An FBI trainee infiltrates an ecologic terrorist group in order to bring them down. But the head of the Eco-terrorists is a lot more likeable than the cop. Said antagonist is driven by the kind of ecologic spirituality which animates most environmentalists these days: a love for Earth, and a disdain for those giant multinational corporations that make ample use of natural resources. This particular Eco-terrorist is not above hurting these multinationals where they hurt: sabotaging their operations. Also, he is a modern Robin Hood, distributing his ill-gotten gains among the poor. That makes him very likeable in the film. On the other hand, this Eco-terrorist doesn't care which corporate lackey gets hurt during his exploits. This part is not as well highlighted in the film.

The main antagonist is driven by some kind of spiritual connection to an older ecologic activist who drew up a list of 8 extreme-sport challenges which would guarantee those who performed them some kind of spiritual ecological enlightenment. This is the chief motif of the movie, and it is telling that it simply is there in order to provide wonderful scenes of extreme sports athletes doing their thing in breath-taking natural environments. Yes, those scenes are very nice to see. But the motif seems no more than an excuse for the daring scenes, even at the end when the head Eco-terrorist presumably meets his end while surfing 100 foot waves.

There is a romance between the undercover cop and one of the Eco-terrorists. But this motif too, is extremely underdeveloped, and didn't add anything of substance. She is there purely to incite the lower passions of male viewers --- because sex sells, and modern culture seems to demand under-dressed women in all movies. I wish that the movie had paid more attention to this motif. It is, after all, a mythological tragic event when the cop shoots the girl while she tries to escape a bank robbery. And yet, this has little effect on he cop. That is how under-developed this motif is.