Speed

Rating: 6/10 (7 July 2020)

Speed, directed by Jan de Bont, produced by Mark Gordon, Allison Lyon & Ian Bryce was a high intensity, but typical action movie. In this rare occasion, the editing by John Wright, and score by Mark Mancina was what carried this movie, and made it more enjoyable.
I'm usually okay with simple action movies, that doesn't have too much of a back story, but this one was just okay at best. With a cast of Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels & Dennis Hopper, I was expecting some good character development, but we got stuck with a dry script, and poorly written characters by Graham Yost. Speed started off okay, but they put themselves in a hole, where there was only so much you can do with the scenes they created. Towards the end of the second set, it started to get pretty stale. My biggest flaw, that effected almost every aspect of the film, was that things were set up too conveniently for the leads; Not to say that there wasn't anything on the line, but it seemed like all the stuff that got thrown into the mix, seemed like they always found an easy way around it.
Overall, this movie is a touch overrated, in my opinion. It was decent fun, while benefiting from being rated R, with notable leads, but it just didn't pack a lot of weight and emotion.