Solid fun action movie from the 90's

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2013)

This is a dumb but exhilarating and entertaining movie. Although some parts of the movie doesn't make much sense. It's still one of the good action movies from the 90's. I can see where Hideo Kojima got some of his ideas from for his "Metal Gear Solid" game and some of those ideas probably came from watching this movie. It's a cool movie with a cool and charismatic protagonist played by Keanu Reeves who plays Officer Jack Traven. Who will do everything he can to save innocent lives from the clutches of the bad guy. But yeah, the plot is basically about a old guy wanting 3.7 million dollars by taking people hostage. And he goes about it in a dumb manner for a guy that is suppose to be intelligent. And that villain is played by Dennis Hopper who is actually good as the villain in this movie but plays a character that basically asks the good guys to beat him. Anyways after his first scheme he decides to rig a bus with passengers with a bomb and the bus has to go over 50 miles an hour for it not to blow up with innocent lives. And it's up to Officer Jack Traven and the police force to stop the guy. Overall this is a good solid fun popcorn flick from the 90's. Even the beginning credit scene I usually want to skip through I enjoyed because of this movie's theme music, which is also cool and memorable. And sounds similar to one of the songs in "Metal Gear Solid".
8/10