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Speed (1994) -- A young cop must save the passengers of a bus that has a bomb set to explode if the bus goes below 50 MPH.
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7.2/10   74,355 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Graham Yost (written by)
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Release Date:
10 June 1994 (USA) more
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Get ready for rush hour.
Plot:
A young cop must save the passengers of a bus that has a bomb set to explode if the bus goes below 50 MPH. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 15 nominations more
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A Great Action Film That Is Actually a Great Film more (300 total)

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Rated R for violence and language.
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116 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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A "deleted scene" sees Jack shooting Howard Payne in the neck, just after he'd shot his partner in the leg at the beginning of the film. Later in the film, you can see the oval scar on Payne's neck caused by the deleted shooting. more
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Revealing mistakes: A break in the seam of the prosthetic covering of Payne's hand is visible when he lifts the venetian blind to check out Pershing Square. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Security Guard: Hey, this area's restricted.
Howard Payne: Oh, hi. Yeah, I know. They called me down here. Some of this wiring got screwed up.
Security Guard: Nobody called it down to me. I'm going to have to see a work order.
Howard Payne: Yeah, just a second. There you are.
[stabs security guard in the ear with a screwdriver]
Howard Payne: Nothing personal.
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Speed more

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How could Howard Payne fake his own death in the beginning if none of his body parts would be present at the place where he supposedly blew himself up?
Were there people in the plane at the end?
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59 out of 71 people found the following comment useful.
A Great Action Film That Is Actually a Great Film, 25 July 2000
Author: tfrizzell from United States

"Speed" was a runaway success in 1994. It was a block-buster in every sense of the word and critically speaking, it is an excellent motion picture. The film deals with an LAPD swat officer (Keanu Reeves) who is playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with crazed ex-cop Dennis Hopper. After Reeves stops Hopper from blowing up a high-rise building, the next obstacle is a city bus. Hopper has rigged the bus to explode if the "speed" ever drops below 50 miles per hour. Sandra Bullock, in her star-making role, plays an unlucky passenger who becomes the center of attention when she is forced to be the driver when the original navigator is accidently shot. The great thing about "Speed" is the fact that it never tries to be more than it is. It goes for non-stop action, thrills, chills, and spills. However, Dennis Hopper's character is somewhat complex and his performance probably should have garnered him an Oscar nomination. A great film in spite of the fact it is from the action genre. 5 stars out of 5.

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