Ok, so I had a little time on my hands and decided to go see a movie about bike messengers. Seems lame right? Who would want to go see a movie about a bunch of kids or adults caring packages on a bike? Well, when the package is something that can get you killed and the fact that these messengers can ride almost as fast as the cars in this movie, you better believer that I would go see that movie. Today's topic.......
PREMIUM RUSH
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If you haven't seen this movie don't "rush" to off to the movies for it. Besides, I don't think it's in theaters anymore anyway. I would wait a while for this one to come out on DVD. Don't get me wrong, the movie was good......umm......it was "ok." So, if you're wondering who's in it, let's get started. In this movie we have Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Wilee), Dania Ramirez (Vanessa), Wole Parks (Manny), Michael Shannon (Bobby Monday), Jamie Chung (Nima), Christopher Place (Bike Cop), Kin Shing Wong (Sudoku Man), Aasif Mandvi (Raj), and Anthony Chisholm (Tito).
Like I said, I movie was ok. It wasn't half bad. You have Wilee, who seems to be the fastest messenger in New York. At least it seems that way to everyone but Manny. Manny is you typical jealous guy who wants everything Wilee has. From the very pretty Vanessa (girlfriend), right down to his title of being the fastest biker messenger. Yes, I said title. At some point in the movie, they show a part where all the bikers form all the messenger companies get together at a bar and declare a title for the fastest biker. I guess that's one reason to call the movie Premium Rush.
With the title being what it is, I feel that this movie was rushed. I mean sure, it had it's normal movie running time, 1hr and 30min, but there was barely any down time. When it was over, I felt like I had only been there about 10min. Aside from all of that, I did enjoy the way the movie started. It starts with Wilee getting hit by a cab and then hitting the ground. I know that sounds bad but then they show the time and rewind back and show us what happened before the run in with the cab. The other parts that I really liked was how Wilee could find an exit through all the traffic, except of course the one when he and the cab go to know each other a little better.
Wilee is being chased by on NYPD who's name is Bobby Monday and has some serious issues. Did I mention some anger management problems? Bobby is having one hell of a day. Bobby is your typical "I need to borrow money from a long shark" gambler. You already know where this is going, right? So they make a deal with him. There is word that there is a ticket worth $50,000, if Bobby can retrieve the ticket, his debt will be whipped clean. However, Wilee and the rest of the messenger don't make it very easy for him.
As the day progresses, Wilee has been chased and nearly killed by Bobby while at the same time being chased by NYPD's Bike Cop. Whom by the way Wilee out runs every time. That is of course until the Bike Cop gives up. After nearly getting killed, Wilee is ready to turn around and give back the package, until Nima tells him the truth behind this $50,000 ticket. At this point, he has a change of heart and tries to get the package back so that he can be sure it makes it to the right person. After chasing after Manny and racing Manny, Wilee and Vanessa get the ticket back for their friend Nima. This is when Wilee and the cab meet. Needless to say, Wilee realized this was too much for him and his girlfriend to handle alone and seeing as how it is the NYPD chasing them, they couldn't really get the police involved. So, they called in the Calvary and Nima did what she was told to do when she purchased the ticket. Nima was told not to get the police involved and if there was any problems, she was to call a number and let them know so they could take care of it themselves. There's a happy ending in almost every movie. In this one, every bike messenger company came together to help one of their own and the ticket made it to where it was suppose to go. Althought Wilee, Vanessa, and Nima got their happy ending, Bobby Monday wasn't so lucky. This movie gets 3 1/2 stars from me. That's all for now, til next time folks.........
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