Premium Rush fails to deliver with movie goers
In my opinion, the worst thing that an on-the-rise actor can
do is come off of a critically acclaimed blockbuster and turn out a forgettable
movie months later. You see it happen a lot and sometimes it can be the end of
a career. Surviving in Hollywood is all about choices. Well, that and being
incredibly good looking. With that in mind I have to admit that I think that
Premium Rush was a really bad choice for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I have been a
fan of his since he was on 3rd Rock From The Sun (1996), and he has
been making some incredibly good decisions with his career lately. Inception,
50/50, and The Dark Knight Rises have all helped push him into a more visible
part of the Hollywood spectrum, but doing a forgettable movie like Premium Rush
is worse than not doing a movie at all. The movie isn’t bad, it’s actually kind
of fun, but you could have put anyone in that role and it would have been just
as forgettable.
Storyline: Wilee (Levitt) is the best at what he does. He is
a courier for a delivery company in Manhattan. He is known to be a bit of a
daredevil since he insists on riding with no brakes in a city that is known for
cars and traffic. When Wilee is called in for a job he picks up his package and
is soon accosted by a man in the parking lot that claims to be the owner of the
item being delivered. When Wilee explains that items must be delivered once
they are picked up the man becomes aggressive. Wilee soon finds himself being
pursued through the streets of the city and must find a way to escape his dangerous
pursuer.
Worth the admission? Not really. I hate to say it, because
it is actually a pretty fun little movie, but it is such a forgettable film
that I can’t recommend that anyone pay to see it in the theater. Once it comes
out on DVD or NETFLIX I think that it would be worth the money to watch it, but
not in the theater.
I am going to go ahead and recommend that you
all watch LOOPER when it comes out. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce
Willis and opening on September, 28th. The movie looks to be equal
parts gangster movie, time travel movie, and action movie all rolled into one
really interesting package. Be sure to check it out.
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