In Kathryn Bigelow's cult action classic, Keanu Reeves' special agent, Johnny Utah (just Ted with his hair slicked back, partnered with an older, gnarlier Ted (Gary Busey)) is tasked with infiltrating a gang of surfie bank robbers, thrill-seekers of wildly various acting abilities, and before long, California, the waves, the babes, the bonfires, not to mention the shaggy blonde tresses of Patrick Swayze's Bodhi, the charismatic gang leader, prove so intoxicating, Johnny's wooden FBI facade starts to drop, revealing his, well, just as wooden inner adrenalin junkie.
★★★★☆
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