Speed (1994)

Speed rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 420K votes

Rotten Tomatoes95%

Metacritic78%

TMDb7.153/10· 7K votes

With 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 78/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Speed

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.

Cast of Speed

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  Keanu Reeves

  as Jack Traven

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  Dennis Hopper

  as Howard Payne

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  Sandra Bullock

  as Annie

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  Joe Morton

  as Capt. McMahon

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  Jeff Daniels

  as Harry

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  Alan Ruck

  as Stephens

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  Glenn Plummer

  as Jaguar Owner

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  Richard Lineback

  as Norwood

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  Beth Grant

  as Helen

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  Hawthorne James

  as Sam

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  Carlos Carrasco

  as Ortiz

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  David Kriegel

  as Terry

Speed facts

Budget

$30M

Box office

$350.4M

Collection

Speed Collection

Our take on Speed

Jan de Bont's 1994 action-thriller runs on one lethal rule: a Los Angeles bus rigged by a bomber will explode if it drops below fifty miles per hour. That single high-concept constraint turns the whole city into a racetrack, and de Bont wrings relentless tension from a threat that can never pause. It's a lean, mechanical piece of suspense built around a countdown you feel in your gut, with cat-and-mouse stakes between a determined cop and an unseen extortionist. Ideal for viewers who want pure momentum over plot complexity, it stands as a sharp example of nineties studio action that trusts a simple, ticking premise to carry everything.