A.C.’s Review: This movie is apparently a remake of a Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze movie
of the same name but never having seen the original I can’t speak to the
complaints that it is a pale imitation.
The basic set up is a group of daredevil extreme athletes are committing
Robin Hood type crimes around the world. Robbing from the rich and giving to
the poor in an attempt to achieve a spiritual quest.
A former extreme athlete with a haunted past due to him getting his
friend killed in a stunt is now an FBI agent and goes under cover with the
rogue group in an attempt to bring them down. The crux of the movie is
the agent begins to identify with this group as he is somewhat cut from the
same cloth. Will he be able to overcome his sympathies and due is job or will
he fall into the same life of crime the group is enmeshed in.
On the positive side the movie had incredible stunts. The real ones were
quite impressive but the ones with CGI less so because..well its CGI and not
real. The around the world locations were interesting to look at.
On the negative side I didn’t really care about the characters at all so
I was basically just along for the ride until the movie ended. Plus realty went
out the window when two characters leaped off a waterfall that looked higher
than a 40 story building and lived.
Best Scene: Extreme snowboarding down a mountain in the alps.
A.C.’s Rating: DVD
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