Appalling film about a bomb on a bus

Rating: 1/10 (9 February 2008)

Appalling this is possibly one of the worst movies ever made. It looks very aesthetically pleasing but is absolutely woeful in content and completely predictable. Not that I wish to criticise the talents of Dennis Hopper, who is a good actor and his casting was pretty good, but as a movie it is woodenly acted and not my bag. I think that Keanu Reeves more successful outings in Chain Reaction and The Devil's Advocate in a way that enables the viewer to engage with the plot, without seeing what may be coming next. Speed fails to do this, at least with any conviction in any context and although it looks cool, once you get about an hour or so into it, you suddenly realize that it is anything but. I was disappointed as for finally seeing this film just over a year ago after wanting to see it since it came out and sat there wanting to like it while I was watching it, but come the end I decided that it wasn't for me.