Speed Movie


Rating:
Run Time:	115 min
MPAA Rating:	R
Released:	1994
Directors:	Jan de Bont
Genre/Type:	Action Action Thriller
Producers:	Ian Bryce Mark Gordon

Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

If you don't think Speed is the fastest-moving adventure film ever made, we challenge you to find a faster one. Keanu Reeves stars as an LA Bomb Squad specialist whose principal antagonist is elusive bomber-extortionist Dennis Hopper. Seeking vengeance after his latest ransom scheme is thwarted, Hopper presents a personal challenge to Reeves: A wired-for-destruction city bus, which will detonate if the speedometer drops below 50 MPH. Playing the reluctant civilian who is pressed into service as the bus' "substitute driver," leading lady Sandra Bullock became a major star in her own right. Once Speed gets to the meat of its story, the excitement never lets up--not even after the boobytrapped bus is out of the picture.

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Cast

Actors	Character	Born
Keanu Reeves	Jack Traven	Sep 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon
Dennis Hopper	Howard Payne	May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, KS
Sandra Bullock	Annie Porter	Jul 26, 1964 in Arlington, VA
Joe Morton	Capt.McMahon	Oct 18, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Jeff Daniels	Harry	Feb 19, 1955 in Athens, GA
Alan Ruck	Stephens
Glenn Plummer	Jaguar Owner
Richard Lineback	Norwood
Beth Grant	Helen
Hawthorne James	Sam
Carlos Carrasco	Ortiz
David Kriegel	Terry
Natsuko Ohama	Mrs.Kamino
Daniel Villarreal	Ray
Billy Hopkins
Thomas Rosales, Jr.	Coffee Shop Worker

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Review by Brendon Hanley

More than just a roller coaster of a movie, Speed might be one of the most action-packed movies ever made. Director Jan de Bont carves away time-consuming story conventions, instead jumping from set piece to set piece, explosion to explosion, at a pace that makes its precursors in the action genre seem slow and ponderous. For the most part, the actors in Speed wisely settle into their one-dimensional parts. Dennis Hopper is the obligatory psycho, and Keanu Reeves, the taciturn, straight-faced hero. The film's standout performance belongs to Sandra Bullock, who gives the proceedings a massive boost: Her charming smart-aleckiness fills the lulls (however brief) between action sequences. De Bont previously made his name as a cinematographer on the elaborate, frenetic Die Hard and Lethal Weapon 3; he would go on to direct Twister and the substandard Speed 2, which also starred Bullock.
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