XoWizIama
Excellent adaptation.
Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
soranamicooper
Brilliant young cop gets teamed up with brilliant but burnt out cynical old cop. Just the first in a series of cliches that make up this film. I wanted to switch off just a few minutes in but saw it through out of respect for the director, who went on to turn out Hurt Locker and Zero Dark 30, both excellent films. You would absolutely never guess this was also one of hers, though. The action scenes are generally tight - and if action were my thing I'd probably rate it more highly - but the depth of character, tension and drama that characterise the other two films of hers I've seen, not to mention the quality of acting, are in relatively short supply. Sure, it predates the others by 20 odd years, but if this was KB cutting her teeth, she's come a long way since.
ahussynec
To put it simply, this is the best movie ever made. Reeves and Swayze in their prime? Say no more. It has it all. Acting, story, action. This is the pinnacle of action movies. Honorable mention to #2 movie ever, Terminator 2. Why they remade this masterpiece will forever be a mystery. Swayze Forever!
movieseed
I went into this with an open mind and I'm a big fan of Keanuu but this was a huge disappointment. His "acting" in this is soooooo bad. He looks like he is lost and unable to really make up for poor dialogue or weak scenes. Patrick is the only saving grace in this film. I don't see what all the hype about this film was. It seriously felt corny and dated all over. Not exciting and nothing we haven't seen a million times before. Just skip this and see SPEED instead! At least that was action packed!
elmejorlira
This movie is an action heist film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. It stars Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in the roles of Johnny Utah and Bodhi respectively. The film's story is about a series of bank robberies committed by Bodhi's crew around the country, and Utah is tasked with bringing him in.Keanu Reeves is great for the character he was given, clearly elevating the material and making Utah more than your typical boy scout. But it is Swayze's Bodhi who steals the show as he has a more shady and ambiguous character to play with, and he clearly knows this because he chews the scenery in every scene that he is in. The set pieces in the film are astounding and awe-inducing. The action in the film is very well shot and the R rating is used well, so the screen doesn't fill up with gratuitous splatters of blood.The 2015 remake compared to this seems rushed,because in that movie they just want to get the next action scene as quickly as possible, and they don't let the film take a break from all the action.With a solid plot and likable characters I give this film 8 out of 10 stars stars.
