Speed [Blu-ray] | ![Speed [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vO1KSJA%2BL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  235 reviews
Sales Rank: 1930
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: BR2239605
UPC: 024543396055
EAN: 0024543396055
ASIN: B000ICLRHK
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: November 14, 2006
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Everything clicked in this 1994 action hit, from the premise (a city bus has to keep moving at 50 mph or blow up) to the two leads (the usually inscrutable Keanu Reeves and the cute-as-a-button Sandra Bullock) to the villain (Dennis Hopper in psycho mode) to the director (Jan De Bont, who made this film hit the ground running with an edge-of-your-seat opening sequence on a broken elevator). This is the sort of movie that becomes a prototype for a thousand lesser films (including De Bont's lousy sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control), but Speed really is a one-of-a-kind experience almost anyone can enjoy. --Tom Keogh
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 non-stop thrill ride, under `intense circumstances' . . . finishing with Billy Idol February 28, 2010
trebe
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Veteran cinematographer Jan de Bont, whose credits included Die Hard (1988), Jewel of the Nile (1986), and Basic Instinct (1992), makes his directorial debut in Speed (1994), one of those pure action films, where if you just enjoy the ride, and don't bother to question its many logical fallacies, you should have a fun and entertaining time. De Bont, delivers a slick looking film, with some well executed and edgy action sequences. Star Keanu Reeves', bold determination, and physical skills, serve him very well here.
Greed and revenge, drive ex-cop and demolition expert, Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper), after his scheme to extort money is foiled by LA police officers Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves), and Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels). Believed dead, Payne shocks Traven with the news that he has wired a bus with explosives that will detonate, if its speed dips below 50 mph. Jack jumps aboard Bus 2525, looking to save lives, but when the driver is accidentally shot, passenger Annie Potter (Sandra Bullock), takes his place behind the wheel. The action moves at a brisk pace, as the bus races through the streets of LA, leaving wreckage in its wake. Replacing Annie, is apparently never a consideration, and the bus amazingly winds up alone, on an unused section of freeway. After completing an impossible jump, the bus heads for LAX, where it can safely cruise and maintain the required speed.
The excitement continues, as Jack gets on a dolly, and slides below the bus to try and disarm the bomb, nearly losing the skin off his back. Meanwhile, Temple is hot on Payne's trail, but unfortunately gets too close. With fuel running low, the police mount a rescue mission that succeeds in freeing the hostages. They spring a trap to try and catch Payne, but he strikes first, grabbing Annie as a hostage, dragging her aboard a subway train, for yet another dangerous ride.
Speed delivers thrills, but is too squeaky clean to be taken seriously, with lighted elevator shafts constructed like nothing on this planet, buses with pristine undersides, spotless subway cars, and immaculate subway tunnels. Blood, dirt, darkness, grease, garbage, and graffiti, almost seem not to belong in this reality.
Playing a crazed criminal is familiar territory for Dennis Hopper, and he does a fine job of pushing Jack's buttons, without quite losing control until the very end. Sandra Bullock was relatively new, but well suited to the role of a sharp tongued smart mouth, with a heart of gold. The 'opposites attract' formula seems to apply to Jack and Annie, but her observation that 'relationships that start under intense circumstances . . . never last', foreshadows future events. Speed gave Bullock's career a major boost, and she would team again with Jan de Bont, for the sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), however Reeves would not participate.
It is not too hard to look past its faults, and accept Speed for the fun ride it is intended to be. The film does not deviate from a course of straight ahead action, and Reeves and Bullock make a fairly good pair. Dennis Hopper, adds a nice bit of madness to the mix, making for some solidly entertaining fun. Billy Idol's end credit number 'Speed', like Ratt's 'Nobody Rides For Free' in Point Break (1991), finishes another Keanu Reeves cop outing with some balls.
Speed in Blue Rau January 30, 2010
Patricia Fowler (Austin, Tx)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Found videos for my son that he couldnt and they got here in time for Christmas, so-thanks
 Speed January 6, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
A morally ambivalent cop must remove a bomb planted under a bus that's triggered to explode when its speed drops below 50 mph. This movie it combines action and adventure.Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock worked memorable together to produce a succesfull movie. This is a great action movie. With a great plot. Once the action starts it doesn't stop until the movie is over.
blu-ray title October 15, 2009
S. Ng (San Francisco, CA USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a excellent blu-ray title. The video and audio is very good.
Recommend to buy.
Blu-ray edition is superb value October 10, 2009
Dr. Chuang Wei Ping (Singapore)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Blu-rays are about picture and sound quality. A review of Blu-ray edition of an old 1994 movie should be addressing the issue of added entertainment value when upgrading to the Blu-ray edition, not the story itself, which we are all familiar with.
A dvd of this movie cost a bomb back in the day. It has been shown countless times on free to air TV. I saw this movie in a theatre way back in 1994. Nostalgia made me buy Blu-rays of this movie along with Blu-ray Black Hawk Down, both at the same price. Naturally, I saw Black Hawk Down first, reserving Speed for later.
I totally underestimated SPEED. With the Blu-ray, (I hook up my TV to Bose 901 speakers) I was transported back to the cinema hall. The sound from the Blu-ray was awesome. Every explosion, collision, aeroplane, helicopter had a deep and tight bass sensurround sound. The bass on my speakers were truly put to the test. The deep rumblings of the bus and the sound of the crashing of the bus were true to life. Sounds were moving to and fro Left and Right speakers positioning the bus, helicopters and gunshots correctly. This made the Blu-ray worth every cent. The dialogue was crisp. I switched off the sub-titles and just enjoyed the whole Blu-ray performance, even though I had seen this movie on Full Screen TV free so many times before. With Blu-ray, this appeared to be a different movie altogether.
I cannot complain about the picture quality, although others might expect a better transfer. I can see every wrinkle on Dennis Hopper's face and the individual hairs on every actor's head in close-ups. For a 1994 movie, that is good enough for me. Colour saturation was good. The picture quality surpasses that of many Blu-rays which cost a lot more, and which are of more recent vintage.
Probably one of the most well spent $12.99 (price at the time of this review). The Blu-ray release surpasses expectations. Black Hawk Down has a more sombre theme, but somehow, the gunfire and helicopter crashes sounded a little disappointing. I expected better from Blu-ray Black Hawk Down and for value added by the Blu-ray edition. Blu-ray Black Hawk Down was better than the dvd, but it did not have the massive improvement Blu-ray brought to SPEED. The acoustics in SPEED sounded better than the recent Fast and Furious series of Blu-rays, to me anyway.
I am not in the position to comment about technical specifications, but for a person who has been disappointed by a lot of Blu-ray upgrades, SPEED added so much more enjoyment for such a small investment.
If Blu-rays reviews ignored the content and were rated according to "How much more did the Blu-ray edition add to your enjoyment of the movie compared to the dvd version", I would say SPEED BD would rank in the top few. Gladiator Blu-ray, on the other hand, would rank in the bottom few (if you ignored the 5 star contents).
And if you do not have a copy of SPEED, go straight for the affordable Blu-ray version of SPEED. I experienced a ressurection of a movie I once wrote off as "old". Excellent value for money.
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