Quicksilver (1986)
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Cast
as Jack Casey
as Terri
as Hector Rodriguez
as Gypsy
as Gabe Kaplan
as Mr. Casey
as Mr. Casey
as Voodoo
as Tiny
as Airborne
as Rand
as Shorty
as Secretary Ad Agency
as Mrs. Casey
as Messenger in Maroon Beret
as Cha Cha
as Dedicated
as Educated
as Maria Rodriguez
as Chip
as Ax
as Rolf
as Grocery Store Owner
as Spider
as Nurse
as Guyamo
as Secretary Ad Agency
as Brokers at Lunch
as Brokers at Lunch
as Cab Driver
as Waitress
as Asian Gang Member
as Asian Gang Member
as Counterman
as Bum
as Waiter
as Hooker
as Hooker
as Bar Flirt
as Nector's Niece
as Public Trader
as Broker
as Bicycle Messenger
as Bicycle Messenger
as Bicycle Messenger
as Options Trader
as Options Trader
as Options Trader
as Options Trader
as Options Trader
Critic Reviews for Quicksilver
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (13)
Quicksilver youthsploitation moviemaking at its most youthsploitative, doesn't include breakdancing, although it does include bikedancing, which sort of rhymes with breakdancing.
As long as the characters are doing stunts or whizzing impossibly through city traffic to a strong rock beat, there's something to watch. For the rest of the time, ''Quicksilver'' is as much fun as a slow leak.
The movie has moments when it comes to life, when it threatens to tell a story about interesting people, and then it wanders off into inane scenes designed only to sell records.
Still holds up well and entertains thoroughly.
Finally, the "ten-speed bike" opus we've all been waiting for.
Not even the rock soundtrack can infuse this story with any momentum or meaning.
Audience Reviews for Quicksilver
Daft but enjoyable 80's drama with Kevin Bacon.
Super Reviewer
Kevin Bacon followed his breakout role in Footloose with this story of a washed up stock broker who finds his calling as bicycle messenger. He's surrounded by stereotypical, yet colorful characters played by recognizable character actors like Paul Rodriguez, Louis Anderson, Jamie Gertz, and pre-Matrix Laurence Fishburne as Voodoo, a messenger who doesn't care about what he delivers, even if it is for the local drug runner, known as The Gypsy. The movie is filled with lots of bicycyle stunts, and even an impromptu freestyle competition. There's also character conflict as Bacon tries to recapture his stock broker ways, better the lives of his fellow messengers, and bring down The Gypsy when he begins to hurt his friends. A mid-80's movie, it's filled with big hair, wild clothing styles, and requisite pop music, probably meant to fuel soundtrack sales. For Bacon it was cashing a paycheck on the road to cult classics like Tremors, and adding more links to the Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon game.
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