Speed (1994)
PREMISE A madman plants a bomb on a bus rigged to explode if the vehicle, driven by Bullock's sassy commuter Annie, slows to less than 50 mph.
WHY IT'S IMPLAUSIBLE Um, how about that scene where the bus leaps a 20-foot gap in an uncompleted bridge?
WHY YOU'LL WATCH ANYWAY Bullock infuses what could have been a generic everywoman role with crackling determination and wry humor — plus, she and costar Keanu Reeves (left) add surprising romantic sizzle to the already kick-ass action sequences.
WHAT EW SAID ''A movie in which a zooming bus becomes a pop metaphor for a world speeding chaotically out of control. Even Hitchcock, I think, would have approved.'' (Read the review)
THE MOVIE A
SANDRA BULLOCK A+
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