2012 · crime · action · thriller
Premium Rush
Directed by David Koepp1h 31m2012
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Our read: Premium Rush (2012) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded crime · action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme crime / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
- twisty
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“You want a breezy Manhattan chase movie with zero homework afterward.”
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