Nowhere does Mr. Core's film approach the action-movie chops or psychological smarts of Ms. Bigelow's original or, truth be told, benefit from actors displaying the same charm as her stars.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
27 Dec 2015
rotten:
Stiff, humorless, tension-free ...
– Sam Weisberg,
Village Voice,
29 Dec 2015
rotten:
A remake that ought not to have been made.
– Soren Anderson,
Seattle Times,
29 Dec 2015
rotten:
Boldly reimagining Kathryn Bigelow's cult favorite as a movie where absolutely nobody seems to be having any fun, the new Point Break drops the original's Zen-like balance of macho mysticism and camp in favor of dour humorlessness.
– Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,
AV Club,
31 Dec 2015
rotten:
For all the adrenalizing positives in this reworked "Point Break," inadvertent silliness remains.