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Summary: Speed ...!
Review: This movie is filled with action but is totally unrealistic! The movie should actually be considered a comedy because of the stuff that goes on. I wouldn't reccomend it.
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Summary: Pop quiz, hot shot!
Review: Step aside, ma'am, Jack Traven is boarding the bus! But unlike the other passangers, he's boarding ths bus by jumping from a speeding Jaguar, so obviously the passengers already on board believe the guy "is out of his mind". He's not, actually. He's doing that because the bus simply can't slow down. It has to stay over 50 mph or a bomb planted under it will go off, a bomb planted by an angry ex-police officer and the explosive is capable of evaporating a city block. Put this bus in the streets of urban Los Angeles and those passengers have a problem! But boy, we're in for an adrenaline rush!Jan De Bont's directorial debut is a very well-told urban tale about revenge and the music by Mark Mancina (Disney's Tarzan, Con Air) and the cinematography of Andrzej Bartkowiak (Falling Down, Lethal Weapon 4) help this movie to have a very urbane look. Tall buildings, gridlock traffic, golden sunlight, the sense of city heat and the gray-layer of air pollution as the bus makes its way through the streets of L.A. Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) is a former cop, who feels humiliated by his retirement plan, after protecting the citizens of Los Angeles for decades. So he sets up a plan to put innocent people in danger and ask for ransom, but that's when SWAT officer Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) enters the plot, as the guy who saves those hostages and almost kills Payne. But Payne isn't dead, not by a long shot. Now even more angry and with nothing to lose, he elaborates a new plan, which consists on planting a bomb on a city bus. The bomb will activate itself if the bus goes over 50 mph, and once over that speed, it can never slow down or it will blow up. So Jack Traven and a couple of his friends (Dumb & Dumber's Jeff Daniels and Terminator 2's Joe Morton) and a unwilling civilian partner (Strange Days' Glenn Plummer) start a race to foil this new plan and taking Payne out for good. But it's going to be a long, urbane, working-day morning before they can call it a day. With a bus filled with likable characters (Alan Ruck, Sandra Bullock, Beth Grant, Hawthorne James, Carlos Carrasco, David Kriegel, Daniel Villarreal, et al) you really get to care about them and with the right sensibility, you even get to worry about any possible problem they might face, but don't worry, with a little luck, Jack might just as well save the day. The 5-star collection edition is a perfect opportunity to enjoy this 1994 film in all its greatness, featuring some really fun TV spots, the theatrical trailer, interviews, deleted and extended scenes (great ones, actually) and even a Billy Idol music video, among lots of other things enough to fill a city bus... pun intended, of course. This movie was followed by a weird 1997 sequel (no Keanu Reeves) but that's another story. That sequel is not near as good as this movie here and is this one the one you should check out if you're interested in having a good time, that is of course, if action is your thing.
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Summary: This movie ROCKS in LETTERBOX!!!
Review: After all these years seeing it in that ugly 4x3 Pan and Scan format, I finally broke down and bought the 5 Star Collection. I'm very glad I did. I always wished to see that movie in its original widescreen format, and now, my wish has come true. It looks so much better this way. The sound was a little different too. Took a minute to readjust myself. I'm very glad I made that investment to add to my small DVD collection. Someday, I'll have a big collection. GREAT MOVIE!!!
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Summary: Intense in all its ways
Review: What more can be said about this fast-paced movie about a maniac (Dennis Hopper) who has placed a bomb on a bus which has to remain over a certain speed. The driver gets disabled and Bullock takes over and Reeves, of course, is on the hunt for Hopper, but then finds himself on the bus. The sparks fly between Bullock and Reeves, and with the exception of Hopper's incredible portrayal of an evil lunatic (not surprising, is it?), this movie rocks!! Recommended.
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Summary: Fun!
Review: This is a fun movie, and one of the most entertaining movies I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The plot is absolutely gorgeous in its simplicity: a bunch of innocent people, plus a cop, are on a bus. A terrorist has put a bomb on the bus, so if the bus slows down everyone blows up and dies. And the bus happens to be on an ordinary, crowded big city highway. So once you realize ( very early on in the movie ) that the bus is definitely *not* going to blow up, you can enjoy the ride. So once we're handed the simple, bare-bones scenario, we get to see every single complication that can occur with one speeding bus, scared people, and public roads. Every single possibility of loss of life and horrible danger is explored in loving detail. That is where this movie gets really fun: just sit back and enjoy the ride. That's all you have to do with this movie.
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Summary: Still a fun ride
Review: The scenes on the bus are a highlight, of course, because that is half the movie, but the elevator and subway scenes are just as suspensful (assuming you can forget that the heroes never die in these movies). The one thing I kept thinking during this film (besides how cute Sandra Bullock was) was that Keanu Reeves really found his niche in action films, and why doesn't he make more of them?
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Summary: Thrill packed movie
Review: This is simply a great action movie and should definately be added to your collections. Speed 1 and 2 were both thrill packed, exciting movies with adventure, romance and of course a whole lot of "What do you do Jack, what do you do!". Definately a movie worth watching multiple times, and a great one for a surround sound enviroment for many home theaters enthusiasts. I loved it and plan to purchase Speed 2 on here as well (I was going to get the two pack collection, but Speed 2 wouldn't have been widescreen if I recall correctly).
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Summary: Enthusiastic!
Review: What a gripping ride this movie was. A movie that made me want to watch more. I was very impressed with Jan De Bint's directional debut and he deserves more. He needs to stop making 'sell out' movies like Twister, The Haunting and the horrible Sequel to this excellent movie.
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Summary: Probably the best action movie ever !!!!
Review: Reeves made his role in this acclaimed high box office hit that rocked his career in 1994. A pair of LA Explosions Squad(Reeves and Daniels) answer a call made by a puplic building where a bomb is set on a elevator full of hostages which is controlled remotely by a mad villain(superb Dennis Hopper) who wants a huge randsom for keeping the elevator with the brakes on. After breaking his plan and saving the day the villian set a bomb on a LA Metrpolitan bus full of citizens which will explode after passing 50 mph and it can be lowered or else will explode also. Jack gets in there and after a struggle where the bus driver is being hit Annie(Bullock) takes the wheel and starts taking the bus outside the area after jumping an high and impossible jump of 50 meters on a broke road bridge they get to Lax where they cheated the villain and saved all the hostages but after a unsuccesful trip to the villians home he wants to be paid but he escapes to the subway with one hostage. It's the best action movie. Buy the Five-Star-Collection.
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Summary: Speed - The ultimate action movie
Review: A lot of action movies are all about explosions, profanity, violence, blood and guts. Speed has some of that, but it is also a well-crafted film, with elements of DIE HARD, Spielberg's DUEL, and the 1974 classic THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE-TWO-THREE to liven things up. It is a sure-fire winner.
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