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Point Break is a 1991 action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey. The title refers to the surfing term "point break".

The film was a box office success upon its release and it has since gathered a worldwide cult following.

Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), is a rookie FBI Agent and former Ohio State quarterback who, with his partner, Angelo Pappas (Gary Busey), is investigating a string of bank robberies by a gang known as the "Ex-Presidents", so called because they use masks of former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter to disguise their true identities.

Pursuing Pappas' theory that the criminals are surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Knowing nothing of the sport/lifestyle, Utah persuades orphan surfer girl, Tyler Endicott (Lori Petty), to teach him to surf. In the process, Utah develops a complex friendship with Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), a charismatic leader of a gang of surfers, Roach (James LeGros), Grommet (Bojesse Christopher) and Nathaniel (John Philbin), who accept Utah when they realize he is a great athlete. As he masters the art of surfing, Utah finds...