Premium Rush is a 2012 American action-thriller film directed by David Koepp and written by Koepp and John Kamps. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez and Jamie Chung. Set around a bicycle messenger who is chased around New York City by a man who wants an envelope the messenger has, it was released on August 24, 2012 by Columbia Pictures and received positive reviews from film critics.