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Summary: gotta have skills ona a messenger bike
Review: one of the very few movies where flatland is involved, and yea sure it might be a sucky movie but I'll support anything that supports my sport of flatland.
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Summary: absolute garbage
Review: Quicksilver is a pure example of how fast things can change in the real world. From the fast paced floor of the New York Stock Exchange to a "Quicksilver" bike messenger. Either way there are tasks at hand. This movie really demonstrates certain ethics and values. There are certain things people may do for extra money, but how far will they go. Will they lose everything they have or will they hit it big.Quicksilver is a great movie for the everyday dreamer. Many people talk of the "American Dream"..... Well this just proves that there are steps to get there.
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Summary: Real Drama
Review: Quicksilver is a pure example of how fast things can change in the real world. From the fast paced floor of the New York Stock Exchange to a "Quicksilver" bike messenger. Either way there are tasks at hand. This movie really demonstrates certain ethics and values. There are certain things people may do for extra money, but how far will they go. Will they lose everything they have or will they hit it big. Quicksilver is a great movie for the everyday dreamer. Many people talk of the "American Dream"..... Well this just proves that there are steps to get there.
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Summary: Real Drama
Review: Quicksilver is a pure example of how fast things can change in the real world. From the fast paced floor of the New York Stock Exchange to a "Quicksilver" bike messenger. Either way there are tasks at hand. This movie really demonstrates certain ethics and values. There are certain things people may do for extra money, but how far will they go. Will they lose everything they have or will they hit it big. Quicksilver is a great movie for the everyday dreamer. Many people talk of the "American Dream"..... Well this just proves that there are steps to get there.
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Summary: Stockbroker to courier
Review: The movie is set in an unnamed city, but I live in San Francisco, and it is obvious that the movie was shot here, even though the filmmakers tried to avoid shooting landmarks. The Pacific Exchange is located downtown and that is probably where Bacon's character works. However, the exchange's equities floor went fully electronic in 3/2002 and there is no longer a trading floor full of traders yelling at each other. The options floor is still open. I would recommend this film to fans of bicycle movies and maybe Kevin Bacon movies. I'm a fan of cycling movies, so I own a copy and have seen it several times. I work in an office job and used to be a pretty hardcore cyclist. I used to fantasize being a SF messenger. However, I also knew that my lifestyle required more than [their salary]. The cycling scenes are fun but there are some continuity problems. In closeups, Kevin Bacon's bicycle lacks brakes and gears, which is consistent with the fashion among many messengers to ride fixed gear/track bikes on the street. However, in many of the stunt shots, when he is racing down the hills, the stuntman cyclist is clearly on a freewheel-equipped bike and probably has brakes. There are also several scenes shot in Kevin's massive loft apartment. It might have been possible for a messenger to have his own large loft apartment in the 80's, where he can play with his ballerina girlfriend. However, that apartment probably costs [a lot more] today!
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Summary: Nice bacon bit
Review: The movie was filmed on the floor of the san francisco OPTIONS floor exchange. All the traders stayed after the close and filmed the movie. How do I know? My dad was in this movie. He worked on the floor and has several shots of him 1) at a quotron(remember those) , and 2) clearing for some one. So obviously I am biased, but aside from my dad this is actually a pretty decent film, save the fact that no way some ex-trader is going to get on the floor take a position and make a killing. Every once and a while I bust this movie out and watch pop in his blue brioni suit working the floor. He is my hero and I will always have this to show my kids and their kids when he is no longer with me. So get the film!
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Summary: absolute garbage
Review: This film is pure nonsense. Bacon's character supposedly rides a fixed, but in the "race" scene midway through the film, it is obvious that the stunt double rides a freewheel bike. He should always be peddling, even when airborne on San Francisco hills. The lack of attention to this simple detail begs the question: why even put him on a fixed, when so many other characters ride freewheel rigs? And don't even get me started on Kevin Bacon. I rented this because I wanted a campy, cheesy, formulaic film about bike messengers, but the filmmakers clearly had no respect for or knowledge of their subject. BOOOOO!!!
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Summary: Quicksilver
Review: This is a great story and Kevin and cast did a great job all the way around, so of course it would get a bad review. Feeling devastated, and responsible for the ruin of clients and his father, of course a young man would drop out and go into a low stress, highly physical job. This is not unlikely, I have seen this happen. The story shows how his confidence returns after he goes through several trials and is coerced into helping a friend in need.
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