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When a New York City bicycle messenger picks up an envelope at Columbia University, a dirty cop becomes desperate to get his hands on it and chases the messenger throughout the city.
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31 of 37 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very exciting and tense movie about a bike messenger. I know what your thinking but its worth seeing. I liked it. I say B+
November 15, 2012
By Tony Heck
Format:DVD
"I almost got killed 3 times in the last 20 min and it wasn't my fault." Wilee (Gordon-Levitt) is a bike messenger in Manhattan. It is one of the most dangerous jobs you can have but he is the best at what he does. When he is given an envelope to deliver he thinks it's just another job. After being confronted by Bobby Monday (Shannon) about it Wilee begins his delivery, but not everyone wants to see him succeed. I have to admit that I was not really looking forward to this going in. I though, how good can a movie about a guy who rides a bike be? While this is not amazing it is a pretty tense and exciting action movie. The race scenes are fun to watch and seeing how Wilee comes up with his routes is interesting to see. I'm not saying this is really something to rush (get it) out and see but it's not one to pass up if you get the chance. Overall, very entertaining and fun to watch. Just a good popcorn type movie where you don't really have to think. Those are good sometimes. I say B+.
19 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie! Good insight on bike culture. Very funny as well. I liked this movie!
November 14, 2012
By Chris S.
Format:Blu-ray
Saw this movie back in theaters. As a biker, I thought it had great insight into bike culture. While carrying a slightly predictable plot, the movie was still was very entertaining, witty and funny. Oh yeah, and there is a twist at the end! Decent acting all around.
All in all, I don't buy very many movies but this one I will definitely watch again!
All in all, I don't buy very many movies but this one I will definitely watch again!
20 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By S. Der
Format:Blu-ray
***Contain Spoilers***
I thought this was an interesting movie. I have never seen such a movie about bike messenger/delivery in New York. Maybe there is another movie like this, but this is the first one I know. If you know another feel free to name it and maybe I watch that one too.
I will talk about the action first. There is plenty! All the action is done on the bike, and it's pretty good. The main Male protagonist, Wilee, knows a lot stunts and mixes it up to do all the action scenes. You kind of have to let yourself believe that this one guy that is a bike messenger also knows how to do all these motocross stunts and tricks. But in another way, maybe it does make perfect sense. The way the movie makes out the job of bike messengers, Wilee does need to know all these tricks and stunts just to stay alive doing his job. Seems like bike messengers can be easily killed or serious injured doing what he does everyday by people walking, cars, or anything really on the road. All because they need to ride hard and fast to do their job.
What I really liked about the movie was this interesting "future look" Wile does. You will see him riding his bike and then he sees a situation where has many choices on the "paths he could take". Then, you see how each "path he could take" would do. Most of the paths lead him killing himself or getting seriously injured until he figures out, a path he would take that didn't get him killed or injured...most of time that is. It is possible that all paths are just plain bad. lol
Another thing I found interesting about the movie was how it the movie is played/shown to the audience. The movie doesn't follow a total linear path from start to finish. Instead, what it does is shows the audience a point of view (mainly Wilee's point of view) and continues on from there. So, the movie will back up and show you what happened before all of the present/current event and tell you how this character/event happened because of the previous character/event happened. This lets the audiences know why and how the things got the way they were. I was kind of worry about the movie doing this at first because it would slow down the action, but instead it was done right because they mixed in some action scenes with it and kind of speed up things. Bravo!
I liked how there was a happy ending at the end. And it wasn't forced either. Many times I would see a movie that had a have a happy ending, but it would seemed possible to get to that happy ending from how they stacked the deck against the protagonist. But, this movie did it right! They stacked the deck against Wilee, but the obsoletes, he had to face actually worked against each other too. Wilee saved the day and end all the whole mess of having a crazy/bad cop chasing him throughout New York for a ticket that had special meaning on it. He had to get it to China Town to and give it to this person named sister Chan. Wilie also has all these other sub problems he has to deal with, but it could be solved easily, but just get away. The main problem is with the cop that needs to get the ticket and pay off his money debts. And Wildly has the ticket. On top of that, the cop has his own problems because if he doesn't get the ticket then he owes too much money to the mobsters to pay back and he would just get killed. This works out for Wilee at the end for a happy ending because he just needs to delivery the ticket to sister Chan and there's no backlash for Wilee. The cop will just die because he did not get the ticket and the mobsters will kill the cop and they don't care about Wilee.
Also, a big plus where the story set up for the protagonist to get the girl at the end too and how everything just seemed to fall in the right place in the right way. This seems like a easy tasks to make in a movie, but I seen plenty of movie that "tries" to do this, but it doesn't work. This movie made it work! Watch it!
I thought this was an interesting movie. I have never seen such a movie about bike messenger/delivery in New York. Maybe there is another movie like this, but this is the first one I know. If you know another feel free to name it and maybe I watch that one too.
I will talk about the action first. There is plenty! All the action is done on the bike, and it's pretty good. The main Male protagonist, Wilee, knows a lot stunts and mixes it up to do all the action scenes. You kind of have to let yourself believe that this one guy that is a bike messenger also knows how to do all these motocross stunts and tricks. But in another way, maybe it does make perfect sense. The way the movie makes out the job of bike messengers, Wilee does need to know all these tricks and stunts just to stay alive doing his job. Seems like bike messengers can be easily killed or serious injured doing what he does everyday by people walking, cars, or anything really on the road. All because they need to ride hard and fast to do their job.
What I really liked about the movie was this interesting "future look" Wile does. You will see him riding his bike and then he sees a situation where has many choices on the "paths he could take". Then, you see how each "path he could take" would do. Most of the paths lead him killing himself or getting seriously injured until he figures out, a path he would take that didn't get him killed or injured...most of time that is. It is possible that all paths are just plain bad. lol
Another thing I found interesting about the movie was how it the movie is played/shown to the audience. The movie doesn't follow a total linear path from start to finish. Instead, what it does is shows the audience a point of view (mainly Wilee's point of view) and continues on from there. So, the movie will back up and show you what happened before all of the present/current event and tell you how this character/event happened because of the previous character/event happened. This lets the audiences know why and how the things got the way they were. I was kind of worry about the movie doing this at first because it would slow down the action, but instead it was done right because they mixed in some action scenes with it and kind of speed up things. Bravo!
I liked how there was a happy ending at the end. And it wasn't forced either. Many times I would see a movie that had a have a happy ending, but it would seemed possible to get to that happy ending from how they stacked the deck against the protagonist. But, this movie did it right! They stacked the deck against Wilee, but the obsoletes, he had to face actually worked against each other too. Wilee saved the day and end all the whole mess of having a crazy/bad cop chasing him throughout New York for a ticket that had special meaning on it. He had to get it to China Town to and give it to this person named sister Chan. Wilie also has all these other sub problems he has to deal with, but it could be solved easily, but just get away. The main problem is with the cop that needs to get the ticket and pay off his money debts. And Wildly has the ticket. On top of that, the cop has his own problems because if he doesn't get the ticket then he owes too much money to the mobsters to pay back and he would just get killed. This works out for Wilee at the end for a happy ending because he just needs to delivery the ticket to sister Chan and there's no backlash for Wilee. The cop will just die because he did not get the ticket and the mobsters will kill the cop and they don't care about Wilee.
Also, a big plus where the story set up for the protagonist to get the girl at the end too and how everything just seemed to fall in the right place in the right way. This seems like a easy tasks to make in a movie, but I seen plenty of movie that "tries" to do this, but it doesn't work. This movie made it work! Watch it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Premium LAME
I'm not one to pull the race card out usually, but this is the most RACIST movie I've seen in a long time. Read more
Published 4 hours ago by D. Cross
5.0 out of 5 stars
Action!
If you have been waiting (years) for a fun bike movie, this one fills the bill!
It's action packed, not too long, not too short... just a fun flick!
It's action packed, not too long, not too short... just a fun flick!
Published 4 days ago by Dave P
3.0 out of 5 stars
It was fine
Fun movie with an enjoyable premise/story and people doing crazy things on bikes. Nothing amazing, but its a fine distraction.
Published 6 days ago by Thomas Black
3.0 out of 5 stars
REAL MOVIE NEWS REVIEW
If nothing else, Premium Rush is an original concept for a thriller. Being chased by a bad guy through the city is not new, nor is it original that he is a corrupt police officer. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Premium Rush delivers
If you ride bikes through cities then you might appreciate the work that they put into showing you how one thinks as you dart and dodge among cars, pedestrians, and other... Read more
Published 16 days ago by Chakri Maneechai
4.0 out of 5 stars
(3.5 STARS) Unpretentious Fun Movie
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Wilee (Coyote?), a Manhattan bicycle messenger. Wilee is to deliver an envelope. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Tsuyoshi
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a rush!
This is an excellent movie! It starts of fast-paced and stays that way until the end. If you're looking for a captivating movie, this is it!
Published 23 days ago by Aeon
3.0 out of 5 stars
ok
The first time I watched this at the theater I really liked it. The second time - on the tv screen - it didn't make quite the impact. Read more
Published 24 days ago by susands
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun movie, nothing more
Actually, the movie's pretty bad: the villain's certainly a jerk, but nothing to write home about. The hero, Wilee (what kind of a name is that, anyhow? Read more
Published 26 days ago by John Miller
3.0 out of 5 stars
Extreme!!!
This movie is pretty much a extra long Mountain Dew commercial it was ok but the Lead actor is pretty good and this flick is passable.
Published 26 days ago by TheManwhowillbeKing
