20 years old and still thrilling film!

Speed is one of my favorite action movies of all time, just a notch below contemporaries like Terminator 2 and Die Hard. The premise is so simple that it's almost a parody of movie pitches (Homer Simpson's line was "I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'."). Fortunately this film came to be much better than the sum of its parts, and it's deservedly remembered as one of the most entertaining films of the 90s.

Honestly the only action movie that I think is better than this is Die Hard. And that's a hard feat to beat, so...

Was absolutely captivated the whole movie, had no idea where it was going to go, even though at the end in hindsight it looked pretty obvious. But damn! This was great. On the edge of my seat the whole time

Turns out this is actually a real fun movie. I liked it as a kid but growing I started to remember it as a bad film but rewatching it now I'm having a blast.

This aged just a bit better than I'd remembered, although admittedly I didn't have the fondest recollections of it. In essence it's a nonstop barrage of action clichés that doesn't try to step out of its own way, choosing instead to embrace the stereotypes and come up with a few new ones along the way.

Keanu Reeves appears at his most wooden while Sandra Bullock is still finding her sea legs as an actress, but the two still manage some level of incalculable chemistry that makes you pull for them through thick and thin. In many ways, their relationship is a great analogy for the film as a whole - generic and ham-fisted, you've seen it a thousand times before but for some inexplicable reason you're still perched on the edge of your seat for the duration. Dennis Hopper is noteworthy as the preposterously over-the-top mad bomber; he serves up several great lines that sent me backwards through decades' worth of pop culture nostalgia. Mindless fun that knows its place.

Speed is an old-school action movie, with real explosions, stunt doubles and scenes full of adrenaline, nothing to do with today's action cinema, which is full of CGI with blue screen. That is what makes Speed a beloved movie, even though the plot is very bad and the story is full of plot holes.

Watching this classic for the millionth time and always getting better every time I watch it and by far one of keanu’s best films it’s made into my top films list XD

The Best , Nice Movie Great

Watched this movie countless times in my childhood

It’s clearly one of those post-Die Hard films that tries to replicate the success of _Die Hard_, and it does so fairly well.
The creativity is all in the concept, and the execution is fantastic.
They squeeze every idea you can think of out of this concept.
It’s action heavy, tense all the way through, the stuntwork is well filmed and edited and you care just enough about the characters, though they could’ve been a little deeper (especially the villain, who kinda lacks a good motivation).
Its biggest problem is clearly the acting: Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper are fine, but Keanu and especially the supporting cast on the bus kinda suck.
Still, it’s a classic, and you should watch it.

7.5/10

Can't believe how well this film stands up today.

A top-action thriller, super easy to recommend just great fun from start to finish. Loved every minute.

9/10 - Excellent film, always happy to rewatch

Level "Interesting" • 7 :heart: • Entertaining and Good.

Story...8/10. Proof that sometimes all you need is a simple, one-sentence plot to get things going.
Dialogue...7/10. Surprisingly few bad lines. Also no real memorable ones.
Performances...8/10. All the leads nail it, I think. The bus crew is weak.
Misc...9/10. Such a well-paces movie, especially for an action flick. Great sound and cool editing.
Overall...8/10. One of the best pure action movies of the last 30 years. Die Hard on a bus!

Despite its flaws it still manages to grab your attention and keep hold of it until the very end.

Still an excellent film. Adrenaline kicks in and it barely lets up.

Have to say though that Dennis Hopper stinks the screen up. Jeff Daniels is a slightly better turn but even he is far from the same actor who excelled in The Newsroom two decades later.


8/10

A 90s classic action film that's packed full of quotable lines. Great fun

I've not not seen this since it first came out and I was surprised and delighted at how well it stands up today. A great action thriller with a sprinkling of 90's cheese. Loved watching it again and would recommend.

Ahh! the classic film that catapulted Keanu Reeves to superstardom.

.Just an overall classic 90’s action film that should be watched by everyone.

A classic action movie. Still enjoyable to this day.

Rewatching Speed at 50 mph is still fantastic. It has non-stop action, a great Dennis Hopper villain, a great Jeff Daniels partner, Keanu as a bloody action star, Sandra Bullock as one hell of a bus driver, Grand Theft Auto stunts, it is a film that will knock your head off.

It is one of the best action films that is not starring Arnold Schwarzenegger of the 90's. The only problem I have with it is that the last 15 minutes drag on a bit. But other than that, you can never go wrong putting on Jan de Bont's Speed!