Action was great, acting was not

Rating: Null/10 (11 September 2000)

The action in this movie was indeed very intense. The general plot that if the bus goes below 50 mph it will blow up was not only original but gave the story lots of room for plot turns. However Sandra Bullock ruined the action scenes whenever she was anywhere near them....one second we see the most amazing action and then the next second we hear her whining and making some other cheesy comment. The last few minutes where she was "trapped" in the speeding train were terribly acted....she did a terrible job of saying "jump, jump while you can"...no wonder why he didn't jump. Keanu Reeves however acted very well...and his "partner" in the movie (who is killed) did some pretty good acting (especially in his last scene...the look on his face was very well done).
A few things about the movie didn't make sense: (1) How come the "access" panels for the elevator happen to be on every floor, right in front of the door....shouldn't that be where the real door is not "access" panels. (2) I didn't know there were access panels on the bottom of every bus (3) If Jack (Keanu Reeves) can speed up the train, why couldn't he have simply deaccelerated it?
Overall a good action movie...Sandra Bullock wasn't very good at acting but Keanu Reeves was. Don't bother renting this movie though (you can watch it on TV nowdays) but if you feel the need for speed (and a good action film) rent this movie.