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Point Break

1991 · 122 min · Director: Kathryn Bigelow ★ IMDb 7.3 · 230,914 ratings

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In Los Angeles, California, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-Presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon, and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers, and send young Agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi, and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

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Point Break (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Tension 25%, Fear 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Excitement
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Excitement
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionExcitementCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %28 %13 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension53 %39 %23 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity51 %31 %29 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Excitement46 %21 %32 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Excitement46 %30 %34 %37 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity48 %34 %32 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity52 %28 %41 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Excitement66 %40 %51 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Tension73 %60 %40 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Tension69 %63 %31 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Tension68 %61 %38 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Tension66 %61 %38 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Tension71 %55 %50 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Excitement80 %54 %61 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Tension83 %70 %46 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Tension85 %85 %35 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Tension89 %89 %36 %21 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Tension88 %86 %35 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Tension81 %75 %25 %21 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Sadness77 %65 %17 %18 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Patrick Swayze

Bodhi / Mask President

Lori Petty

Tyler Endicott

John C. McGinley

SAIC Ben Harp

JP
John Philbin

Nathanial

CP
Chris Pedersen

Bunker

VK
Vincent Klyn

Warchild

JR
Julian Reyes

Agent Alvarez

DB
Daniel Beer

Agent Babbit

DO
Dave Olson

Archbold

CP
Christopher Pettiet

'15'

SW
Sydney Walsh

Miss Deer

Tom Sizemore

DEA Agent Deets

DA
Dino Andino

Psycho-Stick

MK
Michael Kopelow

Passion for Slashin

Details

Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
Written by
Rick King, W. Peter Iliff
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States, Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 230,914 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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