this be one of those movie that would have you believe that surfing be a mystical endeavor and allow one to heighten awareness and become close to if not one with the godhead nature . instead of the leisure sport of ski bum w or surfboard do not work and hang at the beach . which be cool and but that doesn not make it some ethereal vision quest . lori petty can always be count on to irritate without do any acting and this be no exception . i think she want to be feisty and scrappy and empower those thing . she do much tv and it show represent she release her emotion by star at the camera . she have 3 mode represent self righteous indignation when she wrong while self righteous indignation when someone else be wrong while self righteous indignation with a little girl voice when she willing to have sex . all by herself she manage to ruin league of their own . here and could there have be bad choice for a love interest . the real shame be the plot and script . kathryn bigelow be way well than this represent k19 and near dark and strange day all brilliant . but she be involve w or schlock or fluff meister cameron then and he write the script . overall this be intend to be a heart pounding and blood rushing and edge o ur seat action fest . this be accomplish by have reef jump out of a plane without a parachute and catch up to the bad guy . where they macho talk about who will pull the ripcord until theyre just a few hundred foot over the ground . they survive of course . it about surfer bank robber . fbi agent busey have figure this out and say theyre surfer . look at the evidence represent they rob in summer only . the robber be meticulous and perfect in execution and except for the last job where the leader change the plan without tell the rest of the gang and of course this allow them to be shot or catch . but it doesn not even end there represent there the no parachute scene about while then reeve track his man all over while then there a confrontation where he let him go to die in some big weather .