Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 5 Awesome Roles And 5 That Sucked

By Padraig Cotter /

...And 5 That Sucked

5. Wilee - Premium Rush

Sandwiched between The Dark Knight Rises and Looper, Premium Rush is a lame thriller that broke Levitt€™s hot streak and proved he couldn€™t always overcome the material he was given. Any thriller that tries to make the life of a bike messenger into a high-octane thrill ride is already getting off to a bad start, and it doesn€™t help that Levitt€™s character Wilee is a clichéd thrill seeker with no real personality. His only character trait is that he likes to ride his bike really fast, but there€™s not much more to him than that. Levitt has a talent for being able to turn even a thinly written character into something compelling, yet there€™s not much he can do here besides grimace as he dodges traffic. The chance to do a mainstream film with a slightly off-kilter idea was probably the appeal for Levitt here, but it results in maybe his blandest performance to date.