Film

Speed 1994

Directed by Jan de Bont

  • Action, Thriller
  • 116 min
  • R

Rotten Tomatoes95%Metacritic78

Get ready for rush hour.

Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.

ActionThrillers.w.a.t.bomberbus bomblos angeles, californiafalling elevatorbomb plantinglapdtrapped in an elevatorsubway trainbomb explosionransom demandaggressive

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Character

Relentless, resolved, classical in form and unpretentious.

  • contemplativerelentless
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • classical in formformally daring
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • effortlessdemanding

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 15The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 115 / 1The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 1414The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 12The Sincere: disliked by 212 / 2The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 5The Provocateur: disliked by 85 / 8The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 99The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 6The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 36 / 3The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 4The Ironist: disliked by 44 / 4The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 6The Empath: disliked by 16 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

171 profiled raters. Loved most by The Thrill Chasers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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  • “Does the pace leave no room to feel anything?”

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