Need for 'Speed'

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2006)

1994 seemed to be a great year for action movies with the release of the ever-so-famous 'Speed'. You'd think winning 2 Oscars and 13 awards in total would give a movie enough respect but not for this one. Combined with great plot twists, an amazing cast and crew, and packed full of action 'Speed' is one movie everyone has got to see.
As the movie progresses the action just keeps coming and it's got you screaming at the television. From the elevator hostages to the bomb on bus until the train ride from hell would pretty much sum up the movie in the simplest terms. Still challenges are faced throughout this ride through the fifty feet highway gap, the unexpected deaths, the leaking gas and the train wreck making any viewer have the movie's attention.
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock bring such chemistry on-screen that it would make you want to replay their screens over and over again. Though the actors perform excellent together they do equally well on their own. Dennis Hopper is right on par as the physcopath Howard Payne, who is on a mission of revenge. He delivers his lines perfectly and is convincing as a villain.
Overall, this is a movie that you can watch repeatingly and never get bored of it. I still have decades before I ever lose interest in one of my favourite movies 'Speed'.