I always assumed The Fast And The Furious was a ripoff of Point Break (which turns 25 years old today) , and wrote as much in my 15-year retrospective on The Fast And The Furious . The beats are all the same. Undercover lawman gets sucked into a world of extreme criminals, falls for a girl (and the charismatic Zen gang leader), has to choose between them, and ends up letting the bad guy ride/surf off into the sunset, so changed is he by the XXXtreme lifestyle.
Is 'The Fast And The Furious' A Knowing Homage To 'Point Break' Or A Ripoff?
Film Drunk - 12 Jul 2016 22:01
I always assumed The Fast And The Furious was a ripoff of Point Break (which turns 25 years old today) , and wrote as much in my 15-year retrospective on The Fast And The Furious . The beats are all the same. Undercover lawman gets sucked into a world of extreme criminals, falls for a girl (and the charismatic Zen gang leader), has to choose between them, and ends up letting the bad guy ride/surf off into the sunset, so changed is he by the XXXtreme lifestyle.
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