The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 753 1980s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas Michael DonnellyDirector
- Tony BanksOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas Michael DonnellyScreenplay
Cast
- Kevin BaconJack Casey
- Jami GertzTerri
- Paul RodríguezHector Rodriguez
- Rudy RamosGypsy
- Laurence FishburneVoodoo
- Louie AndersonTiny
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinMr. Casey
- Andrew SmithGabe Kaplan
- Charles McCaughanAirborne
- Abel FernandezGuyamo
- David HarrisApache
- Georgann JohnsonMrs. Casey
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Themes
new york citybike ridingcycling