Producers: John Baldechi, Broderick Johnson, Cristopher Taylor, David Valdes, Kurt Wimmer & Andrew A. Kosove
Director: Ericson Core
Star Cast: Luke Bracey, Edgar Ramirez, Judah Lewis, Teresa Palmer, Ray Winstone, Nikolai Kinski, Tobias Santlemann, Bojesse Christophe, Delroy Lindo et al
Genre: Action Thriller
Verdict: AVERAGE

The current release Pointbreak in 3D is the remake of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 film of the same name starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swazye. Cinematographer turned Director Ericson Core has made a good adventure thriller in Pointbreak. Yet the cinematographer Ericson Core overrides the director Ericson core.

Plot: An undercover cop makes his way into a scene of bank – robbing extreme – sports athletes. Johnny Utah ‘the Osaki 8’ is named after Ono Osaki, an eco – warrior who challenged the extreme sports world to a series of eight ordeals that honours the forces of nature. The challenge is to create a perfect line when completing the trials. Although Johnny Utah claims it is a path to enlightenment, Bodhi says that Ono Osaki was more interested in balance than enlightenment and he and the others in his group appear to want to use the teaching for liberating rather than material gain, even though it involves criminal activity.

Aces: The outstanding performances of Luke Bracey and Edgar Ramirez, the mind blowing action sequences and above all the brilliant cinematography of Ericson Core.

Minuses: Sadly enough this Pointbreak is no match or not even a patch on the original Pointbreak. Maybe director Ericson Core intended to create some kind of ultra mega action movie but ends up failing to live up to the audiences expectations.

Last Word: Pointbreak lacks the punch and it all ends up as a gimmick to showcase a Cola Commercial. Period!