Quicksilver | | Cast : | Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz | | Director : | Thomas Michael Donnelly | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | February 14, 1986 | | DVD Released Date : | December 07, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 30, 2005 | | Summary | not the most realistic movie but still a great one | Content
 | Yes, this movie is kind of unrealistic but so what. And just to re-clear up the bike thing. It wasn't a coaster brake bike like you had on your old banana seat bike when you were a kid. It's a track bike with a fixed gear. Which means the pedals spin as long as the rear wheel spins. And backward pressure slows your speed but does not completely stop it.That why he always jumped off the back and grabed the seat when he wanted to stop quickly. That is also why anyone crazy enough to ride a track bike on the street usually has a front brake installed. Look at the scenes where he is freestyling in his apartment. He is pedaling backward. This can only be done on a fixed gear. No coaster brake. If you look really closely at some of the scenes you will be able to see different bikes. Like when Bacon rides down the stairs, you can see the bike he's on has brakes. Obviously for the stunt. But I really like this movie. I've been a messenger and I always wanted the place I worked to be like that movie. We never went outside and freestyle in the street while the boom box played. And hot girls never gave me their phone number. But we get to see Lawrence Fishburne as Voodoo when was still know as Larry. And that's worth the 13 bucks right there. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 25, 2004 | | Summary | New York stock trader to messenger? | Content
| I don't think so. Contrived movie with a little cycling thrown in to make up for a poor script. Think about it: take a dump on a stock and get wiped out; now you are a messenger? I do not think so. I know of a few New York Stock Exchange brokers who blew themselves up on trades, but this is crazy. Thank goodness they kept the New York scenes to a minimum. Yes, he was suppose to be at the NYSE and not the Pacific Stock Exchange as a previous reviewer wrote. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 28, 2004 | | Summary | gotta have skills ona a messenger bike | Content
| 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.
represent! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 31, 2004 | | Summary | It's a Coaster Brake | Content
| Just wanted to clear up the freewheel/ fixed gear dilemma that seems to plague some previous posts: it's a coaster break. You can coast, but when you backpedal the rear wheel locks up automatically. Remember when you were a kid?
At any rate, this is a terrible movie that I love to watch. Rent it without any expectations and you'll love it, too. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 06, 2003 | | Summary | absolute garbage | Content
| 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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