I just watched point break the other day and that's definitely got it. Obviously the surfer bods, but also the love interest is very androgynous looking.
it does, but it's in a kind of liminal area at the turn of the 90s, so the homoeroticism isn't quite the same as yr typical 80s action thing
once you get into the 90s proper, action acquired a knowing wink - you know, the rise of irony
and also the style changed - steroids and glam were out, grunge and grittiness were in
Point Break definitely fits in that clearly the real love story is Swayze-Keanu
and there is a lot of gaze directed at supple male flesh but it's more of a
Death In Venice - male beauty, longing, etc - via
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (what if Spiccoli was an existential bank robber) vibe than the muscle gays fisting each other vibe of yr typical Arnie flick.
the point about the love interest is interesting, but again I think different. 80s action love interests are almost always intensely feminine, as if to compensate, which makes them seem fake. her androgyny gives it the feeling of a possible queer element, which feels believable. idk if it was totally conscious but Kathryn Bigelow is pretty savvy and again, early 90s we're talking about being on the cusp of the idea of queerness passing into mainstream culture.
btw
Point Break is, no joke, in my all-time top 5, alongside exactly the pretentious bullshit you'd imagine like Tarkovsky.