![]() ![]() ![]() However, Jack pushes Payne's head up, and he is decapitated by an oncoming railway signal. A crazed Payne battles Jack on the train's roof and gains the upper hand, standing on top of Jack and trying to strangle him. After killing the train driver, Payne attempts a bribe with the ransom money, but is enraged when a dye pack in the bag explodes, tainting the cash. Payne hijacks a subway train, handcuffs Annie to a pole, and sets the train in motion while Jack pursues them. Jack follows Payne into the Metro Red Line subway, and discovers that Annie has been fitted with an explosive vest rigged to a pressure-release detonator. Realizing that he has been fooled, no one died in the explosion, and the LAPD are waiting for him, a furious Payne poses as a police officer to kidnap Annie and recover the ransom. Jack and Mac head to Pershing Square to drop the ransom. Jack and Annie escape through a floor access panel before the empty bus collides with a Boeing 707 cargo plane and explodes. Mac has a local news crew record the transmission and rebroadcasts it on a loop to fool Payne while the passengers are offloaded onto an airport bus. In a last-ditch attempt to defuse the bomb, Jack goes under the bus on a towed sled, but he accidentally punctures the fuel tank when the sled breaks from its tow line.Īfter the passengers bring him back aboard, Jack learns that Harry has been killed and that Payne has been watching the passengers on a hidden surveillance camera. He leads a SWAT team to Payne's home, but the property explodes, killing him and most of his team. Meanwhile, Harry identifies Payne's name, former occupation as an Atlanta PD bomb squad officer, and address. When Jack learns part of the freeway is incomplete, he persuades Annie to accelerate so they can jump the gap, which narrowly succeeds, before directing her to Los Angeles International Airport to use their unobstructed runways. While he is convinced to allow the injured Sam to be offloaded for medical attention as a show of good will, Payne detonates a smaller bomb after witnessing a passenger attempt to get off, killing her. Witnessing the events on TV, Payne calls Jack to reiterate his instructions. Mac demands that they offload the passengers onto a flatbed trailer, but Jack warns him about Payne's plot. The bus is cleared to drive on an unopened freeway section. Jack examines the bomb underneath the bus and calls Harry, who works to identify the bomber. Another passenger, Annie Porter, takes over for Sam, but when she tries to slow down so he can get help, Jack is forced to reveal the bomb, to the passengers' shock and horror. However, a felon on board, fearing Jack is about to arrest him, wildly discharges his gun, accidentally wounding Sam. He explains the situation to Sam Silver, the bus driver. Jack races through freeway traffic and boards the bus, but the bomb is already armed. Payne also demands a ransom of $3.7 million and threatens to detonate the bus if the passengers are offloaded. The next morning, Jack witnesses a mass transit bus explode from a bomb planted by Payne, who contacts Jack on a nearby payphone, explaining that a similar bomb is rigged on another bus, which will activate once it reaches 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) and detonate if it drops below 50. Having survived the incident, however, Payne watches from afar. Jack and Harry are praised by Lieutenant "Mac" McMahon, with Harry being promoted. Payne flees and detonates the bomb, seemingly dying. Jack intentionally shoots Harry in the leg, forcing the bomber to release him. As they corner Payne, he takes Harry hostage. LAPD SWAT bomb disposal officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple thwart an attempt to hold an elevator full of people for a $3 million ransom by an extortionist bomber, later identified as Howard Payne. David Edelstein considered it to be the worst sequel of all time. A sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released on June 13, 1997, without Reeves' involvement. The film premiered in Hollywood on June 7, 1994, and was released in the rest of the United States on June 10, 1994, it became critically and commercially successful, grossing $350.4 million on a $30–37 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1994 and winning two Academy Awards: Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Sound. Its premise revolves around a bus that is rigged by a terrorist to explode if its speed falls below 50 miles per hour. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. ![]()
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