(Movie Review) Premium Rush (2012)

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 3^rd 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, 28^th. 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.