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Point Break

1991Movie2 h 2 minR1 award

Thriller
69
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IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.8/5Metacritic607.5Rotten Tomatoes68%79%
69
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.8/5Metacritic607.5Rotten Tomatoes68%79%

Summary

In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.

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  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

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  • You want something quiet and calm

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  • Gives you goosebumps.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Leaves you in awe.
  • Keeps you on edge.

Not for laughs or scares.

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Artistic License – Law Enforcementin 369 titlesJohnny and Pappas' boss ignores their very logical conclusions based on what little evidence they have (considering they have nowhere else to look, why not look there?)Hollywood SkydivingRare · in 48 titlesMythBusters found that you almost certainly can't hold a conversation while freefalling, but Utah could conceivably have caught up with a Bodhi by streamlining his body (though not necessarily at tha…All 118 tropes

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