Death by decapitationĭennis Hopper is a perfect bag of crazy in this role and is most memorable during his first phone call to Jack in which he sets up the premise of the film.
Honestly, I totally thought she hit a baby.
So, Annie hitting a baby carriage immediately makes the audience question whether one life is worth more or less than any other, until thankfully, it’s revealed that the carriage is just full of recycling. There’s no justifying trying to save a bus full of people if you kill a hundred others along the way. “Cans! It’s just cans.”Īgain, one of the key things that makes Speed work is how seriously it takes the loss of life. But nothing bonds people faster than life threatening experiences, and one of the most magical, cinematic moments in like, movie making history, is when Jack and Annie escape the bus via the access panel and kiss in a sea of orange cones while the world just burns around them. The chemistry between Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is off the charts in the film, a feat considering that most of the time they’re just screaming at each other about how fast the bus is going or not going. We see the slightest flinch across his face as he realizes the trap they’ve walked into. The tense sequence is capped perfectly with a tight close-up of Harry’s face right before the bomb goes off. Not counting the gruesome end of the bomber, the film only has three other character deaths, of which Jeff Daniels’ Harry is the biggest gut punch. Speed differs from a lot of action films because it doesn’t rely on a high body count to give it a sense of importance. One of the best is Jack’s attempt to defuse the bomb FROM UNDER THE BUS while it’s speeding along the highway. Jack goes under the busĪll of Speed is basically one long action sequence, each moment kind of ratcheting up the tension from the moment before. According to film lore, the bus jump scene wasn’t in the original script, but director de Bont got the idea after he noticed a section of the 105 freeway was missing. Honestly, is there anything more absurd but also totally believable? Sure it defies any kind of logic, but whatever, that’s what makes the movie so much fun. So, to celebrate the excellence that is the bomb on the bus movie, here are the 10 best moments in Speed. If you want to know why both actors are as revered as they are today, Speed is pretty much the answer.
That’s the unbelievably excellent premise of Speed, which was released 25 years ago today.ĭespite the fact that the movie is a quarter-century old, eons in the landscape of cinema, it still owns so freaking hard. A tightly constructed thrill ride, director Jan de Bont’s action masterpiece (and yeah, it is a masterpiece) was a career-defining moment for Reeves and introduced the world to the wonderful Sandra Bullock. Before he was John Wick, Keanu Reeves was Jack Traven, an LA cop who’s only job was to keep a bus going above 50 miles an hour so it wouldn’t explode.
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