Speed
Speed
“ Get ready for rush hour. ”
CINEMA1994-06-09
DIGITAL2021-02-23
RegionUS
Runtime116 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
DIRECTOR / Director
Jan de Bont
KEYWORDS
s.w.a.t.bomberbus bomblos angelescaliforniafalling elevatorbomb plantinglapdtrapped in an elevatorsubway trainbomb explosionransom demandaggressiveextortionistsanta monicabomb vestsuspensefulintenseboldexcitedcity busbus passengerstrapped in a vehicle
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Keanu Reeves
From Neo to John Wick, Reeves was twice transformed by a role—and twice reshaped the image of the modern action star.
Keanu Reeves is one of the most distinctive and resilient stars in modern commercial cinema. From the youthful intensity of My Own Private Idaho, Point Break and Speed to the global cultural phenomenon of Neo in The Matrix, the uncertain post-Matrix years, and the second career peak of John Wick, his screen life has repeatedly revolved around physical discipline, silence, isolation and rebirth.
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Speed is a 1994 American action-thriller film directed by Jan de Bont. LAPD officer Jack Traven becomes the focus of a bomber and extortionist, retired Atlanta bomb squad sergeant Howard Payne. The film takes place in Los Angeles in 1993. In 1997, a sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released. Sandra Bullock agreed to star again as Annie, for financial backing for another project, but Keanu Reeves declined the offer to return as Jack. As a result, Jason Patric was written into the story as Alex Shaw, Annie's new boyfriend, with her and Jack having broken up due to her worry about Jack's dangerous lifestyle. Willem Dafoe starred as the villain John Geiger, and Glenn Plummer (who played Reeves' carjacking victim) also cameos as a boat driver. The film is considered one of the worst sequels of all time.
