Speed
A bomb on a Los Angeles bus will detonate if its speed drops below fifty. An LAPD officer must keep it moving while a panicked passenger takes the wheel.
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About the film
Get ready for rush hour.
What it’s about
A bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus to explode if it slows below fifty miles per hour. LAPD officer Jack Traven boards the moving vehicle, but the driver is injured, forcing passenger Annie to take the wheel. With the bomb armed and no way to stop, Jack must find a way to save everyone on board while keeping the bus above the lethal threshold.
What hooks you
Jan de Bont directs Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven and Sandra Bullock as Annie, with Dennis Hopper as the bomber Howard Payne. The film won two Oscars, for sound and sound effects editing, and received a BAFTA for sound. It also earned five MTV Movie Awards, including Best Action Sequence and Best On-Screen Duo for Reeves and Bullock. The American Film Institute ranked it 99th on its list of the 100 most thrilling films.
Who it’s for
It suits viewers who enjoy relentless action with a simple, high-stakes premise, where every second counts and the tension never lets up. It will appeal to those who like 1990s blockbusters with practical stunts and a charismatic lead duo.
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1994
- Running time
- 1h 56min
- Age rating
- 17+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- Jun 10, 1994
×11.7box office to budget
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 658 votesCreative team
All 9
Trivia
All facts 10
- The speed shown on the bus's speedometer (digitized in miles per hour) often did not match the bus's actual speed.
- When Jack crouches down to comfort Annie, the bus doors are visibly closed, but in the next shot of Jack, the doors are visibly open.
- When the bus circles in the airport, the middle doors are visibly open; when Jack approaches them to get off, they are closed, and he pushes them to open.
- The role of Jack was offered to Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, Johnny Depp, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise, Jeff Bridges and Tom Hanks, but they all turned it down.
- Renny Harlin and Quentin Tarantino turned down directing the film.
- The film ranked 99th on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 most thrilling films.
Awards and nominations
10 wins · 8 nominations
- 2 wins Academy Awards
- 2 wins BAFTA Awards
- 1 win Saturn Awards
- 5 wins MTV Movie & TV Awards
- Best Sound Academy Awards · 1995
- Best sound editing Academy Awards · 1995
- Best Sound BAFTA Awards · 1995
- Best editing BAFTA Awards · 1995
- Best Actress Sandra Bullock Saturn Awards · 1995
- Best Actress Sandra Bullock MTV Movie & TV Awards · 1995
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Speed
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