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You need to watch this movie from 1986. It stars Kevin Bacon and he, himself, described it as "the absolute lowest point of my career", and this is only 2 years after "Footloose". The first 10 minutes are a riot as they try to age Kevin Bacon, playing a floor trader, by giving him a bad wig and a fake moustache. After losing everything, he tries to get his life together again by becoming a bicycle messenger. Jami Gertz plays what I can only generously call, a not quite high functioning mentally challenged person. A young Laurence Fishburne as well as comedian Louie Anderson also have roles in the movie, both play bicycle messengers as well. By the way, this isn't a comedy. Not it's a dramatic movie with drugs, murder, revenge, and redemption all as familiar tropes.

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Why do these extreme sports movies always seem to have a criminal slant to them? Quicksilver, Gleaming the Cube, and Premium Rush each features a plot revolving around a crime element thwarted by the extreme sport showcased in the film.

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I always enjoyed the bike dancing. Terrible movie. Ahh, the dream of getting my own hot dog cart lives becuase of this movie.

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Why do these extreme sports movies always seem to have a criminal slant to them? Quicksilver, Gleaming the Cube, and Premium Rush each features a plot revolving around a crime element thwarted by the extreme sport showcased in the film.

See also: "Extreme Ops"!

 

 

Do the Dew...MOTHERFUCKER!

 

Snowboarders versus the terrorists from "Cliffhanger", but minus Joth Lithgow! Yeah, this one's getting a thread...

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