Intense, Edge-of-your-seat Action Thriller

Rating: Null/10 (13 February 2006)

SPEED ****1/2 Keanu Reeves stars in this intense, edge-of-your-seat action thriller as a hot-shot LAPD officer trying to outsmart certifiable ex-cop Dennis Hopper, who plays a dangerous game in order to receive a great pile of money. Hopper plants a bomb on a local bus traveling through the streets of Los Angeles that is set to explode if its driver slows down below 50 mph. And it is up to Reeves to board the moving bus and take the innocent victims out of harms way. Sandra Bullock gives a stand-out performance as one of the passengers who eventually takes over the driver's seat when there is an accidental shooting, but it is Reeves, who contributes a career-defining lead performance, who dominates the film.