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?
Stunts
Bacon did most of his own riding, and it shows.
Production
San Francisco streets never looked this aggressively 1986.
Director
Thomas Michael Donnelly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's bike messenger culture depiction influenced actual courier subculture, with real messengers adopting the 'Quicksilver' nickname for years after.
This arrived at peak 'yuppie anxiety' cinema—Wall Street workers fleeing to 'authentic' lives was briefly its own genre. Jack Casey is essentially a prequel to every tech bro who became a baker in 2020.
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