¨I like to ride. Fixed gear. No brakes. Can't
stop. Don't want to, either.¨
I`m not a big fan of director, David Koepp`s work
(Ghost Town, Secret Window), but I decided to give Premium Rush a chance
considering Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon were staring in this film.
Gordon-Levitt has had a great year with some interesting roles in The Dark
Knight Rises and Looper, but here he doesn’t have a great script to work with.
Michael Shannon on the other hand gave one of the best performances of 2011 in
Take Shelter, a movie I really loved; but here I was really disappointed with
his work. I didn’t like the way he portrayed his character as a corrupt cop one
bit. The film has a lot of action and interesting bike scenes, but it never
feels like it is taking itself too seriously. I don’t mind when film do this,
but it wasn’t very funny either so it didn’t work in any level for me. I really
was hoping Premium Rush would be a better movie, but Koepp has disappointed me
once again. I give this film a 5 out of 10 because I thought some of the
bicycle scenes were pretty exciting and Levitt still manages to be likeable. If
you haven’t seen his other films this year then go see them instead of this
one. I really can’t recommend this film to anyone. I thought it was just another
forgettable light action flick, which is too bad because the trailer did make
it look interesting.
Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) works as a bike
messenger in the dangerous streets of Manhattan. He has a sort of no fear
mentality and rides his bike without breaks, taking his job seriously. He will
do what it takes to deliver his packages on time, even if it means he has to
put his life (or others) in danger. What begins like an ordinary day for Wilee
when he`s asked to deliver a simple envelope ends up being a nightmare for him.
A corrupt police detective named Bobby (Michael Shannon) wants to intercept the
envelope before Wilee can make the delivery and thus follows him across the
city. Wilee realizes that he`s not holding an ordinary package and decides to
return it to the sender before he gets into more trouble. The sender happens to
be Nima (Jamie Chung), Vanessa`s (Dania Ramirez) roommate, and Vanessa happens to
be Wilee`s girlfriend. When Nima tells him how important it is that the
envelope be delivered on time Wilee realizes he has to help her, but the
package has already been picked up by another bike messenger, Manny (Wole Parks). Thus the chase begins
between Manny, Wilee, and Bobby across the heavily transited streets of NY.
The film has some fun action scenes as we see
these experienced cyclists chasing each other across the city at high speeds,
but the characters are really poorly developed and everything seems to be taken
so lightly. The movie has some crazy editing going on as well as Wilee
deliberates as to which direction he should take and we see the possible
outcomes before he actually decides. Premium Rush is also narrated in non-linear
fashion as we go back and forth in time to explain certain events. I´m not a
big fan of chase scenes, and this film is one gigantic chase scene so that may
be one of the reasons why I didn’t enjoy this movie as much. Cyclists might enjoy
this film, but I found the script a bit cheesy and everything really over the
top (like Michael Shannon`s performance). I couldn’t recommend this film.
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