Weird Facts About Point Break

Johnny Utah kept his real name while undercover in the surfing community. However, this operation had other flaws. He joined two stakeouts with FBI colleagues, which seemed logical for the investigation. But this created a duty conflict given his undercover status. What if someone recognized him and escaped, then spread rumors about him?

His cover blows. Johnny chases Bodhi on foot after a robbery, and Bodhi recognizes him. Shouldn't undercover agents keep their cover intact until they catch the criminals? Ideally, they shouldn't.Johnny shoots his gun into the air and yells, "Aaaargh!"

Bodhi, disguised as Reagan, outruns Johnny Utah because of a knee injury. Bodhi clearly recognized Johnny, unlike Bodhi, who was not masked. Bodhi then told his crew, and they planned to handle their old friend/current FBI agent. Step one: Take him skydiving.

They show up at Johnny's door unannounced. They demand he jump with them, then they jump from a packed plane using parachutes. Johnny agrees! Does he do this because he somehow...does not realize his cover is blown? Or does his bond with Bodhi let him take the risk? All of this defies sense.Johnny does not know his cover is blown? Or is his friendship with Bodhi so strong he risks it? This makes no sense.

After saving Tyler and letting Bodhi escape, the film moves forward months. Johnny arrives in Australia, knowing Bodhi would face the massive waves of the legendary 50-Year Storm he always mentioned. Johnny was right. Bodhi was on the beach, ready for the dangerous surf.

Johnny claims he tracked Bodhi through Mexico to Fiji, Sumatra, and Australia. This story is cool. But why did the FBI send Johnny, who implicated himself in Ex-Presidents' crimes, to get his partner killed and fail to stop Bodhi the first time? They spent over a year chasing him across the world to redeem himself. Would the FBI fire Johnny after the mess he made in LA? If they wanted Bodhi that much, they would send someone who hadn't lost the guy already.

Why did Johnny bother tracking Bodhi? He could have saved the FBI money and gone straight to Australia for the storm, since he always expected to find Bodhi there. The rest of the search wasted time. Johnny still lets Bodhi escape, betting on the waves to kill him, then throws his badge into the surf, quitting his job.

Johnny Utah does not arrest Bodhi after all that work. His goal became saving face at work or watching his bro-crush die. Johnny Utah truly was the "blue flame special," even if we still do not know what that means.

Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) does not seem to grasp how undercover work functions. You usually pick a new identity when going undercover. Johnny does not! When asked to join the surfer community, he begins learning to surf. This is a good first move. Unfortunately, he almost drowns right away. A surfer named Tyler (Lori Petty) saves him from the waves.

Johnny tracks her down and introduces himself using his real name. His instincts about using Tyler were correct. She is the perfect person to teach him to surf and introduce him to the surfers. He probably should have chosen an alias first. He invented a fake story about his parents dying and a fake career as a lawyer. He did not create a fake name to match. Why would bank-robbing surfers trust a lawyer? He should have thought about that more.

Johnny ignores the fact his cover blew during the foot chase without a mask. Still, he agrees to jump from an airplane with his criminal friends. Bodhi's action is more bizarre. Bodhi asks a known FBI agent to jump from a plane. Bodhi also plans a final robbery. Bodhi knows the police are tracking him.

Bodhi and his crew decide on one more job for cash before leaving for good. They rope Johnny into the plan by kidnapping Tyler. Why not assume the authorities would watch the group closely then? Why take the time to go skydiving? Is it a team-building exercise?

They should have escaped the moment the FBI started tracking them. Since they caught Johnny in bed, he was not working late trying to find them. They could have easily gotten away. But no, surfers must skydive.

The FBI arrests Johnny for seeming to take part in the final Ex-Presidents robbery. Still, he rides alone with his partner away from the crime scene. This works out because Pappas drives Johnny straight to the airport where Bodhi and his crew board a plane to Mexico!

After a shootout kills most people, including Pappas, Bodhi and Johnny board the plane with an injured Roach. The plan was for the Ex-Presidents to jump out and meet Rosie, who held Tyler. The plane had plenty of parachutes for the crew. Bodhi and Roach jumped with parachutes, leaving Johnny behind without one. Johnny jumped out without a parachute and caught onto Bodhi.

The sequence looked cool. The midair fight over who pulls the cord is a good part. Still, why did they not have enough parachutes for all the Ex-Presidents? Did Johnny really look that hard?

Johnny Utah uses his real name undercover. That is a bad idea. But that choice helps him bond with Bodhi and his crew during beach football. Johnny is not just any guy; he is a former college football star! Bodhi knows him from playing. They talk about why he quit. A bad knee injury ended his career early. That injury returns at the worst time.

If you are semi-famous, why go undercover? You risk recognition from your target. A background check might expose your past.

Johnny blows his cover by chasing the Ronald Reagan Robber (Bodhi) on foot. The chase itself is exhilarating and tense. The filming style helped. They used gyro-stabilized cameras on poles actors could carry while running. Some fences or unlocked doors might appear, but then the dog shows up.

Bodhi picks up a large angry pitbull and throws it at Johnny. Johnny kicks the dog back. It's nothing. Luckily, no animals were hurt during filming.

Johnny's football past is surprising. Look closely at the beach football match. At least one player (Rosie) wears leather chaps and a leather vest. Many other surfers seem tough. Are they bikers? Is that common for surfers? Can you carry a surfboard on a motorcycle?

Are leather pants right for a sandy beach football game? The word "chaffing" comes to mind.

If this happened once, you could ignore it. But two other times occurred during Point Break.Point BreakA character plays with fire badly. At the beach, Bodhi takes Johnny night surfing and leaves a friend to start a fire. The guy grabs lighter fluid. He stabs it everywhere instead of using the squirt top to douse the wood.

That is poor fire safety. It is minor compared to a worse example. Later, trying to escape a robbery, the Ex-Presidents go to a gas station. They torch their car and steal a new one. Bodhi, dressed as Reagan, grabs a gas pump and turns it into a flamethrower by igniting it directly. This is a bad idea. Flames should travel back to ignite the fuel, blowing the place up and killing everyone. That happens. You see the smoke after they leave.

Everyone is lucky to live. Gas pumps should not be used as flamethrowers, even if they look cool. They do look cool.

Would you give Gary Busey a badge? Perhaps the better question is: would you let Gary Busey into your pool? However, to be fair,Point BreakPoint Break is not the only film that lets a man act as a law enforcement officer.

When we meet Agent Pappas (Busey), he takes an FBI-mandated swimming test. This test requires retrieving two bricks from the bottom of a pool while blindfolded. This seems pointless. Pappas does not like it. He also talks trash about his new rookie partner, Johnny Utah, who stands right in front of him. The blindfold is a shame.

If that test is part of FBI agent training and testing, doesn't it make you wonder what their jobs really involve?What their jobs really entail?What their jobs really entail?

Patrick Swayze's character is Bodhi. Tyler (Lori Petty) explains Bodhi is short for Bodhisattva. "Bodhi" means "awakening." In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is an enlightened, compassionate person who skips nirvana to save others. They focus on everyone around them, not themselves.

That is not the strange part. What is weird is that while Bodhi the character has a philosophy and enlightenment, he does act.He does not fit the bodhisattva mold.He causes much death and destruction seeking freedom and thrills. He is selfish in the end. He still helps Johnny become a bit more enlightened, or at least lighter.

We are not saying every close male friendship has secret sexual undertones (get it? SURFING!). The homoeroticism shown in Point Break is just that.The homoeroticism in Point Break seems open. Bodhi and Johnny fight twice while soaking wet in the ocean. The first fight was a football tackle, not a full brawl. Still, the game did not need to become a wet t-shirt contest.The movie seems a little blatant. Bodhi and Johnny fight twice while soaking wet in the ocean. The first fight was a football tackle, not a full brawl, but the game did not need to become a wet t-shirt contest.

Johnny jumps out of the plane without a parachute, leaving him clinging to Bodhi in the air. Lingering looks show how they both try to spend time together, even after realizing they are rivals. Bodhi tells Johnny, "I know you want me so bad it's like acid in your mouth." Seriously.

An argument can be made thatPoint BreakPoint Break tells the story of two attractive men. Their search for the next rush might have just been an excuse to spend time together. That works. It was hot.

Grommet, Roach, Bunker, Warchild, Tone, Psycho-Stick, Passion for Slashin. Bodhi is not the only surfer with a strange name inPoint Break.

Parents do not need blame. It is hard to believe these names came from birth certificates. Why do surfers need strange nicknames? How does someone get called "Psycho-Stick"? There are likely many funny stories behind those surfer names... we never know them.

Anthony Kiedis, frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, plays Tone. Tone is a member of the suspect surfer gang Johnny Utah thinks are the Ex-Presidents. The gang tries to beat him up. They are criminals, dealing drugs. Utah's raid ruins a DEA agent's undercover operation (played by Tom Sizemore).

Kiedis gets out of the FBI raid alive, maybe because of his star power or his braids. He only getsshot in thefoot.

The bank robbers, the Ex-Presidents, are a big, memorable part of the film. They dress like former U.S. Presidents. They use big rubber masks of Reagan, Nixon, Johnson, and Carter to hide their faces. Wearing full suits to match the masks seems extreme. Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) wears a tuxedo with his Reagan mask!

While wearing disguises, they often impersonate the presidents. This masks their voices during a heist. But do they keep the act when they are alone in the getaway car? That shows commitment to a character.