Speed

Dir. Jan De Bont. 1994, 116 mins. 35mm. With Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels. An unbeatable premise—a city bus rigged with a bomb that will go off if it runs drops below 50 miles per hour—sent this modestly budgeted action spectacle to the box office stratosphere, kicking off the summer ’94 movie season with panache. The directorial debut of veteran cinematographer De Bont (Cujo, Die Hard, Basic Instinct), this relentless ride made a big-league star out of Reeves as the SWAT officer who climbs onboard to save the passengers; introduced the wider world to the charms of Bullock as the civilian enlisted to steer the lumbering vehicle when the driver goes down for the count; and gave a terrific late-career villain role to Hopper, whose menacing games (“Pop quiz, hot shot!”) quickly entered the cultural vocabulary. A thrill from its nail-biter elevator opening to its final subway chase, Speed is a model of ruthless efficiency. 

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