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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 23 Aug 2012

Sometimes, what makes a movie a good one is not the story so much as how that story is told…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 23 Aug 2012

(I)n the capable hands of David Koepp, we see how a simple premise can be parlayed into entertaining, escapist late Summer fun…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 23 Aug 2012

It's the purest adrenaline rush you could have from the comfort of a movie theater…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 23 Aug 2012

Rarely delivers on its title's promise of high-class excitement…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 23 Aug 2012

Koepp the director considers speed and economy, choosing the shortest and cleverest routes to take his story to the finish line…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 23 Aug 2012

This is simply a chase flick and the filmmakers do a decent job staging and executing those scenes, even if not all of them are as thrilling…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 23 Aug 2012

A rather routine thriller that's got two things going for it: the ticking of a clock and the clickety-click of bicycle wheels…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 23 Aug 2012

Premium Rush is little more than a 90-minute chase scene, but it's an often exhilarating ride thanks to adrenalin-triggering visuals…

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By Frank Lovece (341) for Newsday (2,345) on 23 Aug 2012

Premium Rush is both the title of this movie and its clever if less than subtle promise to summer audiences -- which it mostly delivers…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 23 Aug 2012

Stakes aren't the only problem with this sloppy thriller, which combines careening images with turgid storytelling…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 23 Aug 2012

The summertime diversion will give audiences a little jolt of nervous energy along with a few laughs…

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By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Aug 2012

If it didn't star the universally beloved Gordon-Levitt, Premium Rush would quietly fall in the category of late-summer time killer for teenagers…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 23 Aug 2012

Popcorn gets stuck in the bubblegum of director/co-writer David Koepp's teenybopper crowd-pleaser…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Aug 2012

After the story takes a cloyingly sentimental turn, this lean-and-mean thriller becomes bathetically bloated…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 23 Aug 2012

The best moments in director David Koepp's slight, dull movie are the scenes in which bike messenger Wilee pauses at busy intersections to…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 23 Aug 2012

As a tribute to an unheralded profession, the movie has some potential. As a thriller, it hits the skids pretty quickly…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 23 Aug 2012

It earns its hour-and-a-half of thrills honestly, with good solid storytelling and filmmaking. It's amazing how rare that is these days…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 23 Aug 2012

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon face off in a 90-minute chase layered with flashbacks that cleverly fill in the details with Pulp…

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By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 23 Aug 2012

While Michael Shannon's performance is hilarious for every reason it shouldn't be, Joseph Gordon-Levitt disappoints for one of the first (and…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Mania.com (396) on 23 Aug 2012

It finds joy in the little details: the sharp dialogue, the crackerjack chases, the constant yellow CG lines covering Wilee's routes away from…

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