The final conversation between Utah and Bodhi during the first-rate climax of Point Break made it clear they still held a grudge against one another, but the brotherhood they formed when they were still on good terms will always be there. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, he made his acting debut in the Canadian television series Hangin In (1984), before making his feature film debut in Youngblood (1986). Even after they’d both betrayed each other and their dark secrets had been revealed, there was still a lot of love between these two characters. Keanu Charles Reeves (/ k i n u / kee-AH-noo born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor and musician. Utah realized he wasn’t cut out to be an FBI agent when he had become so endeared to Bodhi that he couldn’t stand to shoot him in the midst of a chase or even arrest him when he finally managed to track him down. In their final confrontation, Utah and Bodhi don’t fight to the death they talk through their issues. The final scene reinforces the strength of this bromance. The fact that the climatic sequence in Point Break is a heartfelt conversation between its two leads and not an explosive action set-piece solidifies this focus on friendship. Similar to Fast & Furious, Point Break's heart is in its main characters' bromance, not the spectacle that surrounds them. Point Break is a great action movie – one of the genre’s most beloved entries – but part of what makes it so great is that the action isn’t its primary focus. Turning Utah into a mysterious figure who’s been missing for years would have allowed Reeves’s role on the show to range from a regular recurring role to a one-off guest spot to not appearing at all. Iliff continued, “ There’s a bigger story that evolves around, while gets involved in this eco-terrorist movement.” It’s likely that this fate was decided for Utah to accommodate the possibility that Reeves wouldn’t want to commit to a TV series. In true action, crime, and thriller fashion, many of the characters in Point Break are dead by the end of the movie. In fact it's so tall that the water dissolves into mist before it even reaches the bottom, which means that at the base of the waterfall all you have is a shallow trickle of water lost amongst a whole bunch of nasty-looking rocks. So this weeks Honest Trailer offering targets Point Break, the 1991 action movie that went on to become a cult classic. Tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the entire world, nearly a thousand feet up. The sequel series wouldn't have centered on Keanu Reeves's iconic character but instead was to be about Utah’s daughter. With Kathryn Bigelows much-anticipated true-life drama Detroit about to hit theaters, Screen Junkies decided to shift the spotlight to one of her earlier films. There’s a mystery around where he is, and you’re going to find out – he’s not dead” (via /Film). According to the screenwriter, Utah was presumed dead and living off the grid: “ Johnny Utah has been missing. The show was never picked up, but Iliff has provided a few key story details revealing where Utah ended up after the events of the movie. Peter Iliff even tried to get a TV series off the ground that would continue the story. A sequel to Point Break was never produced, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
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