Rating: 
Summary: Speed
Review: One of Reeves's best movie prior to "The Devil's Advocate." Sandra Bullock and Reeves appear to have a chemistry going much like Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey. Too bad they have not teamed up again. Overall, this movie is worth buying.
Rating: 
Summary: A real edge-of-your-seat thriller
Review: .Seeing it for the third time I can confidently say - this movie's got what it takes!
As some like to say "action-packed", well, this is an appropriate description of this movie: Literally, there isn't a dull moment - I couldn't bring myself to get up and pick up hot popcorn! I was constantly in panic, just waiting on the edge of my seat to see what's next, even in third watch! The whole scenario is so vivid, that no matter what you do beforehand - you immediately get into the action. The portrayal of the evil character by Dennis Hopper is fantastic, he actually made me laugh at some points despite the horror, and relieved the tension! Could you imagine? Bullock was charming as usual, and Reeves, well, this time he's done a good job. Bottom line, this is a genuine 2 hours of 'forget about the world' film.
Rating:
Summary: WOW WHAT A RUSH!
Review: Speed takes off at the beginning credits, and you are off for the ride of your life. Non stop action galore, and plenty of
twist and turns in the road to keep you speeding to the very
riviting climax. Keanu Reeves plays LAPD officer Jack Traven
to the hilt, a devil may care kind of guy, who feels invinsible as long as he has his partner, played by Jeff Daniels, Harry
Temple by his side. He rolls along through life at super speed,
until he crosses a bitter, and bomb savey, ex-policeman Howard
Payne, played very chillingly evil by Dennis Hopper. Payne's
game of cat and mouse on a LA Bus, leads Jack to the realization
that he is not invinsible, and just might take a bus full of
very innocent people with him. Sandra Bullock, as the sweet and caring Annie, who fate put in the wrong place at the right time, is along for the ride of her life trying to keep the bus and
everyone on board in one piece. Speed has it all, action, thrills, plot twist galore, and a little romance, too. You'll
love, not like this movie. I give it 5 stars, and would have
given it more.......Reeves and Bullock should work together again.
Rating:
Summary: great action movie
Review: I watched this movie while speeding on a bus from southern Mexico to Belize: the bus company apparently thought it a good way to get us relaxed. Maybe this extraordinary setting colors my perception, but I really loved this movie: loads of action, fingernail biting stunts and a plot that was quite inventive.
Rating:
Summary: Action's finest film
Review: This is one of the all-time great films. If you want to see it, rent it, but don't watch the TV version. It's just not the same. It's about a bus that has to go 50 miles an hour or ka-boom. The second isn't nearly as good, but not terrible.
Rating:
Summary: A Wild Ride!
Review: Yes, this movie keeps your attention, but I hated the revenge-driven extortionist because he is SO evil. Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven who is on a SWAT team. He seems to keep his cool in all situations where anyone else would be screaming or dying of fright. The movie starts with an elevator gettting stuck and Keanu Reeves and his partner have to keep calm in a very stressful situation. Sandra Bullock doesn't appear in the movie until later when a bus is speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour. One question...when the bus picked up Sandra Bullock...mmmm, it wasn't going at 50 miles an hour...but I guess that didn't count. If they go under 50, the bus is supposed to explode. The fearless Jack Traven seems to keep saving the day and seems to be invinsible. If you want to be on the edge of your seat...this is your movie! ~TheRebeccaReview.com
Rating: 
Summary: Hot and steamy, but only the kind that flies like.
Review: "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public", it drives me to distraction when a movie which had not one redeeming quality, the opening elevator business wasn't too bad, that earns the movie 1 star, makes it big time. The same folks who found the O.J. Simpson trail and Monica Lewinsky travesy enlightening, are they the same people who watch this and think they are viewing top of the line cinema? I am the one in the minority here, this movie was huge. If you have a shread of taste avoid this movie.
Rating:
Summary: A non-stop thrilling roller coaster ride!
Review: This movie was the bomb. It kicked butt! There was non-stop, edge-of-your-seat action! This was the best action movie ever! It was fast-paced and it was even better than James Bond and The Matrix! I saw it 15 times! I loved the opening elevator scene, the bus scene and the subway scene! This is a non-stop thrilling roller coaster ride! Buy it today! You'll LOVE it! Just don't see the sequel.
Rating:
Summary: What a wild ride
Review: This is one crazy ride that grabs on and never lets go. The plot is innovative, the action is exhilerating, and the characters are likable. I liked this movie because it didn't focus only on insane action. The characters were made important and ultimately human. They display emotions such as fear and disbelief that would be expected in a situation such as the one being faced. Keanu Reeves plays Jack Traven, an LAPD police officer with alot of guts who along with his partner Harry Temple, played by Jeff Daniels, must stop a crazy, retired Atlanta cop who is bent on earning his pension by holding a bus load of people hostage. The bus is wired with a bomb, set to explode if the speed drops below 50 MPH. Dennis Hopper plays a wonderfully insane Howard Payne who holds the police hostage as well, as there is nothing they can do to get the people off the bus of defuse the bomb, as it is under the bus. The action will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end.
Rating:
Summary: Speed is cool and hot!
Review: I enjoyed the film very much, with the breath-taking action and stunts, the wit, sarcasm and humor in the dialogue, the technicalities of bomb "wiring", and not to mention the character of Keanu Reeves. I find him very cool and sexy, chewing gum on a bomb disposal job (BTW, do SWAT officers really do that?!), wearing a Casio G-Shock digital watch (can see it close-up when he looked at the time), and sporting that s-h-o-r-t haircut - he is very charming and cute. Keanu looked good in Matrix, but even better in Speed..And who says he is always deadpan? When his characters are angry, sad, or happy, he projects it enough for me to know that that's his feeling. To me, real deadpan is...Terminator-like. But even then, the "deadpan" look is what makes his good looks look cool, man. The only thing I find incredible is that by and large, the passengers on the bus were too calm and composed, even after knowing that the bus had a bomb, the 50-mph thing, and gas is running out. I would have expected more anxiety or apprehension among them. But, who cares? Another point is that I find that a certain vulgarity is uttered too often, not only by the villain, but (gasp!) even by the good guys, including, sob!sob! Keanu Reeves. On the whole, the cast have put up a show I enjoyed tremendously, including the perverse ...villain Howard Payne, ...
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