Coming out on Blu-ray this July, “Point Break” was not a huge success when it was first released but its popularity has been increasing ever since. Today, it is considered a cult film, which appeals to a lot of people because of the idea of lifestyle and freedom that we all would like to enjoy.

“Point Break” tells the story of the cop John Utah (Keanu Reaves) hunting a bunch of bank robbers camouflaged with masks of the former U.S. presidents. His investigations lead to a group of surfers and extreme sports worshipers, and the cop becomes fascinated by the lifestyle philosophies and adrenaline rushes of the gang around the charismatic leader Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). Their close friendship changes to a hard-fought rivalry at the end when cop and gangsters face point blank.

Kathryn Bigelow (Director) uses American surf beach settings for this unusual and very stylish action thriller with great stunts like parachuting scenes, bank robberies, a car chase, police raids, martial arts, breath-taking chases and brilliantly photographed surf sequences. Watch out for the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a gang of brutal surf Nazis beating up Keanu Reeves and being captured by him during a hard-fought police raid.

But “Point Break” is even more than that - it also shows the lifestyle of the nineties in many ways. Bodhi and his gang are a group of New Age-like grunge guys reaching out for the most extreme adrenaline experiences. They stand for the new style of extreme/fun sport worshipers, ravers and new spiritualists of the post-yuppie era in the nineties who don’t care about wealth and status symbols but for fun, action, breaking the limits and finding the sum of all senses. “Point Break” is not only a well-done example of modern action entertainment without computer-generated special effects but also a very philosophical and spiritual study of society in the nineties.

We do not have many details on the technical specs of this Blu-ray besides these:

Video Resolution/Codec

• 1080p/MPEG-4 AVC

Aspect Ratio(s)

• 2.35:1

Audio Formats

• English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• English Dolby Digital 4.0 Surround
• French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

Subtitles/Captions

• English SDH
• French Subtitles
• Spanish Subtitles

Extras

• 4 Featurettes
• 8 Deleted Scenes
• Still Gallery

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