Speed (1994 film)

Speed
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jan de Bont
Written by	Graham Yost
Produced by	Mark Gordon
Starring	Keanu Reeves Dennis Hopper Sandra Bullock Joe Morton Jeff Daniels
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Edited by	John Wright
Music by	Mark Mancina
Production company	Mark Gordon Company
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	June 7, 1994 (1994-06-07)(Hollywood) June 10, 1994 (1994-06-10)(United States)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30–37 million [1] [2]
Box office	$350.4 million [3]

Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay by Graham Yost. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock in lead roles, with Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels in supporting roles.

The plot centers around a city bus rigged by a vengeful extortionist (Hopper) to explode if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). Reeves plays an LAPD officer tasked with preventing the disaster, with Bullock portraying a passenger who becomes unexpectedly involved in the mission.

Speed premiered on June 10, 1994 by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $350 million worldwide against a $30-37 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1994. At the 67th Academy Awards, Speed won Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Sound. The film also won Best Sound and Best Editing at the 48th British Academy Film Awards.

A sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control , was released on June 13, 1997, but performed poorly and was critically lambasted, receiving widespread criticism for Reeves' absence and the film's change in setting. It is often cited as one of the worst sequels and action films ever made. ^{[4] [5]}

Plot

LAPD SWAT bomb disposal officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple are tasked with preventing a bombing on a city elevator containing 13 people, masterminded by a vengeful extortionist, Howard Payne. After narrowly rescuing the passengers, where Payne seemingly blows himself up, Jack and Harry are conferred medals in a ceremony. However, Payne, who survived, resurfaces with a new deadly scheme: a bomb planted on a city bus that will detonate if the bus slows below 50 miles per hour (80 km/h).

Jack receives the ultimatum from Payne—$3.7 million in ransom or the bomb will go off. Racing through traffic, Jack boards the bus, but a felon’s panic leads to the driver being shot. A passenger, Annie Porter, takes over driving. With the bomb armed and passengers aware of the threat, Jack contacts Harry for help while trying to keep the bus moving.

Despite Payne’s constant surveillance, Jack maneuvers the bus through several dangerous obstacles, including a gap in the freeway, and directs it to Los Angeles International Airport to prevent traffic issues. Meanwhile, Harry discovers Payne’s identity as a former Atlanta Police Department bomb squad officer and leads a SWAT team to his home. The team is killed when Payne’s house explodes, leaving Jack to try and defuse the bomb alone. When that fails, he learns Payne is monitoring the bus through a hidden camera. A clever ruse involving looping the surveillance footage allows the passengers to escape, and the empty bus explodes while crashing into an empty cargo plane. After Payne realizes his plan’s been foiled, he kidnaps Annie and demands the ransom.

Jack chases Payne into the subway system. Payne straps an explosive vest to Annie, but his plans unravel when Jack fights back, resulting in Payne’s death. Jack deactivates the vest, but the subway train cannot be stopped. Jack accelerates the train, causing it to derail and crash onto Hollywood Boulevard. Jack and Annie emerge unscathed and share a kiss as onlookers watch in amazement.

Cast

• Keanu Reeves as Officer Jack Traven
• Dennis Hopper as Howard Payne
• Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter
• Joe Morton as Lieutenant Herb 'Mac' McMahon
• Jeff Daniels as Detective Harry Temple
• Alan Ruck as Doug Stephens
• Glenn Plummer as Maurice
• Beth Grant as Helen
• Hawthorne James as Sam Silver
• Carlos Carrasco as Ortiz
• David Kriegel as Terry
• Natsuko Ohama as Mrs. Kamino
• Daniel Villarreal as Ray
• Margaret Medina as Officer Robin
• Jordan Lund as Bagwell
• Robert Mailhouse as Young Executive
• Patrick Fischler as Bob, Friend of Executive
• Patrick John Hurley as CEO
• Susan Barnes as Female Executive
• Neisha Folkes-LeMelle as Mrs. McMahon
• Richard Lineback as Sergeant Norwood
• Beau Starr as Commissioner
• Richard Schiff as Train Driver
• John Capodice as Bob, Bus Driver
• Thomas Rosales Jr. as Vinnie
• Sandy Martin as Bartender

Production

Part of the film featured the bus making its way onto Interstate 110 through the traffic.

Writing

Screenwriter Graham Yost was inspired to write Speed after hearing about the 1985 film Runaway Train from his father, Canadian television host Elwy Yost. Elwy mistakenly believed the train's out-of-control situation was caused by a bomb, leading Graham to think that such a concept would work better on a bus. He initially envisioned a bomb that would detonate if the bus dropped below 20 mph, but a friend suggested raising the speed limit to 50 mph. ^[6] The film's ending was inspired by the 1976 film Silver Streak . Originally titled Minimum Speed, Yost renamed it Speed to avoid negative connotations associated with "minimum". ^[7]

Yost's initial draft had the entire film set on the bus, with no elevator or subway sequences. The bus was meant to drive around Dodger Stadium and ultimately crash into the Hollywood Sign. ^[7] After finishing the script, Yost presented it to Paramount Pictures, which showed interest and suggested John McTiernan to direct. However, McTiernan declined, feeling the script was too similar to Die Hard (1988), and recommended Jan de Bont instead. De Bont, who had been the director of photography for action films like Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October (1984), agreed to direct. Michael Bay had also expressed interest in directing. ^[8]

Paramount ultimately passed on the project, believing audiences wouldn’t want to watch a film set almost entirely on a bus. Yost and de Bont then pitched the film to 20th Century Fox, who agreed to green-light the project but requested additional action sequences beyond the bus. ^[9] De Bont suggested starting the movie with a bomb on an elevator, drawing from his own experience of being trapped in an elevator while working on Die Hard. ^[9] Yost used this opening to establish the cleverness of LAPD SWAT officer Jack Traven, inspired by Perseus’ trickery with Medusa. ^[7] De Bont also suggested concluding the film with a subway sequence to provide a final twist, which Fox approved. ^{[7] [9]}

Joss Whedon was brought in a week before filming began to rework the dialogue and improve the script. Whedon made significant contributions, including transforming Jack Traven’s character from a maverick hotshot into a more earnest and polite officer, removing forced one-liners, and creating the iconic line, "Pop quiz, hotshot." ^{[7] [10] [11]} Whedon also reworked minor characters, such as turning Doug Stephens (Alan Ruck) from a lawyer into a hapless tourist. ^[10] Additionally, the character of Harry Temple was originally intended to be the film’s villain, but once Dennis Hopper was cast as Howard Payne, this role was adjusted, and Temple’s character remained non-complicit. ^[7]

Casting

When Speed was under development at Paramount Pictures, Jeff Speakman was originally attached to star in the lead role. However, after the project was acquired by 20th Century Fox, Speakman was dropped. ^[12] Stephen Baldwin was initially offered the role of Jack Traven but declined, citing the character’s similarity to John McClane from Die Hard (1988). ^[11] Richard Grieco also turned down the role, later expressing regret over his decision. ^[13] Other actors considered for the part included Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Wesley Snipes, and Woody Harrelson. ^[7] Director Jan de Bont ultimately cast Keanu Reeves after seeing his performance in Point Break (1991), believing that Reeves projected a balance of vulnerability and strength. ^[11] Reeves underwent physical training and shaved his head for the role, a decision that initially concerned the studio. ^[11]

The character of Annie was originally written as an African American paramedic to justify her ability to drive the bus. The role was first offered to Halle Berry, who declined, but later expressed regret over her decision. ^{[7] [14]} As the character evolved into a comic relief sidekick, Ellen DeGeneres was considered for the part. ^[15] Eventually, the role was rewritten as a love interest for Jack Traven, leading to the casting of Sandra Bullock. Bullock auditioned alongside Reeves to ensure their on-screen chemistry, which involved performing physically demanding scenes. ^[16] Meryl Streep, Kim Basinger, and Anne Heche were also offered or considered for the role but declined. ^{[17] [18]}

Filming

Principal photography for Speed commenced on September 7, 1993, and concluded on December 23, 1993, in Los Angeles. Director Jan de Bont used an 80-foot model of a 50-story elevator shaft for the film’s opening sequence. ^[19] During production, actor Keanu Reeves experienced the death of his close friend River Phoenix. ^[11] In response, de Bont adjusted the shooting schedule to accommodate Reeves, giving him less demanding scenes. De Bont noted that the loss deeply affected Reeves, making him quieter and emotionally withdrawn. Initially hesitant about the film’s action sequences, Reeves expressed to de Bont, “I’m not an action hero. I don’t like it. I don’t know how to do it,” which de Bont saw as an advantage, believing it paralleled Reeves’ character, who was thrust into an extraordinary situation. ^[11] As production progressed, Reeves became more involved with his stunts, even secretly rehearsing the Jaguar-to-bus jump, which he later performed himself, against de Bont's approval. ^[20]

The production utilized eleven GM New Look buses (TDH-5303) and three Grumman 870 buses. ^{[21] [22]} Two of these buses were destroyed in explosions, while others were adapted for specific scenes, including high-speed sequences, interior shots, and "under bus" scenes. The bus jump scene was filmed in one take using a specially rigged bus equipped with a ramp to allow for lift-off. The driver was suspended in a shock-absorbing harness to prevent injury during the landing. ^[23] The film's fictionalized bus route, "33 Downtown", was modeled after the real-life Big Blue Bus serving Santa Monica. ^[21] One of the buses used in the film was auctioned for $102,000 in 2018. ^[24]

Eleven GM New Look buses were used to represent the bus in the film.

Many of the freeway scenes were shot on California's Interstate 105 and Interstate 110, specifically at the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, which was under construction at the time of filming. De Bont noticed unfinished sections of the freeway during a location scout and suggested adding a bus jump to the script. ^[19] The scene where the bus jumps over an incomplete freeway was achieved using a ramp to give the vehicle the necessary lift. ^[25] Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was later used to create the appearance of a gap in the freeway, aided by Sony Pictures Imageworks. ^[23] A 2009 episode of MythBusters tested the feasibility of the bus jump and concluded that it was impossible under real-world conditions. ^[26]

De Bont revealed in a DVD commentary that the bus jump stunt did not go as planned on the first attempt. The stunt driver missed the ramp, damaging the bus beyond repair. A second bus was prepared, and a successful jump was filmed two days later, although it traveled further than expected and destroyed one of the cameras set up to capture the landing. Fortunately, another camera, placed 90 feet from the jump ramp, recorded the stunt.

The film's final scenes were shot at Mojave Airport, which stood in for Los Angeles International Airport. Shots of the LACMTA Metro Red Line during the film's climactic subway sequence were created using an 1/8 scale model, except for the train derailment jump. ^[23]

The MD520N helicopter featured in the film, registration N599DB, was later sold to the Calgary Police Service in 1995 and remained in use until 2006, after which it was sold to a private owner. ^{[27] [28]}

Reception

Box office

Speed was released on June 10, 1994, in 2,138 theaters across the United States and Canada. It debuted at #1 at the box-office, surpassing The Flintstones and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold , and grossing $14.5 million in its opening weekend. ^{[29] [30]} Internationally, the film set opening records for 20th Century Fox in Brazil with $669,725 and in South Africa with $267,140. ^{[31] [32]} Speed held the #1 position for a week before being overtaken by Wolf, generating $12.9 million in its second weekend. ^{[33] [34]} In its third weekend, despite the debut of The Lion King , the film retained #2 at the box office. ^[35] It enjoyed prolonged success in international markets, staying #1 for 8 consecutive weeks in Australia and 10 weeks in Japan. ^{[36] [37]}

Overall, Speed grossed $121.3 million in the United States and Canada, with an additional $229.2 million internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $350.5 million. This far exceeded its production budget, estimated between $30 million and $37 million. ^{[3] [1] [2]} The film remained Sandra Bullock's highest-grossing film until Gravity surpassed it in 2013. ^[38]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 95% approval rating based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. The site's consensus reads, "A terrific popcorn thriller, Speed is taut, tense, and energetic, with outstanding performances from Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock." ^[39] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." ^[40] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. ^[41]

Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film 4 out of 4 stars, describing it as "manic exhilaration" and praised Reeves' transition into a credible action hero, while also commending Hopper's performance as the film's villain. ^[42] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone remarked that "Speed works like a charm," highlighting its entertainment value. ^[43] Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Hopper’s portrayal of "crazy menace" and noted the film’s swift pacing, which left little room for character development but maintained momentum. ^[44] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A" rating, lauding director Jan de Bont’s craftsmanship, and Richard Schickel of Time noted the film’s ability to tap into common anxieties, calling it an effective thriller. ^{[45] [46]}

The film has also received long-term recognition. Quentin Tarantino named Speed as one of the top 20 films he had seen between 1992 and 2009. ^{[47] [48]} Entertainment Weekly ranked the film eighth on its list of "The Best Rock-'em, Sock-'em Movies of the Past 25 Years." ^[49] Empire included Speed in its "500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list in 2008, ranking it #451. ^[50] In 2017, BBC's Mark Kermode revisited the film and declared it a "timeless masterpiece," praising its enduring appeal as an action classic. ^[51]

Home media

• On November 15, 1994, Fox Video released Speed on VHS and LaserDisc formats for the first time. Rental and video sales did very well and helped the film's domestic gross. The original VHS cassette was only available in standard 4:3 TV format at the time.
• On August 20, 1996, Fox Video re-released a VHS version of the film in widescreen alongside True Lies , The Abyss and The Last of the Mohicans , allowing the viewer to see the film in a similar format to its theatrical release. ^[52]
• On November 3, 1998, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released Speed on DVD for the first time. The DVD contains the film in widescreen format but only has the film's theatrical trailer. ^[53]
• A special two-disc collector's edition DVD was released on July 30, 2002, as part of Fox Home Entertainment's "Five-Star Collection" series. ^[54] This THX certified DVD release included two commentaries (one with director Jan De Bont and another with writer Graham Yost and producer Mark Gordon), a DTS 5.1 audio track and various behind-the-scenes featurettes. ^{[55] [56]} Other special features included trailers, deleted scenes, galleries and a music video. ^{[55] [57]} This edition was re-released as part of Fox Home's "Award Series" on February 7, 2006. ^[58]
• A Blu-ray Disc edition was released on November 14, 2006, being part of the first wave releases on the format from 20th Century Fox. This edition includes the two commentaries from the special collector's edition, a trivia track, the theatrical trailer and an interactive game. ^[59]
• 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 4, 2021. This edition retains the commentaries and most of the special features from the 2002 special collector's edition. ^{[60] [61]}

Accolades

Year-end lists

• 7th – Mack Bates, The Milwaukee Journal ^[62]
• 7th – John Hurley, Staten Island Advance ^[63]
• 9th – David Stupich, The Milwaukee Journal ^[64]
• 9th – Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Herald American ^[65]
• 9th – Michael Mills, The Palm Beach Post ^[66]
• 9th – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph ^[67]
• 9th – Christopher Sheid, The Munster Times ^[68]
• 10th – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News ^[69]
• 10th – Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News ^[70]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Matt Zoller Seitz, Dallas Observer ^[71]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^[72]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Eleanor Ringel, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^[73]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^[73]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News ^[74]
• Top 10 (not ranked) – Bob Carlton, The Birmingham News ^[75]
• Best "sleepers" (not ranked) – Dennis King, Tulsa World ^[76]
• "The second 10" (not ranked) – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune ^[77]
• Top 3 Runner-ups (not ranked) – Sandi Davis, The Oklahoman ^[78]
• Honorable mention – Mike Clark, USA Today ^[79]
• Honorable mention – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel ^[80]
• Honorable mention – Duane Dudek, Milwaukee Sentinel ^[81]
• Honorable mention ("until the subway") – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-Tribune ^[82]
• Dishonorable mention – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News ^[83]

Awards

Association	Ceremony Date	Category	Recipient	Results
Awards Circuit Community Awards	1994	Best Stunt Ensemble	Gary Hymes Eddie Matthews William Morts Jimmy Ortega Brian Smrz	Won
		Best Film Editing	John Wright	Nominated
		Best Achievement in Sound	David McMillan	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Boyd Shermis	Nominated
		Honorable Mentions	Jan de Bont	Won
Academy Awards	March 27, 1995	Best Film Editing	John Wright	Nominated
		Best Sound	Gregg Landaker Steve Maslow Bob Beemer David MacMillan	Won
		Best Sound Effects Editing	Stephen Hunter Flick	Won
American Cinema Editors Awards	1995	Best Edited Feature Film	John Wright	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	1995	Best Sound	Stephen Hunter Flick Gregg Landaker Steve Maslow Bob Beemer David MacMillan	Won
		Best Special Visual Effects	Boyd Shermis John Frazier Ron Brinkman Richard E. Hollander	Nominated
		Best Editing	John Wright	Won
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1995	Favorite Actress - Action/Adventure	Sandra Bullock	Won
BMI Film & TV Awards	1995	BMI Film Music Award	Mark Mancina	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	1995	Most Promising Actress	Sandra Bullock	Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards	1995	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films	Gregg Landaker Steve Maslow Bob Beemer David MacMillan	Nominated
Edgar Allan Poe Awards	1995	Best Motion Picture	Graham Yost	Nominated
Golden Camera Awards	1995	Golden Screen	—	Won
Japan Academy Prize Awards	1995	Best Foreign Film	—	Nominated
Jupiter Awards	1994	Best International Actress	Sandra Bullock	Won
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards	1995	Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film	Stephen Hunter Flick Donald Flick David E. Stone Eric Potter Paul Berolzheimer David Bartlett John Dunn Patricio A. Libenson Dean Beville John T. Cucci Ken Dufva Judee Flick Avram D. Gold Warren Hamilton, Jr. Greg Hedgepath Dean Manly Dan O'Connell Catherine Rowe Joan Rowe Kirk Schuler Bruce Stubblefield Solange S. Schwalbe	Won
MTV Movie + TV Awards	June 10, 1995	Best Movie	—	Nominated
		Best Male Performance	Keanu Reeves	Nominated
		Best Female Performance	Sandra Bullock	Won
		Best On-Screen Duo	Keanu Reeves Sandra Bullock	Won
		Best Kiss		Nominated
		Most Desirable Male	Keanu Reeves	Nominated
		Most Desirable Female	Sandra Bullock	Won
		Best Villain	Dennis Hopper	Won
		Best Action Sequence - for the bus escape/airplane explosion	—	Won
Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards	May 20, 1995	Favorite Movie	—	Nominated
		Favorite Movie Actor	Keanu Reeves	Nominated
		Favorite Movie Actress	Sandra Bullock	Nominated
Nikkan Sports Film Awards	1995	Best Foreign Film	—	Won
Saturn Awards	June 26, 1995	Best Action/Adventure-Thriller Film	—	Nominated
		Best Director	Jan de Bont	Nominated
		Best Actress	Sandra Bullock	Won [lower-alpha 1]

American Film Institute recognition:

• 100 Years...100 Thrills: No. 99 ^[84]
• 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
  • Jack Traven & Annie Porter - Nominated Heroes
  • Howard Payne - Nominated Villain

Music

Further information: Speed (soundtrack)

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album featuring "songs from and inspired by" the film was released on June 28, 1994, with the following tracks. ^[85] The soundtrack was commercially successful in Japan, being certified gold by the RIAJ in 2002. ^[86]

Score

Michael Kamen was initially considered to do the score of the movie, however De Bont chose Mark Mancina, who at the time worked in some Hans Zimmer scores like Days of Thunder , Where Sleeping Dogs Lie and True Romance . ^[87]

In addition to the soundtrack release, a separate album featuring 40 minutes of Mark Mancina's score from the film was released on August 30, 1994, by 20th Century Fox Film Scores. ^[88]

La-La Land Records and Fox Music released a limited expanded version of Mark Mancina's score on February 28, 2012. ^[89] The newly remastered release features 69:25 of music spread over 32 tracks (in chronological order). In addition, it includes the song "Speed" by Billy Idol. ^[89]

Sequel

Main article: Speed 2: Cruise Control

On June 13, 1997, Speed 2: Cruise Control, a sequel to Speed, was released to overwhelming negative reviews and poor box-office performance. Sandra Bullock reprised her role as Annie, reportedly in exchange for financial backing on another project, but Keanu Reeves declined to return as Jack Traven. As a result, Jason Patric was cast as Alex Shaw, Annie’s new boyfriend, with the storyline explaining that she and Jack had broken up due to her concerns over Jack’s dangerous profession. Willem Dafoe portrayed the villain, John Geiger, while Glenn Plummer, who played a carjacking victim in the first film, made a cameo as the same character, this time involved with a boat. Speed 2 is widely regarded as one of the worst sequels ever made, holding a 4% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 71 reviews. ^[90]

Legacy

• MythBusters ' 2009 season tested the real-world viability of the film's bus jump scene.
• The film is parodied in the UK Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted , in the episode "Speed 3", where Father Dougal drives a booby-trapped milk float that will explode if its speed falls below 4 mph.
• In The Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files", the film is cited by Homer Simpson as the inspiration for his idea to use old CCTV footage to allow him and his friends to go drinking, though he believes it is called The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.
• A hidden mission in Grand Theft Auto features the player having to drive a bus at speed, with the vehicle exploding in the event that it slows down too much.
• The mission "Publicity Tour" from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was inspired by the movie. Also, a character named Steve Scott was voiced by Dennis Hopper.
• The level "Velocity" in the video game Pursuit Force is an adaptation of the main premise of the movie.
• A clip of Speed is seen in the 2020 live-action/CGI film Sonic the Hedgehog , in which the title character considers it one of his favorite action films and quotes some lines from the film. Keanu Reeves would later voice Shadow the Hedgehog in the third installment in the series, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024). Paramount Pictures posted the clip of Sonic watching Speed to the film's official TikTok account with the caption "foreSHADOWing" to announce the casting.
• In the 2018 video game Spider-Man , the title character can mention that a crime committed by the Demon Gang involving an armed bomb inside of a truck is similar to the plot of the film. In the voice line, he attempts to recall the name of the film, suggesting "Fastness" and "Super Quick".
• In 2018, the vehicle simulator BeamNG.drive released an update featuring a new campaign titled "Hustle and Bustle" inspired by the movie. The bomb detonates when the bus is driven with a speed under 55 km/h for more than 10 seconds.
• A sequence in the 1997 anime film Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper involves a train on the city's "loop line" being threatened by bombs that will detonate should the speed of the train go under 60 kmph. The bombs are revealed to have sensors that react to sunlight, so each time a train passes over one at full speed, it does so with just enough time to reset the bombs countdown timers.
• Webcomic series Cyanide & Happiness made an animated short film named "Waiting for the Bus", a man who waits in bus stop starts to catch the bus because it doesn't slow down due to bomb on its board. The man succeeds to catch the bus and eventually becomes world's fastest man.

See also

• The Doomsday Flight, a 1966 TV-movie in which a bomb will explode if a plane descends to land.
• The Bullet Train, a 1975 film in which a bomb will explode on a train if its speed falls below 50 miles per hour.

Notes

1. Tied with Jamie Lee Curtis for True Lies .

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External links

• Speed at IMDb
• Speed at AllMovie
• Speed at the TCM Movie Database
• Speed at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Speed at Box Office Mojo