BrianSez's Review

Summary - OK 2.5

Any movie with a soundtrack that starts with Baba O’Riley can’t be all that bad, but director Koepp’s little action romp was a little over the top. Sure, it was cool watching Gordon-Levitt slice and dice the Big Apple with his single-speed bike, and the quasi-freeze-frame future vision was a new twist that I enjoyed, but the rest of it was a bit tiresome: keystone cop-chases, unlikely bike action, and some notably bad dialog writing brought this movie down to simple novelty status.

Acting - OK 2.5

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – comes across like a shifty teenager in his bike messenger role, gleefully smiling when he gets away with bad behavior

Michael Shannon – So much potential! But the poor guy got handed some of the worst lines ever for a bad cop. He literally said “grrrrr” when things didn’t go his way. Good showing from time to time however when the stress of being a bad cop got to him.

Danira Ramirez was decent and pretty.

Film - OK 2.5

This was a tough rating to give. On one hand, I was impressed by the sometimes whimsical action. On the other hand, the characters and lines were awful at times.

Edge - Risqué 1.7

Reality - Surreal 2.2

1 Comment

• Wick Apr 13, 2013 11:07AM

  Regarding BrianSez’s Review
  Bummer Dude. But at least your OK rating instills some balance against my Really Great.

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