Premium Rush

    Premium Rush
    2012

    Synopsis

    In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

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    Cast

    • Joseph Gordon-LevittWilee
    • Michael ShannonBobby Monday
    • Dania RamírezVanessa
    • Jamie ChungNima
    • Wolé ParksManny
    • Aasif MandviRaj
    • Henry OMr. Leung
    • Christopher PlaceBike Cop
    • Sean KennedyMarco
    • Kym PerfettoPolo

    Recommendations

    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      You're looking for depth and profundity, this is the wrong movie. But under the direction of David Koepp ("Secret Window," the screenplays for "Mission: Impossible" and "Spider-Man"), this is an expert and spellbinding adventure.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      Premium Rush is great fun - nimble, quick, the thinking person's mindless entertainment.
    • 83

      The A.V. Club

      He's Premium Rush's villain, but Shannon doesn't attempt anything like the austere derangement of a Hans Gruber type, even though he specializes in playing terrifying nutjobs. Instead, he's a buffoon of the first order, and his hapless tomfoolery sets the tone for a light, fast, frequently hilarious 90 minutes.
    • 75

      Slant Magazine

      Proves how invigorating genre filmmaking can be in the hands of a savvy, perpetually inventive director.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A quick pace and always-enjoyable lead Joseph Gordon-Levitt will please moviegoers, even if the picture's ticking-clock approach isn't as invigoratingly pulpy here as in the Koepp-penned "Snake Eyes" and "Panic Room."
    • 70

      Time

      So appealing is Gordon-Levitt that, for great stretches of his new movie, I suspended my disapproval of his character and just went with the nonstop flow. He almost persuaded me that the film is, if not a premium rush, then an economy high.
    • 70

      Variety

      The lovably ridiculous bike-messenger thriller Premium Rush is a welcome throwback.
    • 65

      Movieline

      Premium Rush is a half-entertaining, half-exasperating movie.

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