Speed

Speed is an action thriller film about a Los Angeles S.W.A.T team trying to locate and disarm a bomb that a terrorist has placed on a bus. The movie stars Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and Dennis Hopper.

Speed revolves around a city bus in Los Angeles that has been rigged with a bomb. Once the bomb is armed, the bus must keep its speed above 50 mph in order to keep the bomb from detonating. Reeves plays police officer Jack Traven who boards the bus in order to think of a way to get everyone off safely. Hopper plays Howard Payne, a retired cop who is demanding money in exchange for the safety of the bus passengers.

In December 2008, the website Ain't It Cool News reported the internet rumor that a new edition of Speed may be in development at Fox Pictures.¹

Fast Facts

1. Director: Jan de Bont
2. Producer: Mark Gordon
3. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels
4. Released: June 10, 1994
5. Run time: 116 min
6. Budget: 28 million USD
7. Won 2 Oscars
8. Sequel: Speed 2: Cruise Control

Quotes

"Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. Lt. What do you do? What do you do?" - Howard Payne

"Oh come on, thirty more years of this, you get a tiny pension and a cheap gold watch" - Harry Temple

"Ok, Jack, this is it. Don't get dead." - Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon:

''Oh sure. It's just like driving a really big Pinto." - Annie

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