Speed (1994)

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Audience Score
71
Speed
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R 1 hr 56 minJun 9th, 1994Action, ThrillerSpeed Collection PosterPart of Speed Collection
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 9th, 1994
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 Quotes

Madman's Threat at Los Angeles Airport

News Anchor: [on TV] We are following the progress of what is turning out to be a harrowing and amazing story as a city bus, rigged to explode if it slows down, races around literally in circles at the Los Angeles Airport. The two dead are a female passenger and the driver of another bus, both blown up by the bomber. The other people in jeopardy are, of course the passengers held hostage at the whim of a madman.
Payne: [laughs] The whim of a madman"! I like that.

Casual Conversation About College Football

Jack: [notices Annie's "Arizona Wildcats" sweatshirt] I'll be damned... You go to the University of Arizona?
Annie: Yeah, so?

Speed Movies

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.