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"Point Break" is being re-released in theaters for its 35th anniversary starting August 16. You need to go see it.How to watch 'Point Break'Now, let me elaborate a little: You really need to go see it. This movie may not be the best movie of the 1990s (after all, "Goodfellas" exists), but it's up there. And it's genuinely my favorite '90s movie. It's Keanu Reeves' best performance outside of "John Wick." It's Patrick Swayze's best performance, period. And it's personally my pick for Kathryn Bigelow's best film, even if she ultimately won an Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" nearly two decades after this 1991 action movie.But the reach of this movie extends a bit beyond that. It was executive produced by a little-known director (and Bigelow's husband at the time) named James Cameron. He even claims he wrote the script — something that the movie's writer, W. Peter Iliff, doesn't fully dispute.It's been given a nod to in several other films. Just this year, Russell Crowe's action crime thriller, "The Get Out," pays homage to it. If you've ever seen a gang of people wearing U.S. President masks, that's a reference to this movie. It spawned one of the greatest spiritual remakes ever, 2001's "The Fast and the Furious." Admittedly, it also spawned an actual remake, but we in the filmgoing community have collectively repressed that said remake ever existed. It's that bad.In short, "Point Break is a seminal '90s movie. It features some of Hollywood's best at peak performance. Its influence in films is still felt today. So watching it in general is a no-brainer. If you can, you should go see it in theaters now that it's been restored in 4K. But if you can't, there is a way to stream it at home for free.
