Fast Paced.

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2015)

Speed (1994): Dir: Jan De Bont / Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton: Exhilarating and exciting action film suggesting mental stability or adrenalin. Plot involves a bomb on a bus that will activate once it goes beyond fifty miles per hour and explode if it goes under it. Keanu Reeves plays a cop who embarks upon a high speed chase to warn the driver. Tight plot with one thrilling action scenes following another with explosive tension straight to the end. There is implausible scenes such as the bus leaping a fifty foot gully but director Jan De Bont stays ahead of viewers supplying endless plot turns. Reeves is in top form as a cop who is not afraid to take risks. After being awarded for saving an elevator full of passengers he is suddenly thrust into a high speed chase to save bus passengers. Dennis Hopper is solid as the bomber bent on avenging his injustice by dictating another. Sandra Bullock brings humour and charm as a passenger forced to drive the bus once the driver is injured. She starts out as your average passenger but ends up being Reeves's key victim once she has a bomb strapped to her. Jeff Daniels plays Reeves's partner who must think fast before fatality sets in. Joe Morton plays the Lieutenant who struggles to assist Reeves in any form possible so to ensure the safety of the passengers. Pure entertainment concluding with a nail-biting subway sequence. Score: 8 / 10