actually...it has become a "classic" !!

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2006)

I enjoyed it then, and I enjoy it now. In the meantime, 12 years have passed by, leaving the mark on the movie business, on the world, on the actors, and on us. The movie business evolved in somehow a different place, the world is, sadly, a much unsafer place, two of the leading actors got together to make a new movie, and share the same on-screen chemistry, and we are here, older and hopefully wiser, to enjoy all of their movies...
"Speed" can be now considered a classic, but its value is not only in being the "standard" action-movie. It has a humor of his own. the short lines, or one-lines. the typical situations for the early '90s. the genuine white American girl of the west coast. the not-so-bright cop ( who, by the way, turns out to be rather underrated by his colleagues, as it's he who has the "hunches" "gut-feelings" and unconventional ideas, not his partner or chief ), the ex-cop gone mad... ans speaking of which, am I the only one who thinks Dennis Hopper's acting was a little (more) cartoonish ? and that Jack is not the standard hero character ( as opposed to Die Hard or various movies of the kind )? K. Reeves' acting might be considered mediocre by some, but in my opinion he was right for this movie. one of his major qualities is that he's never overacting. there's something calm and detached about this actor, that surfaces in any of his roles... And the best part of this movie is that it's never taking itself completely seriously. It has various layers of humor, and most of it it's actually self-mockery, somehow... yes, the action-pace is fast, the explosions are great, most part of the dialogue is rather witty, but you kind of expect Keanu to turn around and wink at you, like "it's only a movie". It's an easy, entertaining movie. there's a certain "naivete" about it. which makes one - me, at least - watch it over and over again. oh, and the soundtrack is absolutely wonderful...