Friday B-Movie Pick: Speed
Let’s set the Wayback Machine to 1994 and visit the movie that helped two young actors on their way to movie stardom. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. It has some other fine actors as well, including Dennis Hopper and Jeff Daniels. Hopper plays a bitter former bomb squad cop out to feather his retirement nest by threating to blow stuff, and people up. His first attempt is thwarted by two LA cops played by Daniels and Reeves. So he tries a again, rigging a city bus to explode if it goes under 50 MPH. Sandra Bullock just happened to be on the wrong bus and ends up behind the wheel as Reeves plays a battle of wits against man who wants “his money” and Reeves dead. Definately worth the popcorn, so sit back and enjoy “Die Hard on a bus.” Since this is Valentines day, I’ll throw in a spoiler, the two young leads end up together at the end. Which of course lead to a sequel.
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