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A mad bomber with a vendetta against a young cop plants a bomb on a bus in L.A. The hero, with the help of a beautiful passenger, must diffuse the explosive device which is set to detonate if the bus slows to under 50 miles per hour. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Film Editing. Academy Awards: 2, including Best .. Read more
| Starring | Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels |
|---|---|
| Director | Jan De Bont |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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A mad bomber with a vendetta against a young cop plants a bomb on a bus in L.A. The hero, with the help of a beautiful passenger, must diffuse the explosive device which is set to detonate if the bus slows to under 50 miles per hour. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Film Editing. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing.
| Starring | Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Carlos Carrasco |
|---|---|
| Director | Jan De Bont |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: 03 Jun 2002 Blu-ray: 12 Mar 2007 |
A fast, adrenalin-pumping action-packed thriller that achieves a high level of suspense; it works brilliantly well for the most part, even if the good guys cause more destruction than the bad, although it goes off the rails towards the end.
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Rush!!!
Top notch action,adventure,comedy,romance & all the rest well worth a Watch.
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The original 'Speed' and the best
A high tension film, grips you from start to finish and acted well. Such a shame that they ruined the brand slightly with such a poor sequel to it!
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OK...nothing overwhelming!!
Still a decent enough film to watch... enough action to keep you going.. but if it's adrenaline rush stuff you are looking for, then stay away....
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Liked It
a very enjoyable action packed, romantic (kinda) little film. perhaps not as good as Speed 2 but definately worth a watch!
Actress Anne Heche was offered the female lead in Speed before Sandra Bullock landed the part - and admits she regrets her "ridiculous" decision to turn it down. The former Ally McBeal star was lined up for the role which catapulted Oscar winner Bullock to fame opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1990s. But Heche opted out of the project because she was immature and "unguided" - and now admits she would love to appear in a sequel. Heche tells Movieline.com, "(I had) dumb opinions, like, 'I can't go... Read more