PREMIUM RUSH

Year: 2012
USA & UK: Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Aasif Mandvi, Aaron Tveit, Nick Damici, Jennifer Butler, Ashley Austin Morris, Lauren Ashley Carter, Brian Koppelman
Director: David Koepp
Country: USA
USA: 91 mins
UK: 90 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for some violence, intense action sequences and language
UK Certificate: 12A contains one use of strong language and moderate violence
USA Release Date: 24 August 2012
UK Release Date: 14 September 2012

Synopsis

"Ride like hell."

Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day’s work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie â€" super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic.

But a guy who’s used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when a routine delivery turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. When Wilee picks up his last envelope of the day on a premium rush run, he discovers this package is different. This time, someone is actually trying to kill him.