Premium Rush
Premium Rush is a 2012 American actionthriller film directed by David Koepp and written by Koepp and John Kamps. The film stars Joseph GordonLevitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez and Jamie Chung. It follows a bicycle messenger chased around New York City by a corrupt police officer who wants an envelope the messenger has. It was released on August 24, 2012 by Columbia Pictures.
Wilee Joseph GordonLevitt is a disenchanted Columbia Law School graduate who has put off taking the bar exam because he could not bear to enter the humdrum life of the legal profession. He finds meaning and purpose in being employed as a thrillseeking New York City bicycle messenger despite arguments with his girlfriend and fellow bike messenger, Vanessa Dania Ramirez, who insists that he should make something of himself.Vanessas roommate, Nima Jamie Chung, has asked Vanessa to move out for a personal reason she doesnt disclose. Vanessa is in the process of packing her few belongings. Nima delivers 50,000 that she has saved for two years to Mr. Leung Henry O, a Chinese hawaladar, in exchange for a ticket that she must deliver to Sister Chen, buying a place for Nimas son and mother in one of Sister Chens ships on which gangs smuggle people from China to the United States. ........
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