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Summary: Death to Sandra Bullock - You crazed hizzizzore!!!
Review: Speed 2 is what you would get if you crossed an episode of Chip and Pepper's cartoon madness and a ripe blood fart - a real piece of whale sh-t. Speed, although ridiculous and totally unrealistic, was a very enjoyable film. So much so, that when I was a lad after I saw Speed I secured a bomb to the bottom of my mother and father's stations wagon and held them hostage for 15 hours while they sped through the suburban streets of Gainsville, Tennessee. Oh, the poo poo of it all! Unfortunately, there was no Keanu to bail them out - although after the explosion they traded their heads and became zombie bounty hunters for the galaxy of blunk-do. That's a whole other story revolving around apes and the ancient race of Horps el Thwipples. Crazy sh-t. Anyhoo, Speed 2 was so bad that I rented a yacht from the local deli and drove it into the Vatican (Vatican Diner that is). Great cheese fries and gravy there. Very much in the vain of the Speed franchise. They named them the 'Whim of a mad fries and gravy man.' Every time you eat a fry the computer chip in it burns a frame of Speed 2 onto your skull. It makes you speak and communicate only in the language of Speed. For example. 'How do you like your burgr cooked?' Reply: 'Cans.' OR 'Would you like fries with that?' Answer: 'Don't get dead.' See? Wonderful isn't it? So just remember if you want to bleed from your ballhead and have Sandra Bullock's annoying face grafted to your skull then RENT this movie because otherwise: 'You're gonna pay me every dollar.'
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Summary: Fast Bus 2: Big Slow Ship
Review: Speed 2: Cruise Control (1998)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe
Directed By: Jan de Bont
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 121 minutes
___________________________________________________________ On One Hand...
"Thumps up!"
-Roger Ebert ...on the Other.
"A waterlogged sequel that'll soon be bottom-feeding with Beyond the Poseidon Adventure."
-Mike Clark, USA Today
___________________________________________________________ The Love Boat meets Air Force One Speed 2: Cruise Control was one whacked-out movie. Throwing the thrilling dramatic elements of the first film overboard, all it has left is the action...and some dude called Jason Patric. One sure thing that can be said about this movie is its special effects are fabulous. We're talking big money effects, including that oh-so-cool finale where the Seabourn Legend (the ship) crashes into a resort town. ___________________________________________________________ The Plot Trouble continues to follow LA citizen Annie Porter when she and her new hubby (a stone-faced Jason Patric) book a tropical cruise on the Seabourn Legend cruise ship. A crazed computer hacker (Willem Dafoe) has taken over the ship and is setting on a course to destruction...to some sort of some tanker, I guess, that would've exploded (and ends up exploding anyway, but the ship is safe, of course). So, of course, Annie and her beau attempt (meaning they will of course succeed) to save the ship and its passengers. __________________________________________________________ The Cast Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter
(Speed, 28 Days, Two Weeks Notice)
Ms. Bullock, easily my favorite actress, gives a good, if not great, performance, in an iffy-at-best action movie. Speed was outstanding, and it's hard to live up to that, but Sandra OWNS this movie, pretty much. Jason Patric as Officer Alex Shaw
(Your Friends and Neighbours, Sleepers, Narc)
For one, I have no idea who this actor is, he's new to me. And I'm not likely to see any more of his movies based on his performance in this movie. Instead of Keanu Reeve's more human performance as an LAPD cop in the first movie, Patric plays his Alex Shaw (also in the LAPD) as a traditional action hero, always stone-faced and heroic. In fact, Alex Shaw is not the most interesting character in the world. Well as long as Annie's happy... Willem Dafoe as John Geiger
(The English Patient, eXistenZ, Spider-Man)
Dafoe takes over the psycho role, vacated (and beheaded) by Dennis Hopper in the first film. He's didn't seem evil (maybe crazy) but he is rather cool, and his plot to destroy the Seabourn Legend cruise ship was inspired. Willem Dafoe is a very talented man. Another very good performance comes comes from deaf actress Christine Firkins, who plays a deaf teenager named Drew. This movie is notable for the fact that there's not only a deaf character, but the fact that they hired a deaf actress for the part.
___________________________________________________________ So, About the Special Effects... The effects in this movie are very, very good (they better have been, considering its supposed $110-$150 million price tag). The ship is jaw-droppingly cool, as good as the titular vessel in Titanic...unlike that movie though, Speed 2 employed an actual cruise ship (the real Seabourn Legend) in some shots (most shots of it are computer graphics). The finale in the resort town was very, very neat (I talked about this part in the first part of this review).
___________________________________________________________ So What Did I Think? Aside from the effects, this a pretty average action movie with pretty average performances. While nowhere near as good as the first Speed movie, this sequel is glossy, silly movie-night fun (even though it thinks its a seriously heavyweight action movie). ___________________________________________________________
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Summary: "Speed 2: Cruise Control"
Review: "Speed 2: Cruise Control" is one of my favorite movies, and before you start sending me hate mail I want to tell you why. I know Keanu Reeves is not in it, but that might be a good thing. Because I really dont like him, i did like him in "The Matrix" and the origional "Speed" but he's not that apealing. "Speed 2: Cruise Control" might not be as good as the first but its still really fun. And every time I watch it I find my self getting caught in in it. It has nothing to do with the origional but who cares. If they would of made this film without Sandra Bullock and changed the title to just "Cruise Control" people would not of hated it as much! I love it and thats all I can say give it a chace. My friend says it will fall off the face of the earth along with "The Adevntures of Pluto Nash", "Jaws 3", "Jaws: The Revenge" and "Grease 2" And I love all of those too!!
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Summary: Leave any and all sense in your car, at home, etc..
Review: One of the dumbest movies I have ever seen. It ranks right up there with fight and dead-defying scenes on SOAP OPERAS!! A huge cruise ship plowing thru the harbor taking EVERYONE by surprise (obviously the weekend of DEAF boaters), as it smashed into small boats for the sake of...well, smashing into small boats..... Sandra Bullock has her hands tied and is underwater and her "guy" still has time to give her a kiss while under there. How sweet! (OR he may be trying to give breathe to her & the plot...who knows?) It would not have been surprising to see William Defoe twirl a big handle-bar moustache and give an evil laugh in his scenes. I hated giving it even ONE star. But I guess the cruise ship side-swiping the oil tanker was worth that much. In short? Busy camp with the typical "beard" for the male character.
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Summary: OH COME ON PEOPLE, IT WASN'T THAT BAD
Review: Why so hated??? What is about this film that poeple hate it so much. Truly enough SPEED 2 doen't live up to the original at all but it isn't a bad movie. And truly enough the first SPEED didn't need a sequel but it is not like this movie gave the name "speed" a bad name. I didn't love this movie, but I didn't hate it either, I kinda liked it and I'd probobly watch it when it comes on tv. So this time time we are on a cruise ship being taken over by a maniac (Willam Dafoe, the guy who played the Green Goblin in SPIDERMAN) who plans to have it crash somewhere and we don't have a bus being forced to move 50mph-BIG DEAL. The makers tried to do something different and that doesn't mean there new idea [stinks]. Anyway here is the plot....
It has now been a few a years since the whole bus incident nad Anni (Sandra Bullock) has left Jack . She now has a new buyfriend Alex (Jason Patric) who happens to be a cop like just like Jack but Annie doesn't know know that. One day Annie runs into Alex when he was on duty snd figures everything out. Then comes the "I think we should see other people" thing but then Alex brings her cruise tickets so they can go together on vacation and work everything out. As they go on vacation, everything may actually may seem to go right. There having a good time and nmothing is wrong; that is what they think. It seems that one guest on the ship named Geiger (Willam Dafoe) plans to urn everybody's nice relaxing vacation into a total disaster. Geiger is a super yet mental computer genius. Using his knowledge, Geiger manages to put the ship under his controll and sends the ship on a one way trip to hell- literally!!! Annie and the help of Alex try to do what the can to stop this lunatic and save the people on the ship.
So that is pretty much the plot. This may not be the world's best action movie but it isn't the worst. This movie's action are pretty cheezy yet enjoyable to watch. I loved the part where the Boat crashed into the neighborhood. It was so much fun to watch and may be the best part of the film. The only part of this film I hated was the absense of Keanu Reeves. He is one of the best action stars out there and it would be nice if he was in this movie. Overall, this movie is okay and I would recommend buying the video instead of dvd because it will cheaper and all the dvd has x-tra is a trailor.
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Summary: The sequel slump symdrome is evident on here
Review: A lot can be said about many movies whose original is considered a classic while the sequel is considered a bag of flaming [poop]. While "Speed 2: Cruise Control" is far from being the latter, it still is a huge decline from the terrifying adrenaline levels of the 1994 original to mostly clichéd plotting. Yes, of couse this movie has plenty of things to see, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the adrenaline of the first movie. In fact, this movie should've gone under a different title as it hardly shows the speed of the first one. The movie is basically about a large ocean liner where Annie is on a vacation in the Bahamas, or somewhere in the Caribbean Ocean when a deranged madman named John Geiger (played by William Dafoe) disables the main engines and takes control of the ship holding all of the passengers hostage. Personally in my opinion, William Dafoe as the madman Geiger does just as great playing the villain as Dennis Hopper did playing the terrorist Howard Payne in the first Speed movie, showing the madness of a hijacker. It goes downhill for a while after that though with predictable outcomes, fake chemistry, and ridiculous acting by the main character hero. Alex Marshall shows little of the emotional punch, tension, or the rage that Officer Traven showed on the 1994 original. Annie hardly shows the tension, or the fright that she had on the metro bus in the first movie. The chemistry between Bullock and Patric is nowhere near as evident nor as deep as there was between Bullock and Reeves. This movie definitely has some redeeming moments such as the underwater propeller scenario and the oil tanker exploding but even those don't add up enough to create what I consider a major classic and the overall result is a half-baked plot and a movie that doesn't leave much of any impact behind once it's over. A disappointing but OK follow-up to the dynamite Speed.
Rating: 
Summary: Not that bad as they all say
Review: I found that this movie was not as bas as you read all the time. All right, it won't enter the AFI's 100 list any time, like ....ever, but it's great to look at, and if you can stand some silly lines (during the opening scene for exemple), it will reward you with the final crash, which I really liked, also because because it was so long.
Give it at least a try.
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Summary: One to be forgotten.....
Review: A movie to be forgotten. An example of how a sequel can destroy a previous well suceeding movie.... Jason PAtric's acting is part of the blame. Awful. Dafoe's the best actor here, but his villain seems to be taken directly from the BATMAN old TV series. OVer the top. Bullock did it only for the money, this is obvious in her half-baked performance...
Rating:
Summary: How bad can a movie be?
Review: The repleacement of Reeves made me mad. Sandra Bullock did nothing that she did in Speed I. The first one was way better no question about that. I think whoever thaught that was good and thaught it desereved anything more than one star should compair it to the first one.
Rating:
Summary: Bad, worse, Speed 2
Review: This movie is lame and insuling to your intellgence. The acting is poor, the plot is predictable and as for dialogue...well now that I think of it, there isn't any (except for old chliches and dumb jokes).
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