Speed [Blu-ray]

Director: Jan de Bont Jan de Bont

Overview

This thrilling action film offers non-stop, runaway adventure down the streets and freeways of L.A. Howard Payne is the psychotic villain who is first seen sabotaging a high-rise elevator. He will spare the passengers in exchange for cash. Enter Jack Traven and the S.W.A.T. team who in a daring rescue save the elevator and shoot Payne. Unfortunately Payne didn't die and later tells Traven his newest scheme: he has wired a Santa Monica bus, travelling during morning rush hour on the freeway, to explode if it goes under 50 mph. Jack gets on board and has to deal with a variety of panicky passengers while trying to gain control of the vehicle helmed by a wounded driver. Annie, recently arrested for speeding, replaces the driver. Now, under pressure from both passengers and headquarters, it is up to Jack to disarm the bomb. After a spectacular scene where the bus jumps a 50 foot gap in an overpass, the police guide it to the airport and disarm it. But Payne is still busy at work. His actions lead to one final, fatal face-off on a hellish subway ride.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/14/2006
UPC:	0024543396055
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	R
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:56:00
Sales rank:	4,047

Special Features

Commentary by director Jan De Bont; Commentary by Screenwriter Graham Yost and producer Mark Gordon; Trivia track; Speed: Takedown Game; Theatrical trailer high definition; Search content; Personal scene selection

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Keanu Reeves	Jack Traven
Dennis Hopper	Howard Payne
Sandra Bullock	Annie
Joe Morton	Capt. McMahon
Jeff Daniels	Harry,Harry Temple
Alan Ruck	Stephens
Glenn Plummer	Jaguar Owner
Richard Lineback	Norwood
Beth Grant	Helen,Elevator Passenger
Hawthorne James	Sam
Carlos Carrasco	Ortiz
David Kriegel	Terry
Natsuko Ohama	Mrs. Kamino
Daniel Villarreal	Ray
Margaret Medina	Robin
Beau Starr	Commissioner
Billy Hopkins	Actor
John Capodice	Bob
Simone Gad	1st Bus Passenger
Loretta Jean Crudup	2nd Bus Passenger
Sheri Villanueva	3rd Bus Passenger
Jordan Lund	Bagwell
Robert Mailhouse	Young Executive
Patrick Fischler	Friend of Executive
Patrick John Hurley	CEO
Susan Barnes	Female Executive
Richard Dano	SWAT Driver
Michael Sottile	SWAT Cop
Jane Crawley	Baby Carriage Woman
Anne O'Sullivan	Baby Carriage Woman
Thomas Rosales Jr.	Vince
James Dumont	Workman
Antonio Mora	1st News Anchor
Patty Toy	2nd News Anchor
Todd Gordon	News Cameraman
Bruce Wright	1st Reporter
Mark Kriski	2nd Reporter
Dagny Hultgreen	3rd Reporter
Richard Schiff	Train Driver
Joseph Carberry	Cop
Sandy Martin	Bartender
Neisha Folkes-LeMelle	Mrs. McMahon
Jim Mapp	Additional Bus Passenger
Milton Quon	Additional Bus Passenger
Sonia Jackson	Additional Bus Passenger
Carmen Williams	Additional Bus Passenger
Paula Montes	Additional Bus Passenger
Loyda Ramos	Additional Bus Passenger
Julia Vera	Additional Bus Passenger
Marylou Lim	Additional Bus Passenger
Barry Kramer	Elevator Passenger
Robin McKee	Elevator Passenger
Paige Goodman	Elevator Passenger
Christina Fitzgerald	Elevator Passenger
Tara Thomas	Elevator Passenger
Cece Tsou	Elevator Passenger
Michael Fujimoto	Elevator Passenger
Richard Gelb	Elevator Passenger
Thomas Rosales	Coffee Shop Worker
Mark Mancina	Composer

Technical Credits

Graham Yost

Jan de Bont	Director
Graham Yost	Screenwriter
Ian Bryce	Executive Producer,Producer
John Frazier	Special Effects
Risa Bramon Garcia	Casting
Mark Gordon	Producer
Billy Hopkins	Casting
Gary M. Hymes	Stunts
Boyd Shermis	Special Effects
David MacMillan	Sound Mixer
Richard Hollander	Special Effects
Allison Lyon Segan	Producer
Nancy Barker	Sound Effects
Bob Beemer	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

More than just a roller coaster of a movie, Speed might be one of the most action-packed movies ever made. Director Jan de Bont carves away time-consuming story conventions, instead jumping from set piece to set piece, explosion to explosion, at a pace that makes its precursors in the action genre seem slow and ponderous. For the most part, the actors in Speed wisely settle into their one-dimensional parts. Dennis Hopper is the obligatory psycho, and Keanu Reeves, the taciturn, straight-faced hero. The film's standout performance belongs to Sandra Bullock, who gives the proceedings a massive boost: Her charming smart-aleckiness fills the lulls (however brief) between action sequences. De Bont previously made his name as a cinematographer on the elaborate, frenetic Die Hard and Lethal Weapon 3; he would go on to direct Twister and the substandard Speed 2, which also starred Bullock.