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Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. The film follows an LAPD police officer named Jack Traven who was on his mission to stop a mad bomber named Howard Payne, who directly puts a bomb below the GMC TDH 5303 will arm itself once the bus reaches 50 miles per hour and it will explode if the bus subsequently drops below 50 miles per hour. The film was widely acclaimed by critics and audiences alike and it is the best-reviewed Die Hard clone to this date.

Plot
The film opens with a man opens the door to the elevator room, where he witnesses an unknown man is fixing the wiring until he stabbed him to death. One of a few workers entered the elevator until it came to a stop, and goes down her fast until it stops again. The Emergency Departments arrive at the scene, and they go up to get the trapped workers out of this doomed elevator. While saving a few workers, They go down to find a man who stabbed the man earlier, Howard bomb the elevator wires to the point that the elevator's wires suddenly break loose which could go down into the first floor. They managed to bring all of the workers, just in time the elevator falls below. They went to find a mad bomber, and he took the officer down into his elevator, attempting to kill him until he shoots his leg and he attempts to surround him, but he ran off by dynamited the door.

The next day, Jack goes to Santa Monica's coffee restaurant as the bus suddenly blows up as he witnesses it, and he received a call from Howard, that he states that there is another bus that has a bomb on it, and he states that if the bus goes 50 miles per hour, the bomb will turn on, and if the bus goes blows 50, it will blow up completely. Jack goes to find the bus at the highway, and he tries to get the bus before it reaches 50 by trying to get somebody's car, but it was too late. He told him to write "Bomb on Bus" and the bus driver realized that, and he managed to tell him not to slow down as he gets on the bus.

Jack is now on the bus and tells everyone to calm down, but

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Critical response
Speed currently holds a 93% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 7.92/10 out of 10 and a critic consensus that reads "A terrific popcorn thriller, Speed is taut, tense, and energetic, with outstanding performances from Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock." Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both awarded the film four stars and gave the film "two enthusiastic thumbs up." Film critic Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times stated in his review "Action directing is a put-up-or-shut-up game, a skill that can't be faked or finessed; even a 10-year-old can tell if you've got it or not. And on the evidence of the invigorating Speed, Jan De Bont has definitely got it." Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock were praised for their performances and the special effects were praised by critics and audiences.

Box Office
The film opened up at #1 on its opening weekend grossing $14,456,194 domestically. It would later make a total domestic gross of $121,248,145. In foreign countries, the film grossed $229,200,000. Overall, the film made $350,448,145 worldwide against its $30 million budget making it a box office smash.

Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing, winning the latter two). At the 1995 MTV Movie Awards, Dennis Hopper won the "Best Villain Award" for his role as Howard Payne.

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