It's called 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down', isn't it?

Rating: 9/10 (29 August 2006)

*Do not go under 50 SPOILERS per hour* Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves), a SWAT Agent, is targeted by a psycopath (Dennis Hopper) who has a field day with him, first forcing him to save the occupants of an elevator, then the passengers of a Greyhound bus, where he has put a particular bomb which will blow the bus up if the SPEED goes under 50 mph., and then trapping him in a subway with Annie (Sandra Bullock) a woman who he has met on the bus and begins to feel something for...
This movie has been the catalyst for the success of the director (Jan DeBont) who had been a cinematographer on various action movies, including 'Die Hard' and of the leading couple, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock (recently reunited in 'The Lake House'), who have been in countless other movies since then - 'A Scanner Darkly', 'Johnny Mnemonic', 'The Gift', the 'Matrix' trilogy and 'Sweet November' for Keanu and '28 Days', 'Two Weeks Notice', 'Speed 2' (yes, sadly there has been a sequel to this - skip it), the moronic 'Hope Floats' and the intense 'Crash' for Sandra.
And as far as movies go, it's actually a pretty damn good one! DeBont has learned well on the many sets he had been on. If you're an action movie fan, you won't feel cheated by this one, that's for damn sure.
Now, the sequel... it's a different story...
Speed: 9/10.