Swayze on the other hand was already an established star, and one whose charisma and reputation made him the perfect fit to play Bodhi – a large part of his power was in his mutual appeal to all genders, having Ghostand Dirty Dancing under his belt as well as several of my personal favourite action movies to balance out those romantic dramas, in Next Of Kin(which also stars Liam Neeson and Bill Paxton as his brothers and if that isn’t enough to sell you, then you probably shouldn’t be reading this) and the mullet fuelled, throat ripping stuff of legend that is Roadhouse. Regardless, we’ll have a new Point Break by year’s end, though since Gerard Butler dropped out there’s no real star power to raise its profile, which I think could be a risky move – at the time of the original Reeves’ star was well and truly on the rise and those of us hitting the target teenage age demographic Point Breakwas aimed at already loved him from Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure at the very least. What’s impressive about Keanu Reeves is that during his diverse career he’s managed to appear in several of the greatest action movies made to date along the way, including the always joyous Speed(look out Jeff Daniels!), three Matrixmovies (regardless of how you might rate the quality of the sequels, the action is still superb) and now the mighty John Wick – a film whose brutal simplicity pitches the eponymous anti-hero up against a slew of bad guys and reminds us quite how compelling Reeves’ brand of easy going charm and kung fu can be. Yet ever since Point Break in 1991, Keanu Reeves has been a constant presence in the genre for over two decades. Whenever there’s talk about our most iconic stars of action cinema, it’s almost impossible not to think of the eternally muscle clad duo of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, or a vest clad Bruce Willis smoking and swearing out of the corner of his mouth. It’s not tragic to die doing what you love.” “If you want the ultimate, you’ve gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price.
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