Point Break Gets A Sequel

Remember Point Break? You know, that weird 90s surfer buddy-cop movie with feathered hair, rubber president masks, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves? That movie was a big escapist hit at the time and has since become a camp classic. Well, these days that’s enough to warrant a sequel, which is exactly why the original screenwriter W. Peter Iliff has decided to write Point Break Indo. The new film will Asia-based follow-up that will see military special ops officer and star surfer Billy Dalton looking for modern pirates known as “The Bush Administration,” while also searching for the perfect wave.

Neither Keanu Reeves nor Patrick Swayze have stated their involvement, but given Swayze’s current health issues and Reeves slow fall from grace as a movie star, it is unlikely that they will appear. However ex-cinematographer and Speed/Twister director Jan De Bont will helm the project. If the movie retains the knowing humour of the original Point Break, it could be a fun night in the cinema, but this seems unlikely. Mocking the macho conventions of the action genre was clever while those movies were at the peak of their popularity, but now it seems irrelevant. In the wake of Hot Fuzz and The Pineapple Express, anything less than a full-on parody of the action genre won’t be considered clever, it will simply qualify as another campy action movie. And let’s not forget that the last time De Bont attempted a sequel, the result was Speed 2. The less said about that movie, the better.


Grand Theft Auto: The Movie, By Uwe Boll

Arrogant trash merchant Uwe Boll has made a career out of violent videogame adaptations (Alone In The Dark, Bloodrayne), so hearing that he has another one in the works is hardly a surprise. However, learning that he is an unfortunate surprise. That video game franchise is a massive success the likes of which the industry has never seen (Grand Theft Auto IV made $500 million in a week when it was released earlier this month). The game is a legitimate cultural phenomenon and a movie adaptation is inevitable. However, the movie should not be directed by a filmmaker who has no interest in plot, storytelling, acting, or filmmaking. It should be made by a talented auteur who can make a movie worthy of the franchise. Any director who pleads to direct the project by saying, “Grand Theft Auto would be super interesting for me, and I think I would actually be the right guy to do it, because my movies are all bloody and violent and I don't have a problem with action scenes,” does not deserve to be in charge of the project. Dear god, don’t let this happen. Uwe Boll should not be encouraged to continue his career.