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Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2020)

I have not revisited Speed since the late 90's probably when I graduated high school at 18. Back then ultra action movies were in. Con-Air, Executive Decision, Die Hard 3, Daylight, to name a few but Speed was one for the film books. It is a cat and mouse chase about a Los Angeles cop named Jack Traven and a former LAPD cop turned una-bomber named Howard Payne. Then, there's Sandra Bullock in her first big screen role in an action film previous to playing a cop of the future in Demolition Man playing Annie. Howard Payne puts a bomb inside a watch on the bottom of a public bus going northbound into Metro L.A. He scares all the local people going on a bus to work. Jack Traven jumps the bus to inform the passengers that the he's going to disabled the bomb.
Speed is ultimate action movie of the 1990s. Just like Bullitt was in the 60's and the French Connection was in the 70's. It's a high speed octane action thriller filled with smart action sequences, high speed thrills, suspenseful novelty movie cliches. The supporting actors Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels are good. The music by Mark Macina and the direction by Jan De Bont is thrilling, white knuckle roller coaster ride.
If Jurassic Park was the movie of the summer of 1993, than Speed was the special effects picture of 1994. It's a great movie and I never want it to end