Point break
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Point break |
| Original title | Point break |
| Country of production |
United States , Germany , China |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ericson Core |
| script | Kurt Wimmer |
| production | Kurt Wimmer, John Baldecchi , Broderick Johnson , Andrew A. Kosove , Christopher Taylor, David Valdes |
| music | Junkie XL |
| camera | Ericson Core |
| cut |
John Duffy , Gerald B. Greenberg , Thom Noble |
| occupation | |
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Point Break is a US - German action film that premiered in Beijing on December 1, 2015 . Directed by Ericson Core , the script was written by Kurt Wimmer . It is a remake of the original Hazardous Surf from 1991. It was released in US cinemas on December 25, 2015, and the German release was on January 21, 2016.
action
Johnny Utah is an extreme athlete and YouTube star. When his friend and partner Jeff falls to his death on a mountain ridge while performing a daring maneuver with motorcycles, Utah blames itself for it and leaves the industry. Seven years later he made up his law degree and is training to be an FBI agent. At the same time, a diamond robbery is being carried out on the 100th floor of a skyscraper in Mumbai , in which the criminals drive motorbikes through the windows of the skyscraper, land with parachutes and escape. They are giving away the diamonds worth 100 million US dollars to the poor in the slums. Shortly afterwards, a US transport plane was attacked in the airspace over Mexico , with the criminals jumping off with banknotes worth several million US dollars, scattering the money in the wind and then disappearing into a large cave .
Utah investigates and comes to the conclusion that both crimes were carried out by the same people and that a third is also their account: a month ago a logging plant in the Congo was burned down, with the perpetrators fleeing over the rapids of the Livingstone Falls, which are considered impassable are. A few days before the Mumbai attack, they were photographed base jumping from Mount Everest . Therefore, Utah is convinced that the gang is eager to survive the legendary Osaki 8 in the scene . These are eight ultimate trials that environmental activist Ono Osaki has used to challenge extreme sports enthusiasts around the world to harness the forces of nature to honor the forces of nature and achieve enlightenment. The gang has now completed three of the tests, and Utah predicts they will try the fourth on a rare ocean wave phenomenon off the coast of France . Hall, his boss, leaves the case to him, and the experienced agent Pappas supports him from now on.
When Utah nearly drowns in the dangerous surf ride, he is rescued by Bodhi, the leader of the wanted gang. After an acceptance ritual, a fist fight with Bodhi in a remote Paris train station, he becomes part of Bodhi's team. These are Roach, Chowder, and Grommet, as well as samsara that he falls in love with. They travel to the Alps for the fifth test, with the four of them climbing a mountain and speeding down into the valley on a daring course in their wingsuits . Utah is slowly gaining the trust of others. The next day, they climb a snow-capped peak for the sixth test, which is to ski down a steep wall on snowboards . Utah drives ahead and the others follow him. However, the Chowder slips and has a fatal accident. Utah is beginning to have doubts about the philosophy of life of his new friends, who see death only as an important step in the transition to nirvana . In the evening he gets closer to samsara. When he reports to Pappas the next day, Pappas accuses him of being on the wrong track and having fun at the FBI's expense.
In Italy they drive to a mine where Bodhi wants to make his sacrifice to nature. He explains that they want to give back to the earth some of the things that have been torn from it. Therefore he wants to use explosives to trigger a landslide over a column of trucks loaded with valuable gold ore. Utah reveals himself as an FBI agent and tries to prevent Bodhi from being blown up. However, he triggers the detonation and flees downhill on a motorcycle, pursued by Utah. He can catch Bodhi, but then lets him slip away because he cannot bring himself to shoot him. Before that, Bodhi reveals that he had already seen through Utah in Paris, but had hoped to get him to his side. The FBI then freezes Bodhi's sponsor's assets, whereupon the gang rob a remote bank in the mountains to raise funds. Utah and the Carabinieri intercept the group, and Roach is killed in the crossfire. When the other gangsters flee, Utah hunts down and shoots the supposed Bodhi, who, however, turns out to be samsara when the helmet is removed.
Utah can convince Hall that Bodhi will take the seventh test at the highest waterfall in Venezuela : the mountain must be climbed without aids . With Pappas' help he arrives shortly after Bodhi and Grommet at the foot of the mountain and pursues them up the wall. Grommet loses his strength and lets himself fall into the depths. Utah catches up with Bodhi at the summit, but he jumps down from the waterfall and passes the eighth test. Utah falls behind and survives, but Bodhi's body is never found. Utah is then admitted to the FBI.
17 months later, Utah found him in the Pacific , as Bodhi had to abandon the fourth exam because of Utah's rescue and now wants to repeat it. Utah finally lets him surf the giant wave as they both know he won't be back. From the helicopter, Utah watches as Bodhi is engulfed in the wave.
The Osaki 8
Osaki's exams include eight impracticable extreme stunts on different continents:
- Rising power (Emerging Force) : Conquer the rapids of Livingstone Falls in Africa
- Birth of Heaven (Birth of Sky) : base jumping from Mount Everest in Asia
- Awakening Earth (Awakening Earth) : parachute jump in the Cave of Swallows in Mexico
- Aquatic Life (Life of Water) : surfing on a giant wave off the coast of France
- Life in the wind (Life of wind) : Wingsuit -Flight in the Swiss Alps
- Life in the ice (Life of Ice) : Depart on snowboards from a mountaintop in the Alps
- Lord of the six life (Master of Six Lives) : free-climbing on the mountain the Salto Angel Waterfall in Venezuela
- The last vote of confidence (Act of Ultimate Trust) : Fall into the depths at the Salto Ángel waterfall
production
Point Break is a German-American co-production. Studio Babelsberg (Studio Babelsberg AG), based in the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam , is both a co-producer and an executive production company (Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures). The film was shot in studios on the studio premises and also at original locations in Berlin, including the local velodrome , the parking deck of the Olympic Stadium and motifs in the Wannsee district . Further motifs were prepared by the Babelsberg film crew in Austria . In addition, the film was shot outside on four continents, including locations in Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, Venezuela, French Polynesia and India.
Filming began on June 26, 2014 in Berlin and ended in November 2014.
Udo Kramer is responsible for the buildings , who also studied scenography at the University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" in Babelsberg and was involved in numerous elaborate productions such as Measuring the World in 2014 for his Production design for the bestseller adaptation and UFA production Der Medicus was nominated for the German Film Prize.
Well-known extreme athletes such as surfers , wingsuit flyers, snowboarders , motocross drivers and free climbers were in front of the camera for the action scenes . It is the third directorial work by the cameraman Ericson Core.
The film was shot digitally (Arri Alexa XT, Red Epic Dragon) in 2D; the 3D conversion was made by Stereo D in Burbank.
The film premiered in Beijing on December 1, 2015 , more than three weeks before it was released in the United States . Never before has a non-Asian film of this size been shown in China so long before its official US theatrical release.
In Germany, Point Break started in cinemas nationwide on January 21, 2016.
occupation
Former Australian series star Luke Bracey embodies the protagonist Johnny Utah. The Venezuelan actor Édgar Ramírez , who played a killer targeted at Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum , took over the role of leader Bodhi. The German actor Clemens Schick and Tobias Santelmann , who was also born in Germany, can be seen in the film as members of the criminal athlete group. Nikolai Kinski plays Pascal Al Fariq.
Édgar Ramírez (2012)
Luke Bracey (2012)
Teresa Palmer (2012)
Ray Winstone (2014)
Clemens Schick (2008)
Nikolai Kinski (2011)
reception
Reviews
“Anyone who knows the action thriller 'Point Break - Dangerous Surf' can skip the free remake by director and cameraman Ericson Core. The exciting and fast-paced drama about surfing, trust and betrayal with Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze has turned into a breathless trip for extreme sports enthusiasts who flatten the Alps and other mountain ranges for their passion. "
“Alas, the new Point Break doesn't indulge in fan-service so much as nostalgia strip-mining, thoughtlessly gobbling up iconic scenes from Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 original and regurgitating them into a fetid slurry of soullessly re-contextualized soundbites and empty callbacks. ”
"Unfortunately, the new Point Break spoils less with fan service than with nostalgic open-cast mining. The film thoughtlessly devours cult scenes from Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 original and vomits them as stinking manure, soulless catchphrases put in new context and empty return campaigns."
Gross profit
The film's worldwide revenues are currently around $ 134 million. In Germany, the film had around 100,000 moviegoers (as of August 7, 2016).
Awards
The song Still Breathing from the soundtrack to the film was one of the 74 songs shortlisted for the nominations in the category Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 2016 were included. The film was nominated in the Choice Movie: Drama category at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards .
Web links
- Point Break in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Point Break - The official website www.pointbreak-film.de
- Start of shooting of the action thriller Point Break . In: StudioBabelsberg.com. Press release Studio Babelsberg AG, accessed on January 27, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Point Break . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for Point Break . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Dave McNary: Point Break Reboot moved to Christmas . In: Variety . February 3, 2015, accessed May 13, 2015.
- ↑ Point Break - The official website www.pointbreak-film.de, accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ a b Ricarda Nowak: Outside set for film studios is vital . In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung , January 4, 2016, accessed March 16, 2016.
- ^ Ricarda Nowak: Cool backdrops from Babelsberg . In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung , January 19, 2014, accessed January 27, 2016.
- ^ A b Ricarda Nowak: Surfer cult film is being remade in Babelsberg . In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung , June 24, 2014, accessed January 27, 2016.
- ↑ Start of shooting of the action thriller "Point Break" . Press release from Studio Babelsberg AG, June 26, 2014, accessed on January 27, 2016.
- ↑ Point Break . In: Moviepilot , accessed on August 14, 2015.
- ↑ Patrick Brzeski: China's 'Point Break' World Premiere Marks Shifting Release Patterns. In: The Hollywood Reporter . December 1, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Dangerous Surf: Remake Without Reeves. ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: heute.at . June 17, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015.
- ↑ Hans Gerhold: Always follow the line . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . 22nd January 2016.
- ↑ Ben Coleman: The New Point Break Ruins Christmas ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: The Portland Mercury . December 25, 2015.
- ^ Point Break In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Top 100 Germany 2016. In: insidekino.com . Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Tambay A. Obenson: These 74 Songs Will Compete for 2015 Oscar Nominations - Including Music from 'Chi-Raq', 'Creed', 'Dope' & Others In: indiewire.com , December 14, 2015. (English)
- Jump up ↑ Allison Crist and Kimberly Nordyke: Teen Choice Awards: Winners List. In: The Hollywood Reporter . July 31, 2016.
