In this modern age, transportation became one of the main gear that keep the world running and delivers our daily need like junk food and the pizza into our home. Every single human in this world need to move in order to fulfill their need in life and that is why we invent millions means of transportation like car, boat and airplane.
The movie industry realize that transportation is one of the most important aspect in our life and love to make a film about it like the fast and the furious series, the transporter and many more just to make some cash. But then, once in a while some magical lighting struck the film studio and inspire them to make an unique movie about means of transportation like today movies Premium Rush, a movie about bike messenger.
Premium Rush is a story about a professional bike messenger named Wilee "the coyote", the best bike messenger in New York played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who had to deliver a mysterious envelope to someone in Chinatown. What looks like an ordinary delivery turns to be a life threatening delivery because a dirty cop named Bobby Monday wants it so badly with every means possible no matter what the consequent is.
To be fair, i found that movies premise quite doubtful since its a movies about biking in the age where we can sit in a car while enjoying the excitement of running in 150 mile per hour without having to drop a sweat. I was wondering about how could they make a movie about a man in the bike be intriguing? turns out they did.
First off, i'd like to mention that the character of Wilee is quite a likeable character. He is not the typical good guys doing good things since at a time he could be quite a jerk. He broke rules, caused accident on the street and pissed of peoples a lot like he wears George Bush mask in the Afghanistan, yet there is still a moment that shows that he could be a good guys who cares about other. He is also the extreme thrill seeker man, a man who prefer a Pixie bike with fixed gear and no brake as his bike that he used to do the delivery. Also, Michael Shannon as Bobby Monday, the villain, is a blast to watch. Well, yes, He was a cartoonish villain and didn't have much depth in his character, yet he can be threatening and i still love the way he deliver his role in the scene.
"do you have family, someone you love, someone who cares that you are back to your home? and i do hope you have a good porn collection because i can take 'em all from you"
The story of the movie is told piece by piece with flashback that explain why things happened and so does the motivation of the characters in this movies which is done in the good way to make the audience curious even if there's is still a time that i kinda get lost with the story. The movie also had a stylistic moment where Wilee slow down time and calculate every possibility on the route that he could take. Take left and he would be smashed by a truck. Take right and he would crashed a baby troll. Take the middle route and it was a smooth sailing. It remind me with the Sherlock Holmes slow-mo scene where Sherlock explain all of his attack and the damage he would done to his enemy which i really like because it shows how the man is the master of what he done.
It just too bad that the script for this movies is kinda weak which sadly makes the good actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon looks like a waste of potential and i found that the other main characters like Wilee girfriend and his obsessed rival is a forgettable character but i do like the hilarious bike cop character. If only the script is tighter and the character had more depth it would be a lot better movies.
In conclusion, it is a surprisingly good movies to watch with a good action scene. It makes biking looks like a badass things to do and its also makes you wanna go out with your bike doing cool stunt and stuff. Even if its not a movies with depth and memorable character you will find yourself entertained after you leave the cinema.
The Initial El Movie score
7.0
A Rush of fun for the day
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