Surfing has been around for a long time. I remember growing up the girl gidget always had a surf board and that was like 60's or something. I grew up in late 80's but back then they showed all the reruns from gidget, batman and giligans island.
But when this movie hit the movies waves, not everybody was familiar with the west coast and surfing. Especially where I grew up at, the midwest. Movies like this Point of no Return and Airbourne made the west coast seem like it was the place to be. Waves hitting, ocean. Parties all the time, no sleep just pure fun like 20 years olds where suppose to have.
This is no exception. In this movie you get Anthony keidis (sp) the leader singer of the red hot chilli peppers. You also have a lot of actors in this. The person who is actually the fbi lead so speak is a very good actor himself. Which is why he can say corny lines and it sounds OK.
I must admit, I am a fan of Patrick Swayze. A lot of people now remember him from dirty dancing. Cause that seems to be popular in this generation with females. But honestly I liked him more in this movie. He was hard core, in shape, long hair and unpredictable. Which I liked.
Now off to keanu reevers. Who I must say besides john wick i really hate this mans acting. I showed this to my roommate and she loved it. She likes reeves. I can't stand him. He just comes off as an actor who doesn't try to say his lines right and just sounds awful. No passion behind his lines. Almost like anyone can play his part.
This movie I remember was good but I forgot how funny it was. Even the people who left bad reviews admit, it is funny. The part where the guy is talking about surviving the last wave and saying "you can't just paddle back to sure if you decide you want to back out" is funny. Many things are funny. Right down to the mask they wear.
The female they had was attractive but she wasn't out of place attractive. Too many of these women they put in these surfer skydiving movies simply look like they don't belong. She looked like someone you would see on the beach.
But I will say they lost 2 points for the plot. Gary Busey helped sell them the plot. He even does good. He is just a good actor, very motivated. Season veteran. But the girl falling in love with him and him coming to save her. Plus the whole knee thing is pretty old. I must admit the plot was nothing that original. A bunch of people are doing some bad things and they love their extreme sport. One of the first to have this plot but seriously not the last. Great actors made this movie great, not the plot. If the plot was great you would have wanted to hop on a surfboard yourself. I didn't get that feeling from this movie.
If you want to watch a funny, great flick with some action in it. Foot chases, and one liners look no further. If you are looking for drama great acting and actors really leading on to each other like in classics, keep looking. I gave this an 8 because I'm rating it compared to other action movies. I actually should have gave it a 7 but seriously it has a woman fighting naked in the shower. That deserves a point by itself!!!
But when this movie hit the movies waves, not everybody was familiar with the west coast and surfing. Especially where I grew up at, the midwest. Movies like this Point of no Return and Airbourne made the west coast seem like it was the place to be. Waves hitting, ocean. Parties all the time, no sleep just pure fun like 20 years olds where suppose to have.
This is no exception. In this movie you get Anthony keidis (sp) the leader singer of the red hot chilli peppers. You also have a lot of actors in this. The person who is actually the fbi lead so speak is a very good actor himself. Which is why he can say corny lines and it sounds OK.
I must admit, I am a fan of Patrick Swayze. A lot of people now remember him from dirty dancing. Cause that seems to be popular in this generation with females. But honestly I liked him more in this movie. He was hard core, in shape, long hair and unpredictable. Which I liked.
Now off to keanu reevers. Who I must say besides john wick i really hate this mans acting. I showed this to my roommate and she loved it. She likes reeves. I can't stand him. He just comes off as an actor who doesn't try to say his lines right and just sounds awful. No passion behind his lines. Almost like anyone can play his part.
This movie I remember was good but I forgot how funny it was. Even the people who left bad reviews admit, it is funny. The part where the guy is talking about surviving the last wave and saying "you can't just paddle back to sure if you decide you want to back out" is funny. Many things are funny. Right down to the mask they wear.
The female they had was attractive but she wasn't out of place attractive. Too many of these women they put in these surfer skydiving movies simply look like they don't belong. She looked like someone you would see on the beach.
But I will say they lost 2 points for the plot. Gary Busey helped sell them the plot. He even does good. He is just a good actor, very motivated. Season veteran. But the girl falling in love with him and him coming to save her. Plus the whole knee thing is pretty old. I must admit the plot was nothing that original. A bunch of people are doing some bad things and they love their extreme sport. One of the first to have this plot but seriously not the last. Great actors made this movie great, not the plot. If the plot was great you would have wanted to hop on a surfboard yourself. I didn't get that feeling from this movie.
If you want to watch a funny, great flick with some action in it. Foot chases, and one liners look no further. If you are looking for drama great acting and actors really leading on to each other like in classics, keep looking. I gave this an 8 because I'm rating it compared to other action movies. I actually should have gave it a 7 but seriously it has a woman fighting naked in the shower. That deserves a point by itself!!!