6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Premium Rush (2012)
Premium Rush (2012)
Overview
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is an action thriller focused on an individual's struggle against a corrupt authority figure, with a personal story involving an immigrant's plight. It avoids explicit political commentary on systemic issues, instead emphasizing individual ingenuity and a subculture's collective action to resolve the conflict, leading to a neutral rating.
The film features a visibly diverse supporting cast in an original story, including Hispanic, Asian, Black, and South Asian characters in key roles, alongside white leads. The narrative focuses on an action-thriller plot without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities, and DEI themes are not central to the storyline.
Secondary
Premium Rush includes a minor gay character, Manny, whose sexual orientation is revealed incidentally through a casual reference to his boyfriend. This detail is presented neutrally, neither uplifting nor denigrating his identity, and does not impact the film's main plot or themes.
The film "Premium Rush" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a bike messenger's race against time and a corrupt cop, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
The film primarily features a male protagonist engaged in a high-speed bicycle chase. While female characters are present and involved in the plot, none are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.
Premium Rush is an original film with characters created specifically for this movie. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments from which characters' genders could have been altered.
Premium Rush is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.3
Critic Ratings
7.5
6.6
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