That's such a fun answer I hate to come in with a more serious one. But just in case there are some who are really curious about it and want a serious answer, here's mine. Is it possible to get a bus to jump? Yes - they actually did it for the filming. Is it possible to get a bus to jump as far as it would have had to in order to get across the gap shown in the movie? Without having done the math I'm still pretty sure the answer is no, at least not without adding rocket propulsion or something like that. Would it be possible to jump a gap like that in a freeway bridge with any kind of normal motor vehicle, like maybe an F1 race car? Not unless the bridge was designed by a mad man. If you could jump the gap, you could also go airborne even with the road deck in place. Typically that's not a feature you are looking for in freeway design.
Mid 90s movies that never slow down Also like golden eye, true lies, con air, demolition man, desperado, broken arrow, öast action hero Mid 90s was sick
I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down. '- Homer S.
Little Britain did the same joke. "What's the name of that Tom Hanks film? It's the one about a castaway. He's a castaway, and he's been cast away. What's it called? It'll come to me."
I thought the same. I was old enough when this movie premiered to remember the hype around it. I definitely heard "Pop quiz, hotshot" so much in other media
the audience is willing to let unbelievable things like that get a pass as long as the rest of the movie is good. nobody cared about the incorrect gravity in star wars until the movies started to suck.
Keep in mind, when Speed came out Keanu Reeves had not yet done Matrix. In fact, up to this point he was, just that actor from Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure. With that said, alot of people were not happy to see him in an action film and did not believe he would do well. Keanu was really the one who said hold my beer and watch this!
actually, my favorite Keanu - movie is Johnny Mnemonic, which came one year after this. Great TechnoPunk / Cyberpunk movie. A bit on the cheesy side for many, but I absolutely love it!
Another fun fact: Will Smith was supposed to be Neo in the Matrix, but turned it down. That’s why Keanu Reeves was in the role, so he should thank Will Smith for saving him that role
I was 17. Just got a car and asked my mom to go with me to see Speed because she was my movie pal. Gripped the theater seats the entire time. Fell in love with Keanu. When we left it was so hard not to speed home because my adrenaline was still pumping. My favorite action movie to this day.
The Negotiator just had a terrible marketing campaign. They revealed so much in the trailers that very few things were a surprise. Other than thar, I love it
The jump is patently ridiculous, but so was the sharp turn. By the time they got to the jump my brain had already switched to "it's one of those kinda movies" and just rolled with it.
The turn is stupid.. they could easily have made it slightly less sharp so it's believable but they had to have some tough corners in this movie. The jump is absolutely insane and just shouldn't have been in the film - I absolutely hate it. These action movies always have one scene that absolutely breaks physics and it annoys me so much.
If you ask me, when they first got off the highway, there was no way that bus could have hit all that stuff while driving half on the grass and stayed above 50 mph.
The look Jeff Daniels gives when he sees the bomb about to go off is just pure perfection. He was able to convey an honest and earnest "Oh, fuck," without uttering a syllable. Makes the scene so much more prescient than any other action movie, where you would have heard him yell "Out!"
@@MrSchrantastic yes, the year of 1994 as a whole was a great year for movies… Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Mask Dumb and Dumber Forrest Gump Pulp Fiction Shawshank Redemption Lion King Interview with the Vampire Speed
I am super surprised you didn't mention this is the perfect first act, middle act and final act script. First act quarter is the elevator, middle act half is the bus, final act quarter is the subway
According to sepparat interviews, they both had a crush on each other during filming, but each assumed the other wouldn't be interested, so they became good friends instead 😄
“Pop Quiz, hotshot.” I think that’s the famous line from this movie. This movie was an experience in the theater. We all held our breath at the same time. This was the first time most peeps saw Sandra Bullock. Everyone loved this movie. The audience cheered at the end. It was such a surprise.
I loved first seeing this movie in my teenage years back in 1994 along with The Mask, True Lies, and The Lion King. Speed was not only so awesome but as ridiculous as some parts may seem it's executed so perfectly and is such an engaging movie from start to finish. I love Speed so much that I even like the bloopers and mistakes people find in the movie like when Keanu Reeves first tries to get on the bus where he smashes the window you can see the camera crew filming in the reflection of the bus and it's just funny and unique. Speed is great! My cousin saw this and Keanu Reeves became her heartthrob isntantly.
Uh don’t forget Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber! No one else had a time like Jim Carrey did in 1994! Having 3 movies come out the same year when you’re starting off is something no other big actor ever experienced, not even Tom Cruise’s career took off that fast
No visible reason for the nose of the bus to suddenly rise as it enters the gap like we see on screen. The far side is either equal in elevation or even slightly higher than launch point. That jump is absolutely ridiculous.
Saw it in the theatre in 94 and to this day it's one of the most thrilling theatre experiences i've had! There had been minimal hype before the release and it just seemed like an ok action movie to catch, so the surprise was high! Wonderful movie, glad that you liked it!
My cousins and I saw it in Fresh Meadows, NY opening weekend, but not because we planned on it. We all needed to get out after our grandma passed away that morning. The theater was packed for even the afternoon showing, and it was a tense, white knuckle flick that garnered applause at multiple points. It was a welcome diversion from what our moms had to handle.
I saw this movie on an advance screening about a week before it officially opened. I was 21 at the time. It was very exciting as well as funny, I give credit to Whedon for some of the best lines. "I own this car, it's not stolen!" "It is now." I recently read about Alan Ruck, it seems that he didn't get much work between "Ferris Bueller" and this. He was another struggling actor waiting tables when he was finally cast in "Speed", as well as "Star Trek: Generations" which came out later the same year. He was also in Jan de Bont's next movie "Twister" two years later. This is a great date movie...Keanu essentially saves Sandra Bullock's life over and over again. One thing I noticed is that Keanu only fires his gun to open a locked door, he never shoots at the villain. He and his colleagues are some of the nicest cops in movie history.
I saw this film in the theater as a kid. It was a great experience. And yes, the bus 🚌 jump is literally impossible to make. But, we didn't want the people on the bus to die. So, we rolled with it. Great reaction! 👍🏿
During filming Sandra said she had the biggest crush on Kaenau Reeves, years later Keanu admitted he had a crush on her during filming. My class went on a school trip and some classmate decided to leave a note on the bus that said bomb on bus when this movie came out. He was kicked out of school.
I heard that in the original draft of the script the elevator bomber died. It was then Harry, Jack's partner, who would become the movie's villain and put the bomb on the bus. He would've been forced to retire after being shot in the leg by Jack, and his life would fall apart after. Then a year or more after that he would put the bomb on the bus and make Jack get on it. The script was changed after Jeff Daniels was cast, because it was felt that he was "too likeable" and the audience would not want to see him as the villain.
This is one of those films that just came together by some cosmic roll of the dice, and can never be reproduced through sheer will, as many tried(and failed). The story, the characters, the situation, on paper this should have been failed in epic fashion, but the director nailed it as did everyone involved. This movie is like your favorite roller coaster, as you may know where all the twist, turns and dips are, but that never stops it from thrilling you with each ride. And as many times as I've seen this movie, it never gets old, and Sandra was for me the VIP, as how could you not love here character and performance.
I was 13 years old and wasnt allowed to see R rated movies. My dad saw Speed in the theater and decided I could "handle this one" and took me to a Marcus Theater in Green Bay to see it. It was a true spectacle with the audience going nuts the entire movie. I miss this kind of film style, in camera effects, miniatures, real explosions and almost no cgi. And yes, that is Cameron Fry from Ferris Bueller vacaying in LA!!
They filmed most of the movie going back and forth on the then "under construction" 105 freeway in LA . Sandra gets on the Bus right near the eastbound onramp at Imperial hwy and Douglas Ave. The Freeway run east for 17 miles from LAX to the 605 freeway.
I remember seeing Speed in the cinema and I was exhausted. 90's action movie just went full throttle, once it started, it only stopped when the credits roll. They just oozed coolness.
I saw this movie in the theaters with my cousin when it came out, and when it came to the gap in the road, and that they were gonna have to jump the bus, my cousin and I held each other‘s hands because we were so nervous. Good times ❤
Yeah, lots of people call this "Die Hard on a Bus" (IIRC many considered it settled when even John McTiernan - director of 'Die Hard' - called it that). And they're all wrong :). ("Die Hard" is 1. a lone hero, _maybe_ with a helper, 2. Trapped in one location, 3. _with_ the bad guys, who outnumber him. In 'Speed' Jack Traven _isn't_ trapped with the bad guys, in fact he's the only one on the bus that _can_ [and does] leave, nor is he alone, nor is he outnumbered. And yep, i'm fully aware that this means "Die Hard With a Vengeance" isn't _technically_ a "Die Hard" type movie :)
Wow I can't believe you haven't seen SPEED till now. Well, there's a lot movies out there I guess but 1994 was a huge year in movie cinema from The Mask, True Lies, The Lion King, Clear & Present Danger, the Client, and of course Speed. Thx for ur reaction. Better late than never.
You’re forgetting a whole lot… Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Interview with the Vampire just to name a few
Yes. Speed made Keanu Reeves a household name. But, the Matrix trilogy made him a legend. And the John Wick franchise cemented his legend status as an action hero.
I've seen Speed, maybe 50 times, it's one of those movies if I catch it, I end up watching it. In all that time, it took watching it with my BFF to see the "Money isn't everything (yeah right)" Thanks BFF!! 🤣
I love that there are so many practical effects... just before the computer revolution. They really jumped a bus! They had to rig a harness for the driver so he didn't get compression fractures in his spine. As for the train stuff... LA Red line (B now) ftw!
Oooooh, Shanelle's watching one of my all time favorites. This, Demolition Man, and Love Potion No 9, the last film in the I Love Sandra Bullock Trilogy. Also the film that showed me that Keanu was a badass.
Saw it in 94 in the theaters. My all time favorite action movie. I remember Siskel & Ebert even suggested in their year in review that Speed should've been nominated for an Oscar
It wasn't a hugely anticipated movie that year but when it came out in theaters, everyone was talking about it and it launched the careers of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in different ways. Reeves was now seen as a bona fide action star which people still view him as today. Bullock became a romcom queen for many years among other roles.
Ah yes, back when they made movies. Shame the director didn't really live up to this promise. One of the absolute best of the 90's, iconic. It was a great watch with a crowd.
I read that Jan De Bont got inspired to do an elevator sequence from when he was trapped in one for a 1-2 hours while a cinematographer on the original Die Hard. If you notice the logo “Pacific Courier” on the plane that the bus crashes into, it was the courier truck that the terrorists arrived in at Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard because both movies had the same production designer who also changed to logo to “Atlantic Courier” for Die Hard with a Vengeance since that film is set in NYC.
This definitely holds up as one of the best action films of the 90s. In an era when every other action movie was a Die Hard rip-off, this one stands out as being a more original concept.
"Gigantor" is a blast from the past. Most young people may not know that it was a cartoon on TV back in the 60's. It was of a giant robot controlled by a kid. If I remember correctly, the cartoon comes from a 50's Japanese cartoon manga.
Saw this in the theaters when I was 14. My whole family loved it. The elevator scene hooked us all right away. Pretty sure my stepmom screamed in the theater when the elevator first fell. LOL. Good times!
Mythbusters actually tackled the "Bus Jump" myth. The answer is no that is not possible. Now if A) there had been a significant ramp at the end of the section or B) if the next section was quite a bit lower maybe. but a 20 foot gap with little to no incline off the launch point the bus would of dropped down several feet within seconds.
Yup yup. Did a back-of-the-envelope calculation once to estimate how fast the bus would need to be moving to clear the gap before it dropped too far, and I came up with several thousand miles per hour.
Best action movie of all time. I first saw this movie when I was a kid and it was brand new to blockbuster. I was at a friends birthday party and his mom rented it for the party not knowing it was rated R. She left and we watched the movie. When she came home and heard the language she checked the box and flipped seeing it was R and she showed it at a 10 year olds birthday party. Fun fact: Jeff Daniels was super smart in this film and it’s the same year Dumb and Dumber came out where Daniels plays an idiot.
Disagree, not even close. This movie was only good for it’s time. This movie wasn’t even the best Keanu Reeves movie, let alone the best action movie of all time
Now most commentors will say that jump is impossible. BUT. You see, they don't make movies about ordinary buses that dive straight down into a fifty-foot gap. Just like they don't make movies about ordinary test pilots who die when their planes disintegrate at Mach ten like in Top Gun Maverick. This is the whole point. They only make movies about the really amazing things like jumping a bus 50 feet, or somehow walking away from a 7,000 mph plane crash. This is simple cinematic exposition. Illustrating that these are exceptional people, not like you or me. I never got a movie. Did you get a movie?
90s action movies are just different. And on top of that, 1994 was the best year for movies. I saw this in the theater. It was awesome. This movie was so big that summer.
While I do agree that 94 was the best year of the 90s for movies. It wasn’t the best year ever for movies… the 80s had great movies every year in that decade. The 80s blows the 90s outta the water
I watched this on VHS from Blockbuster with my dad. I was eight or nine, and I loved every minute of it. Not just ‘cause it was one of the rare rated R action movies I got to watch with my dad but also ‘cause it’s a great movie! 🤩
Kind of interesting that you thought the intro was "the same footage played on loop" and then that exact scenario is a major plot point later on in the moive. No idea if it's intentional, but anything is possble.
I'm always surprised that people never recognize Alan Ruck from Spin City. Spin City seems to have been forgotten to time. It really was a gem of a sitcom.
This film perfectly makes you suspend your disbelief while still feeling like everything is real.. I've never been into action flicks, but Speed has always been my fave.. I was 11-12 when it came out and watched it on VHS a million times, all the adults loved it too.. and even back then I thought that the font used for the opening credits was horrible haha..
I remember when the trailer for this movie came out! "There's a bomb on a bus." Saw it in the theater and became obsessed (Keanu Reeves is my root) and then when it was released on VHS I used to watch it every day after school.
Seeing your reaction to the elevator, you might like to try the first Resident Evil. You might like to try Die Hard on a boat 'Under Siege'. The score for Speed was later 'borrowed' for the game Metal Gear Solid.
We were very stunned. It was also the first time we saw Keanu as something other than a skinny little kid. He got jacked for it, and we were not prepared lol.
Fun movie, crazy concept, Keanu Reeves as a young guy is a treat, its so different than John Wick. Separate note: This is why we don't negotiate with terrorism. The amount of damage that occured by appeasing this man was insane. The idea of taking a bus with a massive bomb on it and taking it on a joyride through the city is insane.
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Physicist here. According to my research, which consists mostly of watching old Dukes of Hazard episodes, that jump is totally possible.
They totally should've done a freeze frame mid-jump. "Well, it looks like ol' Annie may have bit off more than she can chew..."
That's such a fun answer I hate to come in with a more serious one. But just in case there are some who are really curious about it and want a serious answer, here's mine. Is it possible to get a bus to jump? Yes - they actually did it for the filming. Is it possible to get a bus to jump as far as it would have had to in order to get across the gap shown in the movie? Without having done the math I'm still pretty sure the answer is no, at least not without adding rocket propulsion or something like that. Would it be possible to jump a gap like that in a freeway bridge with any kind of normal motor vehicle, like maybe an F1 race car? Not unless the bridge was designed by a mad man. If you could jump the gap, you could also go airborne even with the road deck in place. Typically that's not a feature you are looking for in freeway design.
Speed (1994) and Die Hard 3 with a Vengeance (1995) are two examples of how great the movies were back in the 90's.
True
Die Hard, maybe... Speed was certainly a fun movie... but I'd draw the line at calling it great.
@@dannykent6190die hard isnt a cinematic masterpiece anymore than speed or under siege, as well as any other action movie from late 80s and 90s.
Point Break is still one of my favorite action popcorn movies. It has great action and chemistry between Reeves and Swayze.
Mid 90s movies that never slow down
Also like golden eye, true lies, con air, demolition man, desperado, broken arrow, öast action hero
Mid 90s was sick
I tried to get my money back after seeing this movie in the theater. I paid for a full seat but I only used the edge.
Dad! I told you not to post on RUclips!
I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down. '- Homer S.
I was literally going to make this comment, but you beat me to it. One of my favorite Simpsons quotes of all time.
"It's like Speed 2 except it's on a bus instead of a boat"
Little Britain did the same joke. "What's the name of that Tom Hanks film? It's the one about a castaway. He's a castaway, and he's been cast away. What's it called? It'll come to me."
Thank you. I just saw this video and wanted to make sure this comment was in it.
“I already seen the airport,” is such a great line 😂
The iconic saying from this movie would probably be, "Pop quiz, hotshot!"
I say it all the time. And “Shoot the Hostage”.
I thought it was "Have a good one, Bob."
Maybe that's just me.
"Yeah, but I'm taller."
I thought the same. I was old enough when this movie premiered to remember the hype around it. I definitely heard "Pop quiz, hotshot" so much in other media
That bus jump was pure movie magic. No way in hell that bus would have made it in reality.
Yeah, I think it'd have to be doing at least 600mph.
Mythbusters tried it and indeed Busted it. Though they gave it several tries with different ramps and shorter distances.
Even if the bus made that jump, it will have a hard landing damaging the bus and the passengers.
the audience is willing to let unbelievable things like that get a pass as long as the rest of the movie is good. nobody cared about the incorrect gravity in star wars until the movies started to suck.
@@_xBrokenxDreamsx_ yup
There is a 50 minute stretch where the viewer experiences THE BEST PACED action in a movie EVER !
Keep in mind, when Speed came out Keanu Reeves had not yet done Matrix. In fact, up to this point he was, just that actor from Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure. With that said, alot of people were not happy to see him in an action film and did not believe he would do well. Keanu was really the one who said hold my beer and watch this!
"Point Break"
(but I agree that 'Speed' _cemented_ his position as an action star)
he also had a small part in Youngblood (1986)
A+
actually, my favorite Keanu - movie is Johnny Mnemonic, which came one year after this. Great TechnoPunk / Cyberpunk movie. A bit on the cheesy side for many, but I absolutely love it!
Another fun fact: Will Smith was supposed to be Neo in the Matrix, but turned it down. That’s why Keanu Reeves was in the role, so he should thank Will Smith for saving him that role
"This feels super real, guys."
My mind immediately turns to the ramp jump. 😁
I was 17. Just got a car and asked my mom to go with me to see Speed because she was my movie pal. Gripped the theater seats the entire time. Fell in love with Keanu. When we left it was so hard not to speed home because my adrenaline was still pumping. My favorite action movie to this day.
Oh, you should watch "The Negotiator" (1998). It's mostly realtime about a hostage situation, plenty of action, mystery, and great dialogue.
Such a great movie.
The Negotiator just had a terrible marketing campaign. They revealed so much in the trailers that very few things were a surprise. Other than thar, I love it
Love that film and wish all the reactors would do it, especially TBR and Cinebinge
Yes! Such a good one.
@@danholmesfilm No one reacts to it. It's a forgotten movie.
The jump is patently ridiculous, but so was the sharp turn. By the time they got to the jump my brain had already switched to "it's one of those kinda movies" and just rolled with it.
The turn is stupid.. they could easily have made it slightly less sharp so it's believable but they had to have some tough corners in this movie. The jump is absolutely insane and just shouldn't have been in the film - I absolutely hate it. These action movies always have one scene that absolutely breaks physics and it annoys me so much.
If you ask me, when they first got off the highway, there was no way that bus could have hit all that stuff while driving half on the grass and stayed above 50 mph.
My mind went to its just a movie
The look Jeff Daniels gives when he sees the bomb about to go off is just pure perfection. He was able to convey an honest and earnest "Oh, fuck," without uttering a syllable.
Makes the scene so much more prescient than any other action movie, where you would have heard him yell "Out!"
He probably wouldn't even have time to say that. This was a split second moment extended so people could realize that he knew he was dead.
This summer was wild. True Lies, Speed, and THE LION KING! Amazing summer for movies.
You’re forgetting The Mask… that trumped all of those other movies
Forrest Gump as well
@@MrSchrantastic yes, the year of 1994 as a whole was a great year for movies…
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The Mask
Dumb and Dumber
Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Lion King
Interview with the Vampire
Speed
29:37 We dont talk about Speed 2 Shan
It sux. LOL
I would rather a movie suck than what that movie did.That movie was abominable.
There is no Speed 2 😅
It's really too bad that Shanelle, and probably most people watching, are too young to get the "just a really big Pinto" joke - it's a classic!
I think of that scene from "Top Secret!" :)
The "my first time in LA" guy who chats up Sanda Bullock is Ferris Bueler's best friend in the "day off" movie
And Rabbit in TWister.
See also: Spin City, Twister, the One Day at a Time reboot, Star Trek: Generations...
Fun fact-the subway driver was played by Richard Schiff, later Emmy winner for The West Wing.
Toby!
I am super surprised you didn't mention this is the perfect first act, middle act and final act script. First act quarter is the elevator, middle act half is the bus, final act quarter is the subway
According to sepparat interviews, they both had a crush on each other during filming, but each assumed the other wouldn't be interested, so they became good friends instead 😄
It's spelled separate. Look up words before you spelling you don't know.
@@battlestarnomore Says someone who borked the grammar of their own sentence. Calm down, bro: it's not that important.
@@battlestarnomorewhomp whomp.
@@battlestarnomoreLook up grammar English before know don't you. - That's what you sound like.
@@CliffSedge-nu5fv lmao
“Pop Quiz, hotshot.” I think that’s the famous line from this movie. This movie was an experience in the theater. We all held our breath at the same time. This was the first time most peeps saw Sandra Bullock. Everyone loved this movie. The audience cheered at the end. It was such a surprise.
I loved first seeing this movie in my teenage years back in 1994 along with The Mask, True Lies, and The Lion King. Speed was not only so awesome but as ridiculous as some parts may seem it's executed so perfectly and is such an engaging movie from start to finish. I love Speed so much that I even like the bloopers and mistakes people find in the movie like when Keanu Reeves first tries to get on the bus where he smashes the window you can see the camera crew filming in the reflection of the bus and it's just funny and unique. Speed is great! My cousin saw this and Keanu Reeves became her heartthrob isntantly.
Uh don’t forget Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber! No one else had a time like Jim Carrey did in 1994!
Having 3 movies come out the same year when you’re starting off is something no other big actor ever experienced, not even Tom Cruise’s career took off that fast
This movie rules. "Yeah? Well I'm taller!" is my all time favourite action one liner!
And yet it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! 😅
@@daniellanctot6548 He's taller because he still had his head.
@@stevenwoodward5923 Keanu Reeves is 6’ 1”. Denis Hopper is 5’ 9”. He ALWAYS was taller! 🙄 Try again!
@@stevenwoodward5923bro, I’ve seen this movie a million times and never got that. 🤦🏻♂️.
@@jaredfalk7701 Maybe your like Payne, and it went over your head. LOL
31:05 He was able to drop the dead-man switch because he disconnected the firing wire.
In the 90s physics worked differently. We were just coming out of the 80s with all the cars that would explode
Screeching burnouts on dirt roads too.
Engineer here, no that jump is impossible. Honestly you don't have to be an engineer to see that it was impossible to make that jump.
Thank you. I was about to say the same. It’s the only part of the movie that pulls me out entirely.
Right, for the gap they showed, it's not even a jump, it's just a "drive off the edge and plummet to your death"
Even a Mythbuster could tell you that the jump was impossible
No visible reason for the nose of the bus to suddenly rise as it enters the gap like we see on screen. The far side is either equal in elevation or even slightly higher than launch point. That jump is absolutely ridiculous.
@@vandalhooch9773it was a shot error. They should have had a ramp shot before the jump (like the shot once it left the road) it was a goof.
Saw it in the theatre in 94 and to this day it's one of the most thrilling theatre experiences i've had! There had been minimal hype before the release and it just seemed like an ok action movie to catch, so the surprise was high!
Wonderful movie, glad that you liked it!
Mr. Tourist is Cameron from Ferris Beuller's Day Off
I geniunely love that section from 12:17-12:22. That guy's "There's a bomb on your WHAT!" makes me laugh every time.
My cousins and I saw it in Fresh Meadows, NY opening weekend, but not because we planned on it. We all needed to get out after our grandma passed away that morning. The theater was packed for even the afternoon showing, and it was a tense, white knuckle flick that garnered applause at multiple points. It was a welcome diversion from what our moms had to handle.
If you haven't watched The Net with Sandra Bullock, it's another great 90s flick.
Seconded
For modern audiences, the technological stuff is so bad it's infuriating, but the underlying thriller is fun.
@@theaikidoka for a 90s kid though it's pure nostalgia. I'm used to turning my mind off with movies anyway, it's rarely accurate.
@@sparkequinox Oh yeah, I still enjoy the movie. Sandra Bullock is genuinely charming is almost everything.
Great is a strong word but I certainly loved it when it came out. I remember thinking it would be so cool to order a pizza on my computer. Lol.
I saw this movie on an advance screening about a week before it officially opened. I was 21 at the time. It was very exciting as well as funny, I give credit to Whedon for some of the best lines. "I own this car, it's not stolen!" "It is now."
I recently read about Alan Ruck, it seems that he didn't get much work between "Ferris Bueller" and this. He was another struggling actor waiting tables when he was finally cast in "Speed", as well as "Star Trek: Generations" which came out later the same year. He was also in Jan de Bont's next movie "Twister" two years later.
This is a great date movie...Keanu essentially saves Sandra Bullock's life over and over again. One thing I noticed is that Keanu only fires his gun to open a locked door, he never shoots at the villain. He and his colleagues are some of the nicest cops in movie history.
I saw this film in the theater as a kid. It was a great experience. And yes, the bus 🚌 jump is literally impossible to make. But, we didn't want the people on the bus to die. So, we rolled with it. Great reaction! 👍🏿
Keanu always embodies his role and character fully
During filming Sandra said she had the biggest crush on Kaenau Reeves, years later Keanu admitted he had a crush on her during filming. My class went on a school trip and some classmate decided to leave a note on the bus that said bomb on bus when this movie came out. He was kicked out of school.
I heard that in the original draft of the script the elevator bomber died. It was then Harry, Jack's partner, who would become the movie's villain and put the bomb on the bus. He would've been forced to retire after being shot in the leg by Jack, and his life would fall apart after. Then a year or more after that he would put the bomb on the bus and make Jack get on it.
The script was changed after Jeff Daniels was cast, because it was felt that he was "too likeable" and the audience would not want to see him as the villain.
This is one of those films that just came together by some cosmic roll of the dice, and can never be reproduced through sheer will, as many tried(and failed). The story, the characters, the situation, on paper this should have been failed in epic fashion, but the director nailed it as did everyone involved. This movie is like your favorite roller coaster, as you may know where all the twist, turns and dips are, but that never stops it from thrilling you with each ride. And as many times as I've seen this movie, it never gets old, and Sandra was for me the VIP, as how could you not love here character and performance.
Only Keanu Reeves can say the words “Just two cool guys just hanging on a bus”.
I was 13 years old and wasnt allowed to see R rated movies. My dad saw Speed in the theater and decided I could "handle this one" and took me to a Marcus Theater in Green Bay to see it. It was a true spectacle with the audience going nuts the entire movie. I miss this kind of film style, in camera effects, miniatures, real explosions and almost no cgi. And yes, that is Cameron Fry from Ferris Bueller vacaying in LA!!
I personally enjoy how Sandra keeps Keanu grounded in this film
Blue Thunder is a seriously intense Action/Drama set in Los Angeles.
I think I suggested. Might come up on her next live.
They filmed most of the movie going back and forth on the then "under construction" 105 freeway in LA . Sandra gets on the Bus right near the eastbound onramp at Imperial hwy and Douglas Ave. The Freeway run east for 17 miles from LAX to the 605 freeway.
Yes,that's Cameron 👍🎩
Being Dutch, Jan deBont's name is pronounced "Yawn".
THANK YOU. Shanelle, read this and keep up the good work.
Because EVERY non-English language has "J" pronounced as "Y." In fact, ALL slavic languages do (Like Czech, Slovakian, Polish, etc.
“Pop quiz, hot shot!” Is my favorite quote from this that I still use to this day 😄
I remember seeing Speed in the cinema and I was exhausted. 90's action movie just went full throttle, once it started, it only stopped when the credits roll. They just oozed coolness.
I saw this movie in the theaters with my cousin when it came out, and when it came to the gap in the road, and that they were gonna have to jump the bus, my cousin and I held each other‘s hands because we were so nervous. Good times ❤
This is a total fantasy. There is no way you could get up to 50mph on your average workday in Los Angeles. its just not possible.
😂😂😂
To everyone pointing out the jump and the turn, THIS was the most unrealistic part 😂
Yeah, lots of people call this "Die Hard on a Bus" (IIRC many considered it settled when even John McTiernan - director of 'Die Hard' - called it that). And they're all wrong :).
("Die Hard" is 1. a lone hero, _maybe_ with a helper, 2. Trapped in one location, 3. _with_ the bad guys, who outnumber him. In 'Speed' Jack Traven _isn't_ trapped with the bad guys, in fact he's the only one on the bus that _can_ [and does] leave, nor is he alone, nor is he outnumbered. And yep, i'm fully aware that this means "Die Hard With a Vengeance" isn't _technically_ a "Die Hard" type movie :)
"Yeah, but I'm taller." was that line.
"Is that possible?" No chance in hell.
Wow I can't believe you haven't seen SPEED till now. Well, there's a lot movies out there I guess but 1994 was a huge year in movie cinema from The Mask, True Lies, The Lion King, Clear & Present Danger, the Client, and of course Speed. Thx for ur reaction. Better late than never.
You’re forgetting a whole lot…
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,
Dumb and Dumber,
Forrest Gump,
Shawshank Redemption,
Pulp Fiction,
Interview with the Vampire just to name a few
The simplest of plots but done perfectly. And in my opinion the launching pad for Keanu Reeves as an action star
Absolutely!
Yes. Speed made Keanu Reeves a household name. But, the Matrix trilogy made him a legend. And the John Wick franchise cemented his legend status as an action hero.
Point Break came out a few years before Speed and was the film that really showed he could carry an action film.
I was 10 in 1994 when I saw this. I loved it!
me too
I've seen Speed, maybe 50 times, it's one of those movies if I catch it, I end up watching it. In all that time, it took watching it with my BFF to see the "Money isn't everything (yeah right)"
Thanks BFF!! 🤣
Don't watch it 5 more times.
@@rimasmuliolis1136 💀 my mind is blown!!! 😮💛
The chill dude with the Jaguar, is my favorite character.
He’s in the sequel too
@@TXRager shh, we don't talk about that. 😂
I love that there are so many practical effects... just before the computer revolution. They really jumped a bus! They had to rig a harness for the driver so he didn't get compression fractures in his spine. As for the train stuff... LA Red line (B now) ftw!
Oooooh, Shanelle's watching one of my all time favorites. This, Demolition Man, and Love Potion No 9, the last film in the I Love Sandra Bullock Trilogy. Also the film that showed me that Keanu was a badass.
Saw it in 94 in the theaters. My all time favorite action movie. I remember Siskel & Ebert even suggested in their year in review that Speed should've been nominated for an Oscar
I cant believe Shan didn't think they would jump the bus over the gap. It was the 90s. Anything was possible.
It wasn't a hugely anticipated movie that year but when it came out in theaters, everyone was talking about it and it launched the careers of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in different ways. Reeves was now seen as a bona fide action star which people still view him as today. Bullock became a romcom queen for many years among other roles.
The mascot of the University of Arizona is a Wildcat. Payne was able to see her sweater with the U of A logo on it.
I gotta call shenanigans on that one though. When they show the camera footage, there's no way it's clear enough to pick out details like that.
Ah yes, back when they made movies. Shame the director didn't really live up to this promise. One of the absolute best of the 90's, iconic. It was a great watch with a crowd.
I read that Jan De Bont got inspired to do an elevator sequence from when he was trapped in one for a 1-2 hours while a cinematographer on the original Die Hard. If you notice the logo “Pacific Courier” on the plane that the bus crashes into, it was the courier truck that the terrorists arrived in at Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard because both movies had the same production designer who also changed to logo to “Atlantic Courier” for Die Hard with a Vengeance since that film is set in NYC.
This definitely holds up as one of the best action films of the 90s. In an era when every other action movie was a Die Hard rip-off, this one stands out as being a more original concept.
“Whoa”. That’s this movie. 😂
Did she not notice Keanu called the big guy “Gigantor”, I always thought that was so random but funny lol. I love this film, it’s just perfect
He's bigger than big, and he's taller than tall.
Ortiz!
Gigantor was far better than Astro Boy.
"Gigantor" is a blast from the past. Most young people may not know that it was a cartoon on TV back in the 60's. It was of a giant robot controlled by a kid. If I remember correctly, the cartoon comes from a 50's Japanese cartoon manga.
Saw this in the theaters when I was 14. My whole family loved it. The elevator scene hooked us all right away. Pretty sure my stepmom screamed in the theater when the elevator first fell. LOL. Good times!
This is definitely a classic, “shut-your-brain-off-and-enjoy” kind of a movie, and is certainly worth watching.
In my opinion and in my experience, "Pop quiz, hot shot!" is the iconic line from this movie. I say it continuously, to this day.
32:59 - And THAT is why we all recommended this one on so many comments and livestreams. 😉
Mythbusters actually tackled the "Bus Jump" myth. The answer is no that is not possible. Now if A) there had been a significant ramp at the end of the section or B) if the next section was quite a bit lower maybe. but a 20 foot gap with little to no incline off the launch point the bus would of dropped down several feet within seconds.
Yup yup. Did a back-of-the-envelope calculation once to estimate how fast the bus would need to be moving to clear the gap before it dropped too far, and I came up with several thousand miles per hour.
It’s weird they didn’t just make one of those conditions. Even a ramp out of construction materials would have suspended the belief less.
Best action movie of all time.
I first saw this movie when I was a kid and it was brand new to blockbuster. I was at a friends birthday party and his mom rented it for the party not knowing it was rated R. She left and we watched the movie. When she came home and heard the language she checked the box and flipped seeing it was R and she showed it at a 10 year olds birthday party.
Fun fact: Jeff Daniels was super smart in this film and it’s the same year Dumb and Dumber came out where Daniels plays an idiot.
Disagree, not even close. This movie was only good for it’s time. This movie wasn’t even the best Keanu Reeves movie, let alone the best action movie of all time
… also Jeff Daniels character in Dumb and Dumber wasn’t anymore of an idiot than adam sandler is in all of his bullshit movies
Now most commentors will say that jump is impossible. BUT. You see, they don't make movies about ordinary buses that dive straight down into a fifty-foot gap. Just like they don't make movies about ordinary test pilots who die when their planes disintegrate at Mach ten like in Top Gun Maverick. This is the whole point. They only make movies about the really amazing things like jumping a bus 50 feet, or somehow walking away from a 7,000 mph plane crash. This is simple cinematic exposition. Illustrating that these are exceptional people, not like you or me. I never got a movie. Did you get a movie?
90s action movies are just different. And on top of that, 1994 was the best year for movies. I saw this in the theater. It was awesome. This movie was so big that summer.
While I do agree that 94 was the best year of the 90s for movies. It wasn’t the best year ever for movies… the 80s had great movies every year in that decade. The 80s blows the 90s outta the water
To think that Keanu went from Bill and Ted to this and the Matrix...that's an excellent adventure!
And then John Wick!
Point Break.
In an alternate universe Ted was sent to the military school and became John Wick. Bill went to Santa Carla and became a vampire.
@@keanucooper2103 I had to stop somewhere lol
@@krisfrederick5001 John Wick is awesome! Peak Keanu Reeves!
"Is that Cameron from Ferris Bueller". Yes. Alan Ruck. He was also "Stuart" in the Spin City comedy series. :)
Wasn't he also in Alien Nation?
@@TheJamieRamone He has been in a lot of things. I just thhink he is mostly known for Ferris Buellers day off and Spin City :)
I watched this on VHS from Blockbuster with my dad. I was eight or nine, and I loved every minute of it. Not just ‘cause it was one of the rare rated R action movies I got to watch with my dad but also ‘cause it’s a great movie! 🤩
Sandra Bullock refused to do a sequel to The Heat because of Speed 2. She says she's cursed when it comes to sequels.
She did the miss undercover one
Kind of interesting that you thought the intro was "the same footage played on loop" and then that exact scenario is a major plot point later on in the moive. No idea if it's intentional, but anything is possble.
Hi Shanelle hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤️
I like Homer Simpson's title for this film, 'the bus that couldn't slow down'.
Question "Is Speed 2 on the plane?" really got me.
Speed 2 is more like a new movie. Slow and....no comment.
“It’s just CANS”
well better than just Cant's lol
Saw it when it came out in theaters - I was going into 7th grade. Blew my mind at the time.
Again, I freakin love that the bus jump is the only questionable part of this movie. So funny.
I'm always surprised that people never recognize Alan Ruck from Spin City. Spin City seems to have been forgotten to time. It really was a gem of a sitcom.
I saw this in theaters. It was awesome. The audience clapped for this one.
Chanelle definitely needs to rewatch the end of the fight on top of the subway. She completely missed, "Yeah, but I'm taller!"
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock had such great chemistry, they starred together again in the Lake House years after this movie.
This film perfectly makes you suspend your disbelief while still feeling like everything is real.. I've never been into action flicks, but Speed has always been my fave.. I was 11-12 when it came out and watched it on VHS a million times, all the adults loved it too.. and even back then I thought that the font used for the opening credits was horrible haha..
Fun fact Jan deBont in the director of photography on Die Hard
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18:53 I love how she JUST realized it’s him 🤣
I remember when the trailer for this movie came out! "There's a bomb on a bus." Saw it in the theater and became obsessed (Keanu Reeves is my root) and then when it was released on VHS I used to watch it every day after school.
Seeing your reaction to the elevator, you might like to try the first Resident Evil. You might like to try Die Hard on a boat 'Under Siege'. The score for Speed was later 'borrowed' for the game Metal Gear Solid.
We were very stunned. It was also the first time we saw Keanu as something other than a skinny little kid. He got jacked for it, and we were not prepared lol.
Shanelle, trust me when I say that "Speed 2" is not worth the time of day.
Fun movie, crazy concept, Keanu Reeves as a young guy is a treat, its so different than John Wick.
Separate note: This is why we don't negotiate with terrorism. The amount of damage that occured by appeasing this man was insane. The idea of taking a bus with a massive bomb on it and taking it on a joyride through the city is insane.
13:24 Shan's look at the camera and reaction when the bus driver got shot was absolutely amazing.
That was a masterful 4th wall break. I died. 😂
I always leave reality at the front. Door when I go to a theater that jump was totally impossible. But I guess much needed for entertainment purposes