There's an hour and 54 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

[Not A Nice Person]

Well.

Given Hollywood's ongoing penchant for ill-advised remakes of timeless classics (throws shade at Ghostbusters) it is entirely possible that they will eventually make a more absurdly crappy one than Point Break, but . . . oh, they're really going to have to WORK at it to suck as badly.

One seldom sees such jaw-dropping locations and stunts in the service of that big a festival of crap. And the "actors!" They may not have actually HAD manbuns and ear gauges, but I'm telling you---manbuns and ear gauges were definitely IMPLIED. Subliminal manbuns, that's what I'm saying. Ditto with the "love interest," who had literally the ONLY female speaking part in the entire sausage fest. She didn't *actually* have unshaven armpits braided into dreads, but she totally had the VIBE of unshaven armpit dreads.

All it lacked was a Mountain Dew product placement.

~Boar

 

[MadMonk]

Take some solace in the fact that your commentary spared many BOTLs and SOTLs pain and suffering.

 

[Brickhouse]

Original Point Break is fantastic. Utah, get me two.

 

[Scap]

Maybe they'll do a sequel to XXX and use Ice Cube instead of Vin Diesel...

 

[zeemanb]

I love some Point Break and Road House, but the finest film of the genre was when a young Brian Bosworth starred in Stone Cold and played opposite Lance Henriksen. Stallone in Cobra and the Charles Bronson film "10 To Midnight" get honorable mention.

 

[Brickhouse]

I love some Point Break and Road House, but the finest film of the genre was when a young Brian Bosworth starred in Stone Cold and played opposite Lance Henriksen. Stallone in Cobra and the Charles Bronson film "10 To Midnight" get honorable mention.

Agree on all accounts.

 

[khari]

Marion Cobretti's car was badass, though.

 

[BlindedByScience]

Dunno, for extreme bad ass, the Michael Mann movie "Heat" is still one of my all time faves. What a cast...and the bank job....wow. Boondock Saints for a chuckle with a dash of the old ultra violence is another fave.

 

[Brickhouse]

Dunno, for extreme bad ass, the Michael Mann movie "Heat" is still one of my all time faves. What a cast...and the bank job....wow. Boondock Saints for a chuckle with a dash of the old ultra violence is another fave.

Again, agree on all accounts. How about some "Snatch"? Some bad ass characters in that movie.

 

[Not A Nice Person]

Again, agree on all accounts. How about some "Snatch"? Some bad ass characters in that movie.

I love ALL of Guy Richey's films, but that one's probably his best. Like Scorcese, Luc Besson, the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson, and the Wachowskis, he's on my "will watch anything they do" list.

~Boar

 

[Scap]

Dunno, for extreme bad ass, the Michael Mann movie "Heat" is still one of my all time faves. What a cast...and the bank job....wow. Boondock Saints for a chuckle with a dash of the old ultra violence is another fave.

The bank scene on a surround sound system gives me goose bumps. The firearms sound like they are supposed to, the echoes are realistic, and the team tactics are amazing. Even if the rest of the movie was shit, that scene would still make it worth the watch.

 

[MichaelD]

Add Ridley Scott to that list for me. When he's good, they are classics. Although a sequel to Blade Runner has me nervous.

 

[MichaelD]

The bank scene on a surround sound system gives me goose bumps. The firearms sound like they are supposed to, the echoes are realistic, and the team tactics are amazing. Even if the rest of the movie was shit, that scene would still make it worth the watch.

I use that scene to demo my home theater. FANTASTIC audio.

 

[Not A Nice Person]

Add Ridley Scott to that list for me. When he's good, they are classics. Although a sequel to Blade Runner has me nervous.

I'm interested to see what he does with his return to the Alien franchise, but in general, yeah. When he's good, we get Alien or Blade Runner or The Martian. When he's not . . .

~Boar

 

[zeemanb]

I can't believe I forgot to mention my favorite Swayze classic "Next of Kin".....Hillbilly Liam Neeson and Bill Paxton? How can you beat that?

 

[Scap]

Swayze classics begin and end with Red Dawn.
WOLVERINES!!!!!

 

[MadMonk]

I can't believe I forgot to mention my favorite Swayze classic "Next of Kin".....Hillbilly Liam Neeson and Bill Paxton? How can you beat that?

I saw that when it first hit the big screen. First time I noticed, and was very impressed with, Liam Neeson. To me, he was the "star" in that flick. Always enjoy his performances.

 

[zeemanb]

I saw that when it first hit the big screen. First time I noticed, and was very impressed with, Liam Neeson. To me, he was the "star" in that flick. Always enjoy his performances.

Totally, I went back and watched one of his first movies "Darkman", and it was amazing to watch his immense talent in such a bad role in such a bad movie....he took it totally seriously, it's crazy to watch now.

 

[Scap]

Liam is a damn good actor. Just wish he'd keep his opinions to himself.

 

[MadMonk]

"Heat"

Hell of a shootout in that one. Top 5 for my tastes.