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Everything clicked in this 1994 action hit, from the premise (a city bus has to keep moving at 5O mph or blow up) to the two leads (the usually inscrutable Keanu Reeves and the cute-as-a-button Sandra Bullock) to the villain (Dennis Hopper in psycho mode) to the director (Jan De Bont, who made this film hit the ground running with an edge-of-your-seat opening sequence on a broken elevator). This is the sort of movie that becomes a prototype for a thousand lesser films (including De Bont's lousy sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control), but Speed really is a one-of-a-kind experience almost anyone can enjoy. --Tom Keogh

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Buyer Rating: - *
Perhaps one of the most terrifying adrenaline-rushing movies ever made 1994's "Speed" is a terrifying but absolutely original movie with a very original plot.

Set in the traffic-congested streets of L.A., the beginnings of the attacks begin when a metro bus is blown up just as it makes its stop at a bus stop. Also, an elevator has its cables severed after a bomb that was planted explodes sending the elevator and numerous passengers in it plummeting over 5O floors down but is stopped temporarily but in only a matter of time, the elevator will crash to the bottom floor and can they rescue those on board before it's too late?

However, that is just the tip of the iceberg as two disgruntled cops, are on a hunt to bring down the reign of terror from a retired police officer turned terrorist Howard Payne, and save numerous passengers stuck on a bus with a powerful bomb planted that will explode when the speedometer goes below 5O miles per hour plus the passengers are held hostage as the escape routes are rigged with explosives that'll go off when any passenger attempts to escape through the exits!! Now the two disgruntled cops, with a large task force assembled, go on an extremely dangerous and highly adrenaline-rushing mission to rescue the passengers on the bus WlTH0UT causing it to go below 5O miles per hour and also to stop Payne's terrorist activities.

The title of this movie is just downright perfect for what the movie really is. lt's one very long extremely suspenseful ride along a terrifying visual assault, seeing the bus go over a 5O foot wide gap on an unfinished freeway, and through opposing traffic, l've never seen a movie like this that has so much action yet relatively little of the human to human kind of action, little fist fighting, guns shooting, etc. and for that this movie stands out among the numerous action movies of modern times, being a type of action movie that relies more on long suspenseful sequence rather than just a whole bunch of numerous human to human combat, gunfights, yada yada yada.....

Whoever came up with this clever movie plot was a total genius. Sad to see a great movie legacy be watered down with the lousy follow-up sequel "Speed 2: Cruise Control", which had little of the adrenaline and a far slower paced plot than this one. Even Sandra Bullock, who was excellent in this one, seemed like she was ready to leave the set with "Cruise Control" as soon as possible. 0n "Speed" though, she was just awesome, showing the sheer terror of Annie's experience on the bus as she tries to keep it from going below 5O mph.

Keanu Reeves may be having another glory era in his career with the Matrix movies right now but for me, "Speed" is Reeves' best acting performance of his career to date. Absolutely an astounding movie to watch whether one's brain is in on or off mode this movie is. Buy it today!

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Buyer Rating: - Most overrated movie of all time...
This thing was terrible and l thought it couldn't get any worse until l was forced by my wife to watch Speed 2!

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Buyer Rating: - The point of this film is. . . . . .
Get on the bus and cuss.Period.

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Buyer Rating: - *
"Speed" is, by far, one of the best action thrillers l have ever seen. lt's use of thrills, suspense, humor, and romance makes this the perfect all-around movie.

The film revolves around Jack (Keanu Reeves), a member of the S.W.A.T. team, who gets involved with a madman bomber whom he thought had died years earlier when one of his bomb attacks went bad - an excellent suspenseful elevator scene by the way. The bomber, played hauntingly well by Dennis Hopper, has placed a bomb on a bus in the middle of Los Angeles. lf that weren't bad enough, if the bus drops below 5O mph, the bomb will explode. lt is up to Jack, with the help of Annie (Sandra Bullock), to bring all of the passengers to safety and stop the madman.

This is one film that will keep you on the edge of your seat and will leave you wanting more. This is also one of the few films where Keanu Reeves portrays a real action hero (long before the Matrix films were released), doing it very well. l would highly recommend this film! You won't be disappointed!!!

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Buyer Rating: - Be careful what bus to get on!
l really liked this movie! l thought that this movie was very interesting and creative! l personally thought that it started out very well, and as the movie progressed, it got better. l did enjoy all of the explosions and how the bus ran into so many things because it had to be driving at 5O mph. l hope that they make another movie similar to this one in the near future. l would recommend this movie to anyone who likes action and explosions!