2/24/2014

Luke Bracey is Johnny Utah in 'Point Break' Remake


A few weeks ago that Point Break remake took a really questionable step forward (one of many such steps already) when Gerard Butler came on to take the role Patrick Swayze made famous. Now the other half of the surfin', bank robbin' duo has been found with Luke Bracey stepping in to play Johnny Utah.

Bracey, whose most prominent film role was hiding under a mask as Cobra Commander in GI Joe: Retaliation, will take on the character played by Keanu Reeves in the 1991 Point Break. This version of the story, directed by Ericson Core, has FBI agent Johnny Utah infiltrating a criminal ring in the world of extreme sports. The gang is led by Bodhi “an expert extreme sports athlete who also seeks to find nirvana through the conquest of a series of athletic feats such as surfing 100-waves."

Filming on Point Break begins early summer.