Speed (1994)

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Audience Score
71
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R 1 hr 56 minJun 9th, 1994Thriller, ActionSpeed Collection PosterPart of Speed Collection
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...
StarringKeanu ReevesDennis HopperSandra Bullock
DirectorJan de Bont
WriterGraham Yost

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 9th, 1994 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 3rd, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$30,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$350,448,145 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Ian Bryce
Production Companies:20th Century Fox, The Mark Gordon Company
Speed on the Web:Official Website, Facebook
Movie Tags:
los angeles, californiapolice officerexplosionbombtrappedterrorbuselevatorhighwaycriminal investigation

Speed Collection

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.