Review of Premium Rush (2012) by Rick R — 03 Jun 2013

Premium Rush (2012).

Adventures of a bicycle messenger, Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), aka Wiley Coyote, who went to school to be a lawyer, but prefers to ride his fixed-gear bike through traffic at lightening speeds.

He's given an envelope from his girlfriend, Vanessa's (Dania Ramirez) roomate, Nima (Jamie Chung) to deliver. However, just as he's about to leave, a man, Bobby Monday (Michael Shannon) wants the letter and is chasing him all over town to get it. Wilee later finds out that this is a corrupt cop that is getting more and more desperate.

In the meantime, Wilee is also being chased by a bicycle cop (Christopher Place) and a competing bike messenger, Manny (Wolé Parks), who's also hot for Venessa.

This is a good movie in that you really don't normally know much about bike messengers. I especially liked how Wilee looks at various scenarios inside traffic and what could possibly happen before deciding which route to take.

The things I didn't particularly like was the Bobby Monday character. I know, he's supposed to be a douche, but I think that he could have dialed it down a little bit, and still been a more believable villain. The other part is the going back and forth in time to help tell the story. This has been over-done far too much in movies.

But other than those two things, it was a fun movie to watch and I highly recommend it.