Quicksilver and the Power of Love.

Quicksilver. Has anyone seen this majestic film? You should. I'll tell you why.

Quicksilver works to show life's misfortunes in a new way. Take Jack Casey, (Kevin Bacon) for example. He was on Wall Street trading stocks, making it big and livin' the dream. Success was something he tasted every day; a feeling most of us only dream of. It only took one wrong move in the fast lane to change everything.

Cut to Jack Casey, present day. Jack is a bike messenger, cutting through traffic and racing his fellow bike rival/after hours drug runner Laurence Fishburne, (then Larry Fishburne). Casey is living the life of leisure, freewheeling on the streets of Manhattan. (Spliced in with downhill bike chases on the streets of San Francisco? Yes...you can see the differences.)

Louis Anderson and Paul Rodriguez are one of the many familiar faces starring alongside the great Kevin Bacon. Did I mention there's a bike-off scene?

He has a live-in lover Ballerina girlfriend. In their freetime, (read: foreplay time) they enjoy a showdown of talents. Dance vs. Bike. I think it's a safe bet that Jack Casey wins. He always does. Yet something doesn't feel right. He finds the two of them living on opposite ends of reality. Enter Teri, (Jami Gertz). A freewheelin' on the edge she-biker who has a lot to learn about life...and about love.

Jack Casey is forced to make choices through Quicksilver. It's Bike vs. Drugs and Casey must race to the finish line of self-realization by following his heart. Life in the fast lane doesn't prove too much for Jack Casey....it never does.

I won't spoil the ending, but I will say the tagline says it all. "Winning is a feeling you never lose." Jack Casey, we can only learn from you. Teach us.