays like an extreme-sports documentary with bits of narrative interstitials to carry us along. Read full review
30
Village VoiceSam WeisbergDec 30, 2015
There are two rules that no version of Point Break should disobey: Don't skimp on surfing and never be boring. That’s two unpardonable strikes against new helmsman Ericson Core, who also photographed this stiff, humorless, tension-free remake in drab 3D. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 28, 2015
The newly released Point Break remake is tedious and overblown — as though the filmmakers were so preoccupied with "updating" the material that they forgot what made it so popular in the first place. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRuss FischerDec 30, 2015
This Point Break doesn’t ever connect with anything, even its own desire to celebrate the extreme. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 26, 2015
The makers were clearly paying attention to the smaller details. But somehow, they missed all the big things that made the first Point Break a memorable escapist film of its time. Read full review
25
Washington PostStephanie MerryDec 25, 2015
It takes a very special director to make scenes of sky-diving, free climbing, big-wave surfing and BASE jumping something to yawn at. Yet Ericson Core must be that kind of miracle worker, because Point Break, his update of the 1991 cult classic, is basically a cavalcade of extreme sports, but with less drama than a highlight reel. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJan 2, 2016
The original was indeed ludicrous, but it exuded warmth, vitality, and belief in itself. The 2.0 update splashes up on shore DOA. Read full review
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