Tonight on TV: Unsuccessful remake that makes you want to see the original again

Tonight on TV: Unsuccessful remake that makes you want to see the original again

Every day AlloCiné recommends watching a movie on TV (again). Tonight: A remake of the 1991 cult film “Point Break” by Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.

In 1991, Point Break Extrême Limite, led by duo Patrick Swayze / Keanu Reeves and directed by Catherine Bigelow, grossed $ 80 million worldwide ($ 1.3 million in France) thanks to its highly successful video. . Abandoned time after the death of Patrick Swayze, the idea of ​​a sequel was finally revived in 2015.

After already working on a remake of Total Recall, screenwriter Kurt Wimmer is asked to write it. Point breakDirected by Ericsson Corey, former First Fast and Furious filmmaker and director of sports biographical film Invincible. In this modernized version, the characters, played by Edgar Ramirez and Luke Brace, engage in several extreme sports, such as surfing on giant waves, flying wings, downhill snowboarding, or even free climbing.

We can identify comedian James Legros in the skin of an FBI agent while he was playing a robber in the original film. But Keanu Reeves refused to appear at the box office. In addition to the negative reviews of which he is the object, Point break Only $ 28 million is revenue from the $ 105 million budget.

Point Break by Ericson Core with Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bray, Ray Winston …

From 10 years

Tonight on NRJ12 at 9:10 p.m.

Source: allocine

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