If
you don't think Speed is the fastest-moving adventure film ever made, we
challenge you to find a faster one. Keanu Reeves stars as an LA Bomb Squad
specialist whose principal antagonist is elusive bomber-extortionist Dennis
Hopper. Seeking vengeance after his latest ransom scheme is thwarted, Hopper
presents a personal challenge to Reeves: A wired-for-destruction city bus,
which will detonate if the speedometer drops below 50 MPH. Playing the
reluctant civilian who is pressed into service as the bus' "substitute
driver," leading lady Sandra Bullock became a major star in her own right.
Once Speed gets to the meat of its story, the excitement never lets up—not
even after the boobytrapped bus is out of the picture. | Keanu Reeves | Jack Traven |
| Dennis Hopper | Howard Payne |
| Sandra Bullock | Annie Porter |
| Joe Morton | Capt.McMahon |
| Jeff Daniels | Harry |
| Alan Ruck | Stephens |
| Glenn Plummer | Jaguar Owner |
| Richard Lineback | Norwood |
| Beth Grant | Helen |
| Hawthorne James | Sam |
| Carlos Carrasco | Ortiz |
| David Kriegel | Terry |
| Natsuko Ohama | Mrs.Kamino |
| Daniel Villarreal | Ray |
| Billy Hopkins | |
| Risa Bramon Garcia | |
Genre/Type - Action, Action Thriller
Produced by - 20th Century Fox
Running time - 115 min.
Bullet Train (1975, Junya Sato)
Air Force One (1997, Wolfgang Petersen)
Vzbesivshiysya Avtobus (1991, Georgy Natanson)
Swordfish (2001, Dominic Sena)
Held for Ransom (2000, Lee Stanley)
Libera Me (2001, Yang Yun-ho)
Turbulence (1997, Robert Butler)
Broken Arrow (1996, John Woo)
Blown Away (1994, Stephen Hopkins)
is followed by: Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Jan de Bont)