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Dir: Kathryn BigelowCast: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey
Genre: Action, Crime
As part of the BFI Art of Action season celebrating the rich history of action films we are showing a series of movies that focus on the representation of females in action.
Our second instalment is a quintessential big-budget thriller, with director Kathryn Bigelow utilising the physical prowess of her two leads to tell the story of an FBI agent drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with surfing bank robbers. Working on his partner’s hunch that a spate of bank robberies is being committed by a tight-knit gang of surfers, undercover agent Johnny Utah infiltrates the California surfing fraternity to uncover the identity of the ‘Ex-Presidents’, who commit heists while wearing facemasks of Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. But Johnny comes under the charismatic spell of Bodhi, a free-style philosopher obsessed with extreme sports, becoming hooked on the adrenaline-rush of a life on the edge. Racing from one fast-paced and technically dazzling set piece to the next, with action unfolding on the surf, in the sky and through the streets of LA, Kathryn Bigelow simultaneously relishes and deconstructs the tropes of the ‘bromantic’ action spectacular. It’s a visually dazzling (especially with the new 4K restoration) and heady ride.
Bar opens from 7pm serving delicious cocktails, fine wines, craft beers and bar snacks. Last orders 10 minutes before the film starts.
Film starts at 8pm
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
27A High Street, TQ9 5NP Totnes, United Kingdom, 27a High Street, Totnes, TQ9 5, United Kingdom,Totnes
