As dumb as they come, but still quite fun

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 1999)

Speed is a big dumb action movie that just happens to be an extremely riveting piece of entertainment. Being a 3-act movie (lift, bus, train), you feel like you're being taken round the block just one more time, but with the intensity of the first 2-acts, the train section can be forgiven, or even forgotten.
This was one of those 'sleeper' films that crept out of nowhere to become one of 1994's biggest hits, and as action movies go, this is extremely well made eye candy. Heck, even I managed to forgive them for the stupid 'below 50 mph' premise, which many people found stretched the credibility of the film beyond the confines of 'dumbness'. However, any director who manages to make Keanu Reeves watchable deserves credit, because this is an art form all in itself.
8/10.