The life of bike courier in New York may not be a safe or highly revered line of work, but it offers exhilaration and some sense of divergence from the manic business culture of the city. For Wiley (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) riding is breathing, masterful at his job, dismantling breaks as job risks and never backing away from driving over a red light. For his co-worker and former girl Vanessa (Dania Ramirez) the courier service is just a temporary employ, as she aims to finish college and start another line of work. This day is not like others, as friend Polo (Kym Perfetto) hires Wiley to deliver a special package within 2 hours. The fastest wheels on Manhattan suddenly finds himself in conflict with Marco (Sean Kennedy), a corrupt NYPD cop...
An adrenaline ride, which somehow manages to stay on track despite a pot of plot holes script. With the throes of disregard for narrative logic, not helped by pseudo-twists introduced in the misguided form of flashbacks, "Premium Rush" sells itself aptly supplying the bare necessities of an action flick. Somewhere, despite the script flaws, chases across New York streets have seldom been as enrapturing and fit for the most rapacious action aficionados. The whole premise makes the movie, albeit the concept of a courier making an on-time delivery may not seem novelty. Thankfully "Premium Rush" doesn't pretend and delivers exactly what is promised - a simple story full of fast action and with enough charm, comedy and suspense to survive the whole 90 minutes. The main tension is built fro the bone crunching frailty of being a biker on the vicious streets of the taxi controlled city with the unventured capabilities such a mode of transportation offers. David Koepp simultaneously brings in enough breathing room in between chase sequences that interest never wavers, always intense, but never repetitive.
An adrenaline ride, which somehow manages to stay on track despite a pot of plot holes script. With the throes of disregard for narrative logic, not helped by pseudo-twists introduced in the misguided form of flashbacks, "Premium Rush" sells itself aptly supplying the bare necessities of an action flick. Somewhere, despite the script flaws, chases across New York streets have seldom been as enrapturing and fit for the most rapacious action aficionados. The whole premise makes the movie, albeit the concept of a courier making an on-time delivery may not seem novelty. Thankfully "Premium Rush" doesn't pretend and delivers exactly what is promised - a simple story full of fast action and with enough charm, comedy and suspense to survive the whole 90 minutes. The main tension is built fro the bone crunching frailty of being a biker on the vicious streets of the taxi controlled city with the unventured capabilities such a mode of transportation offers. David Koepp simultaneously brings in enough breathing room in between chase sequences that interest never wavers, always intense, but never repetitive.