This movie has a strange combination: surfing and bank robberies. However, I think they work pretty well with each other.
This is a movie that shows both sides of the law, much like Heat. So this is really Heat with surfing.
Patrick Swayze steals the show here as Bodhi, the leader of a surfing gang who lives for adrenaline. You really can connect to how he feels about life, surfing, and how they connect. Keanu Reeves plays Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah, an FBI agent who goes undercover as a surfer in order to find a group of bank robbers who surf in their free time. Gary Busey plays the comical likable Pappas, Utah's partner who is with him 100% through this mess. Lori Petty was (IMO) unattractive and annoying as Tyler, Utah's love interest.
The music score was what really set the mood in scenes during this movie. There were also a lot of great shots of waves and surfing.
Plot-wise, this was actually a good summer blockbuster.
8/10.
This is a movie that shows both sides of the law, much like Heat. So this is really Heat with surfing.
Patrick Swayze steals the show here as Bodhi, the leader of a surfing gang who lives for adrenaline. You really can connect to how he feels about life, surfing, and how they connect. Keanu Reeves plays Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah, an FBI agent who goes undercover as a surfer in order to find a group of bank robbers who surf in their free time. Gary Busey plays the comical likable Pappas, Utah's partner who is with him 100% through this mess. Lori Petty was (IMO) unattractive and annoying as Tyler, Utah's love interest.
The music score was what really set the mood in scenes during this movie. There were also a lot of great shots of waves and surfing.
Plot-wise, this was actually a good summer blockbuster.
8/10.