Showing posts with label Patrick Swayze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Swayze. Show all posts

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Review: Point Break


       Point Break is one of those ridiculous movies that gains notoriety and popularity because of how ridiculous it is. It's sort of like Top Gun if instead of being about hot shot fighter pilots, it's about a rookie cop trying to catch a group of bank robbers in Los Angeles. Also there's surfing. And skydiving. And pseudo-buddhist philosophy. The acting is just as over the top as the plot, and it's not just Gary Busey that I'm referring to. While this movie is certainly entertaining, it's hard to take it as seriously as it takes itself.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Review: Road House


       Was it intended as a parody? I have no idea, but I laughed more during this movie than during any of the so-called comedies I saw during the same week. Consider, for example, the movie's hero, a barroom bouncer named Dalton and played by Patrick Swayze. Here is a man known as the best bouncer in the business - and the business must pay well, since he owns a Mercedes convertible. But he is not simply your average tough guy. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from New York University and is capable of deep insights into his trade, such as, "In a fight, nobody wins."