Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe

A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Jan de Bont

Release Date: June 13, 1997

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DVD Release Date: March 9, 1999

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  • September 18, 2009
    Aka: Speed poo - Flush control
  • December 7, 2008
    You gotta be yankin' my chain...
    Just another reason why I barely believe in sequels...
    They're a perfect excuse to mess with the chemistry that made the original so great...

    Everything behind this movie was vastly worthless...
    So it's a clumsy girl and the proverbial boyfriend ...( read more)on a Caribbean cruise and he 'just happens' to be a member of the LAPD SWAT team - the other passengers on the cruise, who 'just happen' to include members of a diamond dealers' association, just thought it would be a good idea to get together and fill the ship's vault with 'treasure', whilst the clearly creepy bad guy goes unnoticed and hatches his devious plot to hijack and destroy the ship, steal the diamonds, and get revenge on the computer company whose "electromagnetic fields gave him copper poisoning,'' after which he was fired, cast aside and now walks around with jars of leeches, to suck the copper poisoning from his blood...
    Okay...
    So the high point is...what!?...
    The lack of an actually strong and entertaining lead man (how could you replace Keanu with that!), a script void of any actual...well of any actual anything! (substance much) and replacing the heart-pumping adrenaline rush of blowing up a 12 ton bus that's bobbing and weaving through city streets with a cruise ship! (it's called Speed, how fast can a freakin' boat go, are you kidding me!)
    Sighs* just another one of those movies that make me feel all the dumber for wading through the whole thing phbbt*
  • October 29, 2008
    If there was ever a movie that didn't need a sequel, it would be Speed. It was hugely successful... so you know what Hollywood does with a successful idea right?? MILK that cash cow for every dime they can get.

    Bad Moves:
    -Ultimately, writing this script in the first place.
    -R...( read more)eplacing Keanu Reeves with that loser
    -Returning only 1 star
    -Replacing something as cool and interesting as blowing up a Public Transportation System Bus with blowing up a ...CRUISE SHIP??

    This movie is called SPEED right? How fast can a boat go? Who cares if a bunch of rich people blow up? I had empathy for the hostages in the first film, but not in the second. The thrill rides in the 1st were tense, but the sequel was a laughable joke.

    Avoid this like the plaque... it is possibly one of the worst movies ever made. Period.
  • April 6, 2008
    Not nearly as good as the first one. I was kinda bored throughout this one.
  • February 7, 2008
    "Is like Speed...but with a boat instead of a bus."
  • November 22, 2009
    I enjoyed this film, even though Keanu Reeves wasn't in it! Still an enjoy film
  • October 22, 2009
    Didn't live up the the first one.
  • September 21, 2009
    After the first Speed second part was simply bad. The only common with it is Sandra Bulloc. Realy awful.
  • September 18, 2009
    Great sequel and still alot of action!!!
  • September 11, 2009
    Same Shit, Different Day was the tagline if i recall.

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Movies like this embrace goofiness with an almost sensual pleasure. And so, on a warm summer evening, do I. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

They keep getting worse and worse and worse . . . full review

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Comments


  • karthu1993
    May 2, 2008
    Keanu reeves should be there. An appearance of annie porter is not enough.
  • PeaceLoveAlcohol
    July 6, 2007
    the 2nd one is so better than the first one..this has more action and its so cooler..love it
  • M0DI
    April 11, 2007
    the first was beter i think
  • xXxDarkAngel100xXx
    December 27, 2006
    i haven't seen it but i think the first film is sooo kl cause of the actor who's name i hav forgotten is in it but this 2 film doesn't look gd

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