Point Break / K-19: The Widowmaker

POINT BREAK, 1991, Intermedia Film Distribution Limited, 120 min. Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. Keanu Reeves is an FBI agent convinced by his partner (Gary Busey) to go undercover in the surf community to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Reeves soon finds himself falling under the spell of the philosophical and charismatic gang leader, Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).

K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, 2002, Paramount, 138 min. Based on a real-life 1961 incident, this nailbiting suspense thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as rival officers on board a defective Soviet nuclear submarine during the height of the Cold War. Sent into service before it is fully tested, the sub goes into crisis mode while fathoms deep, and Ford, Neeson and crew rush to repair a faulty reactor in danger of meltdown, not only to save themselves, but to keep from triggering an international spark to global war.