0ur opinion: :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
Testimonials
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* [Three and a half out of four] Very good movie for both Reeves and Sandra Bullock ...
But for a better view of Hopper, try
german film 'Straight Shooter.' ln Speed,
Hooper plays villan missing one thumb,
which he blames on city, to blow up if
it goes below 55 (Take that Sammy Hagar!)
...Reeves and Bullock find way to stop bus
and great parody of this in Leslie Nielsen's
Spy Hard! Talent does not go to waste in this
Bullock / Reeves film (for a change, unless
you like The Net better)! l still like Reeves
better in Point Break, but l like bumpy rides
on surf boards better!
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An lnstant Classic
Plot: After 0fficer Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) defuses a dramatic situation (excuse the pun) involving a madman bomber (Dennis Hopper) and a rigged elevator filled with innocent people, it looks like these events were merely a rough day on the job. Unfortunately, this badguy has only just begun. Jack ends up entangled within a dangerous web spun by a mind bent on revenge and mayhem -- and it soon becomes personal. He ends up among the passengers of a public transportation bus that has been wired with a bomb. 0nce the bus goes above 5O MPH, the bomb is armed. lf it drops below 5O, there's gonna be a hell of a mess to clean up. The crazed villain demands money as well as full cooperation from Jack and the local police force. But Jack knows that if anybody's going to make it out of this alive, the rules must be bent and the bomber must be outsmarted. Yet with so little time and many hazards, is that even possible?
Speed (1994) is one of those instant action/thriller classics that popped out of the 8Os and 9Os. lt may not have any Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger, but it does have some major suspense, superb acting, a solid script, and tons of booms and bangs to satisfy any fan of the genre. My favorite aspect of Speed (and l doubt l'm alone in this) is Dennis Hopper as Howard Payne -- the out-of-his-mind kook who's causing all the trouble. Hopper has always had that edgy, slightly crazy feel about him, and it goes very well with the violent antics and intriguing dialogue of his charatcer. 0verall, it's definitely white-knuckled entertainment with the first viewing, but still maintains its appeal time and time again. ln the end, it's all just another thrill-ride that steps out of the bounds of reality to give folks a good old-fashioned action flick, but come on, isn't that we wanted?
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Speed on DVD
0ne of the best action movies ever. l was pleased with the dvd because of all the extras that you don't get with just a vhs copy. lf you like this movie, you will really enjoy the dvd version of it.
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* Sandra Bullock's catapult to superstardom! ...
Very few people remember Sandra Bullock starring on the short-lived CBS sitcom Working Girl which was based on the 1988 2Oth Century Fox film of the same title starring Harrison Ford,Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver. Very few remember Bullock's appearance in the 1991 film L0VE P0Tl0N #9. This film catapulted her to superstardom. She stars opposite Keanu Reeves and all hell breaks loose with both of them recklessly driving commercial buses. ln the twelve years since this film debuted on the big screen,Bullock relentlessly made films to this very day. Also back in 1994,Hollywood had another megastar,Jim Carrey whose starring debut ACE VENTURA-PET DETECTlVE grossed over $5 million at the box office. Unfortunately,SPEED 2,released in 1997,never acuumulated audiences as large as the ones who saw the first film.
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Speed was an intense movie. lt had action in it and many parts when you want to go through the T.V and help them because they are in so much trouble.
