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Summary: SPEED Kills!
Review: One of the most highly charged action films since Spielberg's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, the 1994 film SPEED is a model for how action films with fairly realistic situations should be done. Long-time cinematographer Jan DeBont (DIE HARD; THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) got behind the director's chair for this hair-raising suspense thriller that has a high-tech look and a familiar flair to it.Keanu Reeves is the L.A. police officer out to stop a deranged former Atlanta cop (Dennis Hopper) from detonating a bomb on a bus going from Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles. Earlier, Reeves and his partner (Jeff Daniels) had stopped Hopper from killing people in an express elevator in a highrise and collecting on a $3 million ransom. Now, Hopper has raised the stakes even further. He has demanded $3.7 million. Even worse, he has made his bomb so that it will blow the bus up if its speed drops under fifty miles per hour. With the way L.A.'s freeways work, this will not prove easy. And when the bus driver is shot by a frightened passenger, another passenger, Annie (Sandra Bullock) is forced to take the wheel and keep the bus moving. The result is a series of hair-raising turns, twists, and edge-of-the-seat suspense that climaxes at LAX. The fun doesn't end there, however. Hopper kidnaps Bullock off the street near Pershing Square in Downtown L.A., and Reeves tracks him onto a Metrorail subway train. He finally does away with Hopper; but with the train's brake system disabled, he and Bullock must survive the train jumping the tracks along Hollywood Boulevard. Winner of two Oscars, for Sound and Sound Effects Editing, SPEED is genuinely solid suspense and action, two hours worth of bang for the buck. But aside from being all that, it is also entertaining, with a fairly believable plot outline, and some truly jaw-dropping scenes, including the bus having to navigate its way over a fifty foot gap in the still-uncompleted Century Freeway. Reeves and Bullock make for an appealing pair who manage to fall in love somehow during this crazy ordeal. And although this is a role that he could have done in his sleep (so could Jack Nicholson or Bruce Dern), Hopper is a plenty nasty villain who shows nothing but contempt for Reeves, Bullock, the police, and the bus passengers. A lot of action films 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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Summary: Good action film
Review: Keanu Reeves made his role in this acclaimed high box office hit that rocketed his career in 1994. A pair of LA Explosives Squad(Reeves and Daniels) answer a call made by a public 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 plans and saving the day the villain set a bomb on a LA Metropolitan 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 unsucessful trip to the villains home he wants to be paid but he escapes to the subway with one hostage. This special edition Dvd adds deleted and extended scenes not seen in the theatrical version plus a lot of extras. Worth a look.
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Summary: The bus should have left without Sandra
Review: SPEED delivers first-rate excitement. But every time this film approaches greatness, it takes a break to build the relationship between Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. If it were your life in danger, would you be thinking about dating? To see how SPEED could have been done right, get THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE starring Walter Matthau - and not starring any girls!
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Summary: Thrill packed movie
Review: This is simply a great 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 environment for many home theater 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 widesceen if I recall correctly). In all, a great movie worth being added to anyone's collection.
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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 Bont's directorial 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: Still a fun ride
Review: There aren't any great performances (although Jeff Daniels should get an award for Lifetime Achievement as a Sidekick), but this isn't that type of movie. The action is what matters here. But the action is fantastic! 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 suspenseful (assuming you can forget that the heroes never die in these films). 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: Finally in bonus features!!!
Review: Just in case some of you do not know the specs for this great 2-DVD set, here are the details: - newly mastered, THX-certified anamorphic widescreen video
- audio in Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 versions
- audio commentary by Jan De Bont, Graham Yost and Mark Gordon
- extended scenes
- multi-angle stunt comparisons
- featurettes
- interviews with Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels and Jan De Bont
- HBO First Look special
- original theatrical trailer
- Billy Idol music video
- production notes
- original screenplay
- image gallery totaling over 400 images Now, do you still need to consider buying this DVD? Of course not! This is one great DVD that no one should miss: great action, great triller, great suspense, great looking actor (Keanu Reeves) and great looking actress (Sandra Bullock). What else can you ask for more??
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Summary: Wait for the new FIVE-STAR COLLECTOR'S EDITION.
Review: If you're wanting to purchase the SPEED films, wait till July 30th and get the new FIVE STAR COLLECTION versions of these films. Newly enhanced anamorphic widescreen versions along with DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks. Plus loads of extras. SPEED 2 will also be released as well in the new format, but won't be a Five Star Collection. However both films will be available as a boxed set.
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Summary: SPEED RULES!!!!
Review: I just saw this movie a couple of months ago,and it was one of the best movies that I have ever seen.Keanu Reeves was the most perfect choice for the role of Jack Traven,and did an amazing job! Dennis Hopper absolutely did a wonderful job playing the psyco Howard Payne.This movie kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time,and I could watch it again and again.The cast is incredible,and the plot is a great,action filled,keep-you-on- the edge-of-your-seat movie that will never get old!!!
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Summary: The Movie "Speed"
Review: I saw this movie on television and it had me at the edge of my seat the whole time. I give this movie 5 stars because it's thrilling, exciting and left a good impression on me. I would recomend this to anyone who likes excitement but not of the scary kind. It is not scary.
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