
Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?... (Full plot summary below)
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Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?
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| Washington PostJoe BrowThe story is so interesting, and Bacon and the other actors are so capable, that if this movie had been two hours out of their lives, I would have found it compelling. What we get, though, is 35 minutes of their lives and a lot of recycled visual cliches. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonThe movie is like the bikers; it's best and freest when it's just racing ahead. Whenever it stops, you ask too many questions. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThey might make a nice couple in a movie about them. But Quicksilver, a product of the music video influence, has been edited at such a rapid pace that there`s more time given over to bicycle racing and car chases than to love. |
| The New York TimesWalter GoodmanAs long as the characters are doing stunts or whizzing impossibly through city traffic to a strong rock beat, there's something to watch. For the rest of the time, Quicksilver is as much fun as a slow leak. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioAccording to the press kit, "Producer Daniel Melnick's personal stamp on films has always been to avoid the obvious, the cliche'." Uh, Dan . . . you lost your stamp. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Still holds up well and entertains thoroughly. |
| Miami HeraldOrlando AlomaQUICKSILVER isn't a movie. It's actually a series of rock videos occasionally interrupted by a slight dalliance with story progression. The premise is wholly fabricated, the style is pure MTV, and the characters are all pressed from Hollywood cliche cutters. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatNot even the rock soundtrack can infuse this story with any momentum or meaning. |
| User ReviewDylan HA solid story of redemption with a great soundtrack and (now) iconic 80s actors. |
| User ReviewMr WankelI loved this movie! Bike messaging at it's best! lol |