ROTTEN TOMATOES: Wait, What? "Point Break 2"? And Another "Tomb Raider"?

Wait, What? "Point Break 2"? And Another "Tomb Raider"?

by Scott Weinberg | May 15, 2007

From the "sequels we're not dying for" department, we get a few tidbits regarding the possibility of A) "Tomb Raider 3" and B) "Point Break 2." (Really?)

Screenwriter W. Peter Iliff, who wrote the first "Point Break," is said to be moving forward on a sequel with production company RGM Films. Apparently Keanu Reeves' character will not be involved, but the one played by Patrick Swayze will be. (No word yet on if Swayze is signed on.)

Mr. Iliff (who also wrote "Patriot Games" and "Varsity Blues") will be making his directorial debut on the project, which will take place in Asia and center on an ex-surfer who joins the Navy in order to track down some Asian bad guys. Sounds like an all-around bad idea to me.

Speaking of bad ideas, someone on the video game side of the "Tomb Raider" series really wants to get another sequel out of Paramount. (Yes, still.) "At this moment in time it's still not green-lit, but the signs are there ... They're willing to put a scriptwriter on board. Angelina Jolie has an option to do a third movie," is what TR creator Ian Livingstone had to say -- although the operative words in that quote are "willing" and "option." Ian, get back to us when you have words like "signed contract" and "green-lit."

Source: Moviehole.net, Cinematical.com

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jeremyd4 writes:
on May 15 2007 01:50 AM

I love Point Break, and it would be a neat twist if Patrick Swayze's character had survived the giant wave from the end of the last one. If the follow up had the SAME actors/characters and some twist which meant Keanu's character discovered Patrick's was still alive - well - I guess there's a story in there somewhere.

...but with what's been revealed in this article though, it sounds more like a direct-to-video kinda deal.

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ZEZEtheX writes:
on May 15 2007 05:20 AM

What the HELL?! In the words of Comic Book Guy... Weirdest movie news everrrrr.

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liono86 writes:
on May 15 2007 06:26 AM

Tomb Raider is awesome. Yeah, I can see why critics, who try to think too much into films, didn't like it. It was brainless action/adventure fun. Bring on the third.

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jeremyd4 writes:
on May 15 2007 06:35 AM

There are bits that really do work quite well in the Tomb Raider films... BUT ultimately they feel quite rushed and the endings for both, are just terrible.

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 15 2007 07:21 AM

In reply to this comment (#865252)
I think you meant "bring on the TURD"

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FILMCZY writes:
on May 15 2007 07:23 AM

My God! Two of my utmost wishes might become TRUE! Now if Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson do a nude love scene together, I'll die a happy man...

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blank blank writes:
on May 15 2007 07:44 AM

the only reason i would see point break 2 is out of sheer morbid curiousity... anyone who has seen hot fuzz will know the feeling. although if it somehow had keanu and swyaze together, it would probably be the greatest bad movie of all time, surpassing the original

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lonechicken writes:
on May 15 2007 07:49 AM

Uh, bringing back Kate Beckinsale in a larger, actual speaking role, might make me interested enough to see Point Break 2: Tokyo Drift. Plus a scene with her kicking the asses of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers would make it better as well.

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lavatory love machine writes:
on May 15 2007 08:34 AM

james cameron wrote point break for his wife at the time, same thing happen with strange days

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Mr. Kong writes:
on May 15 2007 09:30 AM

Does anybody actually want to see another Tomb Raider?

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Matanuki writes:
on May 15 2007 10:58 AM

In reply to this comment (#865257)
LOL. "Tokyo Drift". Priceless. But screw Point Break! Tomb Raider is a more threatening turkey since it's predecessors haunt recent memory. But why shoot for a trilogy when the odds against it being good are so damn high? The first was sloppy and the second was a boring mess.

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hammer_leafsfan writes:
on May 15 2007 11:13 AM

tombraider is garbage, and after the second one tanked, not sure why this one is going forward.

I like Point Break, but it's a movie that doesn't really need a sequel. It was really just mindless fun.

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arendr writes:
on May 15 2007 11:19 AM

It should be a prequel starring Gary Busey.

wait, i just sobered up. no, these are terrible ideas.

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bribios writes:
on May 15 2007 11:48 AM

In reply to this comment (#865256)
Have you ever fired your gun into the air and yelled "aaaaahhhhh"?

Awesome.

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Sputnik99 writes:
on May 15 2007 12:09 PM

I've got it!

Tomb Raider 3: The Search for Swayze

=)

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murray84 writes:
on May 15 2007 01:28 PM

In reply to this comment (#865264)
hahaha hot fuzz said it best dude..lol

and for the record i enjoyed both tomb raiders..passable entertainment..and jolie in tight clothes..im in for a third..

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BReeG writes:
on May 15 2007 02:38 PM

In reply to this comment (#865264)
no, i haven't fired my gun up in the air and gone "aaah."

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dracus writes:
on May 15 2007 04:54 PM

Another Tomb Raider? Even a sequel to King Kong vs. Godzilla would be a better idea.

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the_shadow writes:
on May 15 2007 06:19 PM

They should strip down Tomb Raider. No no, I mean in terms of production, not attempt to make it a big summer blockbuster type, but rather a cheap fun movie. Very campy but completely aware of it, and poking fun at it self. Get rid of Angela Jolie, and get a really trashy choice, like Krista Allen. See that way, probably just as many people would watch, and it would cost a lot less. Might even be entertaining if we're lucky.

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JFrancis writes:
on May 16 2007 12:52 AM

Just a correction: Ian Livingstone is one of Eidos' founders, not the creator of Tomb Raider.

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