speed rocks

Rating: Null/10 (10 September 2000)

to everyone's surprise, given that the talent in this movie comproses two actors not known for much else than looking pretty, speed is an attention grabber. somehow, all the mysterious psychological ingredients necessary to keep one's attention--a la hitchcock--are provided here. in comparative terms, it ranks right up there with north by northwest, particularly because both of the main actors, keanu reeves and susan bullock, and the characters they portray are essentially thoroughly likeable people, the kind of people that the audience automatically yearns to help. the captivating feature of the movie lies in the fact that its primary characters are ordinary humans required by circumstance to be extraordinary--a fate that describes simultaneously both the dreams and the fears of all of us--and that the circumstances they suffer reflect the urgency felt by anyone who has ever been late for work.