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Studio executives summary / pitch
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Tight-young-tanned-flesh guaranteed throughout. |
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Short plot
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Keanu Reeves plays 25 year old FBI officer Johnny Utah who has to infiltrate surfer dudes. Head surfer dude is Bodhi, played by Patrick Swayze. The Old Presidents (yes they wear the masks AND do the voices) are a notorious bank robbing team, it is believed they are surfers so our hero learns to surf and mixes it all up. |
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What our
panel of critics thought |
"How did they do those skydiving scenes? You can't see the strings and I would presume the stars didn't do it for real... impressive.""Keanu's body is perfectly cast.""If you are disappointed by this movie you really only have yourself to blame.""I have rarely heard such shouting in a movie. A triumph of lung bustitude.""It gives you exactly what you might expect, plus a very exciting direction and film making. The chase scenes (through the houses) are really impressive.""The chase scenes have a Tom and Jerry quality about them - and it looks as if dear old Butch is also thrown at our hero in one house - a triumph!""The story is sort of formulaic but with a refreshing direction. The chase scenes are truly breath taking, camerawork very innovative." |
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Please
tell me the ending or whole plot if necessary
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| After a few fights, Johnny Utah's cover is blown and the bad guy's take his girlfriend hostage (she used to be Bohdi's girlfriend!) Utah takes part in a Bank raid to help free the girlfriend but has no mask... he kills a special agent during the raid... But of course this all proves the point that he's got the right guy's - they are doing the robbing for the thrill of it... surfer dudes unite! OK, like, yea, man! |
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Quotable quotes (real) |
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"I
want you at the side window by the hedge, that's strictly back up. I don't want
to burn your cover..." |
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What snack
should I eat/drink while watching this movie? |
Anything soft and cold with a tropical banana/coconut taste. Mmh! De-lish! |
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If I were
to watch this at home how best should I sit? |
| In one of the following in-picture featured surfer positions:
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Is there
enough licky love in this film? |
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There is a nice moment of 'waking up on the beach togetherness'... hey, cool dude... |
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Does this
film stand up to rigorous reality testing? |
| Its an actioner. Utah bravely shields himself with air in a couple of the shoot out scenes with the baddies taking cover behind their cars... The fight scenes too are a bit predictable - how do they manage to knock someone to the ground just using their little toe? I suppose we shall never be told. The movie has an it's a really-good-episode-of-BayWatch thing going on, but without the big breasted women running in slow motion into camera. |
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Would your
pets enjoy this movie? Would your duck like it? Other pets? |
| This is a definitive duck movie. If your duck has problems quacking then this movie is the one to cure it. Unfortunately, if your duck quacks all the time it may start quacking uncontrollably during the more intense sky diving and surfer scenes. Dogs and cats will sleep throughout. Chipmunks are massive fans of Patrick Swayze and will be suitably thrilled throughout even though he is a baddy. |
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Could
you watch this movie down the gym?
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| If there is any such thing as a surf machine in the gym then clearly it's perfect. However, most gyms have rules about taking your shirt off so perhaps best to avoid it. |
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What
can I take from this movie to make me a better person? |
| 25 year olds don't talk shit all the time. |
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Would this
movie win awards for performances of the f-word-dude word? |
| A winning use of the f-word here, especially in the more aggressive scenes. Generally an adrenaline filled f-word inspired movie.` |
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Does the
film attempt Surferdude-o-babble? If so, does this succeed? |
| Hey! man, like, you know, ahhh? Here's my blue print, or, like, its more of a drawing, deude... |
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Other comments
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| Not a half bad movie at all. The direction (Kathryn Bigelow) is very good - watch the chase scenes through the houses - very well done indeed, and, of course, the skydiving scenes which are very well handled. It is unlikely you will be disappointed by this movie if you fancied the sound of it in the first place, you get pretty much what you would expect, Surfer Dude... |
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Date
of review |
| May 7 , 2003 |
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