Synopsis
Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Kevin BaconJack Casey
- Jami GertzTerri
- Paul RodríguezHector Rodriguez
- Rudy RamosGypsy
- Laurence FishburneVoodoo
- Louie AndersonTiny (as Louis Anderson)
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinMr. Casey
- Andrew SmithGabe Kaplan
- Charles McCaughanAirborne
- Abel FernandezGuyamo
Recommandations
- 70
Washington Post
Despite its flaws, Quicksilver coasts by entertainingly, with some ingenious twists on the standard car chase, and even creates a new dance variation. [14 Feb 1986, p.25] - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The story is so interesting, and Bacon and the other actors are so capable, that if this movie had been two hours out of their lives, I would have found it compelling. What we get, though, is 35 minutes of their lives and a lot of recycled visual cliches. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The movie is like the bikers; it's best and freest when it's just racing ahead. Whenever it stops, you ask too many questions. - 50
The New York Times
As long as the characters are doing stunts or whizzing impossibly through city traffic to a strong rock beat, there's something to watch. For the rest of the time, Quicksilver is as much fun as a slow leak. - 50
Chicago Tribune
They might make a nice couple in a movie about them. But Quicksilver, a product of the music video influence, has been edited at such a rapid pace that there`s more time given over to bicycle racing and car chases than to love. - 40
Washington Post
According to the press kit, "Producer Daniel Melnick's personal stamp on films has always been to avoid the obvious, the cliche'." Uh, Dan . . . you lost your stamp. - 38
Miami Herald
All its freewheeling makes for a really "moving" movie, one in which the big chase scene involves, predictably, a car and a bike. But there's not much else to it. [21 Feb 1986, p.6] - 25
TV Guide Magazine
QUICKSILVER isn't a movie. It's actually a series of rock videos occasionally interrupted by a slight dalliance with story progression. The premise is wholly fabricated, the style is pure MTV, and the characters are all pressed from Hollywood cliche cutters.
