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Speed (Widescreen Five Star Collection) [2 Discs]

Keanu Reeves (Actor), Dennis Hopper (Actor), Jan de Bont (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (177 customer reviews)

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Everything clicked in this 1994 action hit, from the premise (a city bus has to keep moving at 50 mph or blow up) to the two leads (the usually inscrutable Keanu Reeves and the cute-as-a-button Sandra Bullock) to the villain (Dennis Hopper in psycho mode) to the director (Jan De Bont, who made this film hit the ground running with an edge-of-your-seat opening sequence on a broken elevator). This is the sort of movie that becomes a prototype for a thousand lesser films (including De Bont's lousy sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control), but Speed really is a one-of-a-kind experience almost anyone can enjoy. --Tom Keogh

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Fox puts the pedal to the metal for the two-disc Five Star edition of the high-velocity action hit. Check out the five brand-new production featurettes, especially the behind-the-scenes revelations of the two action highlights of the film--the bus jump and the subway crash--and then get a different angle (actually eight different angles) on the scenes in the multiangle comparisons. The highlight of the dozens of supplements, however, is the commentary on disc 1. Jan de Bont's reflective take is interesting if dry, but the high-spirited, back-and-forth duet by screenwriter Graham Yost and producer Mark Gordon, longtime friends and collaborators, has the feel of a vaudeville comedy act. All energy and ego, this funny, fast, and furious commentary is highly informative (tidbit: the script originally had a different villain) and unflaggingly entertaining. Like the bus, it never drops below 50 mph. --Sean Axmaker

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4.0 out of 5 stars solid action,nail biting tension, Aug 20 2007
This review is from: Speed [Award Series] (DVD)
before this movie,who knew Keanu Reeves could be a credible action
hero?Reeves impressed me with this effort.he put on a few pounds of
muscle for this one.Sandra Bullock is also in this one,and although her
character is likable,she just doesn't make the same impression as
Reeves does.i guess part of the reason is that her character really
isn't the focus,which can't really be blamed on her.Dennis hopper has a
nice turn as a sadistic villain.aside from the acting though,there are
a lot of good things about this movie.one is the relentless action.this
thing really movies.it's also a real nail biter at times.the writing by
Graham Yost is also good,as is the direction of Jan de Bont.as far as
action movies go,this one is right up there,in my opinion.i give
"Speed" a solid 4/5
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5.0 out of 5 stars I keep coming back, July 6 2004
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Rocco Dormarunno (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speed (Widescreen Five Star Collection) [2 Discs] (DVD)
SPEED has been one of the handful of movies made in the last ten years that I keep coming back to again and again when I need an action fix. I think it's partly because its premise is so impossibly simple: there's a bomb on a bus that will go boom if the bus goes below 50 miles per hour. That's it. I also think it's also because for all the noise and action, it really doesn't take itself too seriously. Everyone, even the usually sulking Jeff Daniels, appears to be having a good time. And, of course, it doesn't hurt to have the maniacal Dennis Hopper performing opposite Keanu Reeves who is properly underplaying his role as HERO.

SPEED, I admit, is a no-brainer. But if I wanted to watch something cerebral and intellectual, there are plenty of others to choose from. I mean, from which to choose.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting rollercoaster ride, Jun 3 2004
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This review is from: Speed (Widescreen Five Star Collection) [2 Discs] (DVD)
This film is a terrific action adventure with an appealing hero and heroine, great stunts and special effects and a psycho villain who isn't as smart as he thinks he is. The movie races along through three tense episodes involving patrons on a high-rise elevator, passengers caught on a runaway city bus and a rapid transit train coursing through the dark tunnels of the under-construction Los Angeles subway system. Good-guy Jack Traven [Keanu Reeves] gets a great assist from feisty Annie Porter [Sandra Bullock] as she guides the bus on a wild ride on LA's freeways and busy streets while crazed extortionist Howard Payne [Dennis Hopper] does his best to make sure his diabolical plan doesn't fail. Even if the picture seems to borrow elements from some popular action films, this movie is a rollercoaster ride from start to finish and fans of exciting train action sequences will really enjoy the film's endgame which is a climactic struggle between good and evil.
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