Premium Rush is a hugely enjoyable and utterly daft high-concept movie. A mean-spirited viewer might see this film as ninety minutes of watching Joseph Gordon-Levitt pedalling furiously around New York, but the visual and narrative conceits keep the action flowing wonderfully, tension is maintained throughout - both from the main plot and the inevitable wince-inducing accidents that the bikers suffer at times - and to watch the couriers taking on brutal New York traffic is compelling. As an actor, Gordon-Levitt could sell any situation, and here he is effortlessly engaging and on-screen most of the time, and the supporting cast are all good within their rather limited stereotyped characters. The resolution of the story holds a surprising but satisfying turn of tone, and overall Premium Rush delivers a well-staged and very entertaining light action-thriller.
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