Movie Review Friday -- Quicksilver

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Quicksilver (1986)

Available on DVD

When hotshot stockbroker Jack Casey (Kevin Bacon) loses everything in a harsh market, he turns to a low-impact life as a San Francisco bike messenger. Let me be clear--this cheese-oozing movie falls into the "so bad it's good" category. Watch it with a group of friends; count the bad '80s movie tropes or hone your prowess at the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Nevertheless, the flick's wild rides and impressive bike tricks will entertain pedal power proponents. While the plucky bike messengers don't wear helmets, and they certainly don't stay in the bike lane, Casey's enthusiasm for life on two wheels is contagious.

--Review by Della Watson

Comments

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Are you joking?
This is a movie promoting GREEN activities?
Wow - completely off the mark
He becomes a bike messenger because there is nothing lower he can do after blowing his parents' retirement money and descending in a shame-based depression.
NOT out of any green concern.
We know this because the bike job is a TEMP job, for heaven's sake.
The climax of the movie has him getting over his losing and going back into the investment game - and Wall Street is so far from green that it's impossible to imagine.