"We took everything we loved about the original movie and made it bigger," says one of the team. "The original one was at the level of its time and now this is at the level of this time," says another. But whatever your position on those statements or the Point Break remake in general, here's a new featurette to at least convince you that the surfing sequences are going to be damn impressive: all the better for having been done for real and captured with every filming technique possible.
The remake evolved out of an earlier plan for a sequel, in which a new agent would have been on the trail of the not-dead Bodhi, last seen suicidally surfing the world's biggest wave. What we've ended up with is "set in the world of international extreme sports" and, again involves a Fed under cover in a criminal ring. The bad guys this time aren't limiting themselves to basic bank robberies, but trying truly audacious heists that somehow necessitate big wave riding, rock climbing, dirt bikes and flight suits to carry them out.
Luke Bracey takes over the Johnny Utah role once occupied by Keanu Reeves, while Edgar Ramirez slips on the wetsuit as Bodhi, formerly played by Patrick Swayze. Orchestrating the mayhem is Ericson Core: a cinematographer, with credits on The Fast And The Furious, Payback and Daredevil. As a director, he's helmed episodes of Family Law, and decent American football feature Invincible with Mark Wahlberg.
Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer and Delroy Lindo are among the rest of the cast, with director Core working from the screenplay by Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium). Point Break is currently in post-production having shot for four months last autumn in Austria, Switzerland, Mexico, Venezuela, Tahiti, Italy, Hawaii and the USA. It's out in the UK on January 8 next year.
