Quicksilver (1986)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Thomas Michael Donnelly

Writer:

Thomas Michael Donnelly (written by)

Release Date:

14 February 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Winning is a feeling you never lose.

Plot:

Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision...

Plot Keywords:

Bicycle | Stock Speculators | Latino | Bicycle Acrobat | Financial Disaster

Cast

Kevin Bacon	...	Jack Casey
Jami Gertz	...	Terri
Paul Rodriguez	...	Hector Rodriguez
Rudy Ramos	...	Gypsy
Andrew Smith	...	Gabe Kaplan
Gerald S. O'Loughlin	...	Mr. Casey
Laurence Fishburne	...	Voodoo (as Larry Fishburne)
Louie Anderson	...	Tiny (as Louis Anderson)
Charles McCaughan	...	Airborne
David Harris	...	Apache
Whitney Kershaw	...	Rand
Joshua Shelley	...	Shorty
Georgann Johnson	...	Mrs. Casey
Nelson Vails	...	Messenger in Maroon Beret
Lou Dinos	...	Cha Cha

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Jack hits the Taxi and falls the license plate on the Taxi clearly says California.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Will & Grace: Lows in the Mid-Eighties (#3.8)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Chamo Candela

quicksilver as an alternative life promoter

I liked quicksilver and still do today after 20 years of its release date. Instead of looking at Quicksilver as a bunch of losers who ran a bike, I appreciated the kevin Bacon part as a character who suffered from a severe setback, and found in cycling a way to overcome depression and become a loser. The initial scene where he goes on a taxi and paid the taxi driver to race a bike courier, show how fascinated he was by this "alternative life", representing more freedom, athletic performance, and no ties to an office or a company organization. For me this was the main interest of Quicksilver, besides its music, which is quite good.

As a negative point, I regret that none of the characters, followed a different path to its life, as a result of the quicksilver experience, and in fact they all dream of having a regular job, making more money, etc. In fact the script is light, trying to please a large audience, and I think the movie was reasonably successful at the time it was released. I recommend viewing it or buying the DVD.