Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Jan de Bont

Writers (WGA):

Graham Yost (characters)
Jan de Bont (story) ...

Release Date:

13 June 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

As the stakes get higher, the ride gets even faster

Plot:

A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Cruise | Diamond | Police | Cruise Ship

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Sandra Bullock	...	Annie
Jason Patric	...	Officer Alex Shaw
Willem Dafoe	...	John Geiger
Temuera Morrison	...	Juliano
Brian McCardie	...	Merced
Christine Firkins	...	Drew
Mike Hagerty	...	Harvey (as Michael G. Hagerty)
Colleen Camp	...	Debbie
Lois Chiles	...	Celeste
Francis Guinan	...	Rupert
Tamia	...	Sheri Silver
Jeremy Hotz	...	Ashton
Enrique Murciano	...	Alejandro (as Enrique Murciano Jr.)
Jessica Diz	...	Isabel
Connie Ray	...	Fran Fisher

Also Known As:

Speed: Cruise Control (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for frenetic disaster action and violence.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35324)

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Company:

Blue Tulip Productions

Trivia:

Maurice's boat name is "Tuneman", the same title on Glenn Plummer's license plate in Speed (1994/I).

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the film, the propeller is stopped when the end of a rope is lowered into it. A rope could provide nowhere near enough resistance; a ship's propeller could even cut through a 12-inch steel cable.

Quotes:

Alejandro: [half dressed] I took off mine...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' (#4.2)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Make Tonight Beautiful

You'll know why Keanu turned down this crummy sequel when you see it

I was so curious as to what they would do in the sequel of Speed, I just watched Speed today and absolutely loved it! So, I can understand why Keanu turned down the movie, first off not only the script was bad, but the coincidences were beyond ridiculous of Sandra Bullock being in the same position twice and Jason Patrick?! He was so scared of doing a great movie like The Lost Boys, but yet he couldn't hesitate to do this movie? The movie just lost it's course and didn't work on any level, if it had different characters, maybe, but these great actors should know better and check twice before signing onto these sequels.

Annie is with this new policeman, Alex, and he surprises her with cruise tickets. He is planning on asking her to marry him, but that is shortly interrupted when Willaim Defoe is now the super duper bad guy. He is upset that he designed the ships computer system but gets no credit, so guess what? He decides the best way to avenge this is to blow it up! But with Alex on board... yup... you guessed it, he's gonna stop William and save the day! Good for him!

Speed 2: Cruise Control was just a money maker that is truly a fake movie that was really sad. The acting was really bad and Sandra's character went from admirable to just plain annoying. Alex had no character or any sympathy. The explosions were lame and the plot was just beyond unbelievable, poor William, he was probably on medication when he said yes to making this movie. Well, just please stay away from this movie, it'll be a waste of your time.

2/10