But in the trailer, it’s made clear that this version of Bodhi is more reckless and indifferent to collateral damage - “Bodhi, do you have any idea how many people you’ve killed?” - and that makes it hard to connect with the character. Here, Edgar Ramirez appears to be the leader of a group of thrill-seeking Robin Hood types their penchant for “liberating” money and releasing it over impoverished lands is the kind of thing that is supposed to make us care about them.

Those traits plus Swayze’s natural charm combined to create an almost lovable rogue and someone that you could excuse Utah for being drawn to because you were drawn to him, as well.Ģ015 Version: This isn’t at all fair because few people can match Swayze’s magnetism, but it doesn’t seem like they’re trying very hard with the modern take on the character. Will the new version, whose trailer debuted yesterday, match up? It’s hard to say, but as unfair as it is to judge a film by its trailer, that’s exactly what I did in an effort to compare the characters from Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 film to the versions of those characters that we’ll see when Point Break debuts this Christmas.ġ991 Bodhi: Patrick Swayze played the leader of the “Ex-Presidents” with a mix of surfer ethos and spiritualism the waves spoke to him, the rush mattered a great deal, but it also seemed as though he was dedicated to a bloodless transaction when his gang pulled a robbery… that is until the very end. The original Point Break has persevered because of the characters (and the actors that played them). Bigger doesn’t always get the job done, though. And that’s what the Point Break remake will be… bigger in scope than the original, with more kick-ass stunts, a seemingly global story, and beautiful natural locales that beat the hell out of a beach in California. When dealing with a remake, it’s easy to ask why filmmakers don’t aim to be better than the original, but it’s also easy to understand that “better” is both subjective and hard to pull off.

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