Let’s watch Point Break tonight you quarterback punks.
Stuck trying to figure out what you’re watching tonight? Sick of scrolling through streaming services and somehow landing on Parks & Rec… again…? Well we’re here to take some of the strain out of your midweek funk by making an executive decision. Today we’re preaching the virtues of 1991 heist-drama Point Break, directed by Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow, and starring a pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves, a post-Ghost Swayze, Gary Busey and Lori Petty.
Grab yourself a meatball sandwich and check out five reasons why you oughta be watching the best/only film that successfully combines surfing and bank robbery below:
All of the life lessons.
Forget about the bible, forget about whatever your parents have taught you – everything you need to know about life you can learn from Bohdi (Swayze). I’ve selected some of his best lines of dialogue from the film here that would make perfect bumper stickers or life lessons or things you could say to impress a prospective employer:
“If you want the ultimate, you’ve got to be willing to pay the ultimate price.”
“Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation causes your worst fears to come true.”
“Little hand says it’s time to rock and roll.”
Anthony Kiedis…
Shortly before the release of Blood Sugar Sex Magic, the album that made them the biggest band in the world, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ frontman found himself in one of the greatest films of all time (yes, I’m talking ‘bout this one). Delivering a handful of lines, getting bashed, shooting himself in the foot was all in a few day’s work for Anthony Kiedis, who would be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 20 years later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CecITcE1i0c
The chase.
Petrol pump flamethrower, a flying dog, Keanu screaming at the sky while firing off rounds indiscriminately… what more could you want in a chase? Bigelow completely nails this whole sequence which is up there with Terminator 2: Judgement Day chase scenes in the LA River in the best action scenes ever conversation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7dPKXwag4
Squat!
John C. McGinley AKA FBI director Ben Harp AKA the guy from Scrubs delivers his dialogue in this film like an absolute beast. His “squat” monologue is so ridiculously over the top that all you can do is sit back and admire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh0KcpYeMVQ
Shoutout to Bells Beach.
Well, I’ve never witnessed a 50-year storm at Bells Beach, but if Bodhi says it’s a thing, you’d better believe it’s a thing. 1991 plus 50 years equals 2041. Stay tuned.
