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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After a couple humiliating and painful encounters with Wilee, the bike-patrol officer finally has his bike stolen by said bike messenger. His response to this theft of police property? "That's it. I'm done."

* AnachronicOrder: The story starts with Wilee getting tossed off his bike after hitting a cab, then keeps shifting between points in the day to show the individual activities of the various characters before coming together in the climax.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The sentence Monday spoke [[spoiler:right before taking a fatal bullet to the back of his head]] was a threat containing the word "zipperheads" directed at a crowd of Chinese gangsters.

* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: While it starts off with Manny being the reliable guy who drives Vanessa around and (rightfully) points out how dangerous Wilee's bike is and Wilee being the guy who dropped out of law school and rides around New York City at top speed without brakes, Manny is further revealed to be a [[Jerkass Jerkass]] and Wilee [[Determinator will not]] [[MadeOfIron hesitate]] to finish Nima's job.

* SomebodyElsesProblem: Within New York's {{Chinatown}}s, Bobby has relatively free rein to dish out violent intimidation while the rest of the public look on. Justified as it's implied that a large proportion of the population are illegal immigrants who refuse to bring attention on themselves, as well as being cowed into non-activity by the men running the Chinese gambling dens. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, that door swings both ways.]]

--.'''Vanessa''': That was the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on!

[[Film/PremiumRush Premium Rush]] is a 2012 American action film starring Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. This film is directed by David Koepp, the director of ''Film/GhostTown'' and ''StirOfEchoes''.

* EscalatingChase

* {{Jerkass}}: Bobby and Manny

* UnstoppableMailman: Averted and played straight; after being pursued by Monday, Wilee decides to cancel the delivery until he realizes its' importance and then goes all out with this trope.

* SmugSnake: A smirking self-satisfied BigBadWannabe, Officer Monday equates being a dirty cop with being an unbeatable BadAss, even in situations where he is clearly at a disadvantage (like being surrounded by Chinese gangsters intent on killing him).

** To LooneyTunes of all things. Wilee (Wile-E) is sometimes called "the coyote man," a character seen for a moment is called Roadrunner, and Detective Monday is more or less doing an impersonation of an evil, less resourceful BugsBunny. Bugs always lost when he was the aggressor, after all.

* JerkAss: Bobby and Manny

* HairTriggerTemper: NYPD officer and antagonist, Bobby Monday, whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pai_Gow Pai Gow]] addiction and temper have gotten him in deep with Chinatown gamblers. For instance, after one of Mr. Lin's enforcers knocks out one of his teeth, Monday smashes his face into a truck grill, causing fatal injuries. The enforcers were simply roughing him up for losing all his money that he borrowed for another gambling trip. This becomes the impetus for his later downfall.

* IronicEcho: After being called a douchebag [[MakesSenseInContext in the back of an ambulance]], Det. Monday goes on a rant about the vulgarity of the younger generation. In it, he mentions a guy who said "Suck it!" on TV and points out that [[ThinkOfTheChildren little kids might have been watching]]. No points for guessing what Wilee says after Bobby gets OutGambitted.

[[Film/PremiumRush Premium Rush]] is a 2012 American action film starring JosephGordonLevitt. This film is directed by David Koepp, the director of [[Film/GhostTown Ghost Town]] and StirOfEchoes.

* ActorAllusion: It isn't the first time JosephGordonLevitt stars in a movie constantly [[FiveHundredDaysOfSummer switching back and forth in time]].

* UnstoppableMailman: Averted and played straight; after being pursued by Monday, Wilee decides to cancel the delivery until he realizes its importance and then goes all out with this trope.

* HairTriggerTemper: NYPD officer and antagonist, Bobby Monday, whose Pai Gow addiction and temper have gotten him in deep with Chinatown gamblers. For instance, after one of Mr. Lin's enforcers knocks out one of his teeth, Monday smashes his face into a truck grill, causing fatal injuries. The enforcers were simply roughing him up for losing all his money that he borrowed for another gambling trip. This becomes the impetus for his later downfall.

-->'''Wilee:'' I do not carry drug shit, or whatever the hell this is!

* ActorAllusion: It isn't the first time JosephGordonLevitt stars in a movie constantly [[FiveHundredDaysOfSummer]] switching back and forth in time]].

* IronicEcho: After being called a douchebag [[MakesSenseInContext in the back of an ambulance]], Det. Monday goes on a rant about the vulgarity of the younger generation. In it, he mentions a guy who said, "Suck it!" on TV and points out that [[ThinkOfTheChildren little kids might have been watching]]. No points for guessing what Wilee says after Bobby gets OutGambitted.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:The one time that Wilee's SherlockScan ability turns up ''zero routes''. [[InMediasRes How do you think that crash at the start of the movie happened]]?]]

* RunningGag: Wilee trying to get something to eat, but stuff always happens that prevents him from doing so.

-->Wilee: I do not carry drug shit, or whatever the hell this is!
-->Raj: It's not drugs, it can't be drugs. It's from a highly respected East Coast college. ''(covers phone, turns to Tito)'' It's probably drugs.
-->Tito: Yep.

* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Wilee is repeatedly chased by police for moving violations and later steals that bike cop's bike, but there's no indication he is ever prosecuted for his actions. Somewhat justified; the only cop who ever learns Wilee's nickname is Bobby, and he never even shares that. Everyone else only knows him as the bike messenger with a red shirt and a beat-up bike. They'd have a hard time even finding him, much less prosecuting him.

* SomebodyElsesProblem: Within New York's {{Chinatown}}s, Bobby has relatively free reign to dish out violent intimidation while the rest of the public look on. Justified as it's implied that a large proportion of the population are illegal immigrants who refuse to bring attention on themselves, as well as being cowed into non-activity by the men running the Chinese gambling dens. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, that door swings both ways.]]

* RealTime: Not exactly. While the film frequently uses AnachronisticOrder to get the job done, the bulk of the film (and the film itself) takes 93 minutes, start to finish.

* RabidCop: Again, Bobby Monday.

* SomebodyElsesProblem: Within New York's {{Chinatown}}s, Bobby has relatively free reign to dish out violent intimidation while the rest of the public look on. Justified as it's implied that a large proportion of the population are illegal immigrants who refuse to bring attention on themselves, as well as being cowed into non-activity by the men running the Chinese gambling dens.