yea you 2 were great on this film, horror at the elevator at start, and YOU were bth right on that BUS jump over 50 ft. theres no way that could happen and the director just used various angles and its just hollywood "magic" haha. Oh and nice last line there Natalie- "what will they do on second date ? lol
Review: Talk Less, Listen and Watch More. This is like talking at Intermission while the screen play goes on in another room or going out for a bathroom break and getting popcorn halfway through. Your attention is elsewhere and you just can’t be quiet enough to not interrupt with your own self importance. You’re why Silence is Golden rules apply. Writers, producers, actors and crew request your undivided attention for 90-180 minutes to tell a story and entertain you. Respect the work enough to give them that please. We used to teach kids not to interrupt, yet this generation doesn’t seem to understand how annoying it is. I’m thirsty, can I have a snack, I have to pee, but why, wait what just happened, why’d he say that, oh he’s gonna do that, she should have said that, what is he doing, who is that guy, what’s her name, I have those shoes, that’s a pretty bracelet, that hair though, that would never happen, that’s impossible, I don’t believe her, he’s lying too, hey look out, what did he just say, oo wish I had McDonald’s right now, that steak looks good, look I spilled something on my shirt, I have to go to the bathroom how about you, this popcorn is not as good as last time we were here, can you get me a refill, my feet hurt and my butt is numb, hey look what they’re doing in the front row, it’s dark in here, wait what just happened, I missed it again . . .
@@DeAnne1233 Wow. What time you took to advice us to do something that the studios would NEVER allow. Read about Fair Use and learn that we can never show more than 6 seconds at a time and we have to talk over if we can get it approved by the studio.
32:19 Yeah, they only have a minute of video tape...BUT the tape is looping. The bomber won't be able to tell, unless he's staring at the screen for LONGER than a minute.
@DocMicrowave I thought the same thing. How do you loop a VHS seamlessly? It wouldn't have worked. But we just have to suspend disbelief, as is always required in an action movie.
@@Karamarika Better yet, how do you find and intercept the transmission frequency of the camera on the bus? News vans are not typically equipped with brand band scanners. They send and receive on a narrow band of fixed frequencies. This is on the same level as the 2 meter HAM radios in Die Hard that work like phones and can also communicate on police frequencies. Everybody can hear and talk to everybody. Very true, suspension of belief is required to enjoy these movies. Not to mention taking advantage of the general public not understanding how these things really work. Still they were Awesome action movies! Far better than some of the stuff they put out currently.
@@MichaelDPrice it only stuck out to me because I was in the Air Force for 20 plus years. Five years of it on a flight line where I worked military police and had to pay attention to that. You had to watch for piloted planes and ones being towed before pulling onto the flight line.
@@MichaelDPriceUh no! I noticed it being towed the very first time I saw it years ago. I mean is the yellow tow vehicle in front of the plane invisible? Plus the plane is a cargo plane, so even if someone had been on it, it would've been a small crew and not any passengers. *smh*
Keanu Reeves' real best friend, River Phoenix, died right before filming was supposed to begin. They graciously pushed back filming so Keanu could mourn. He said that "Speed" really helped him get out all his emotions, which the scene after he's told Harry died becomes so much more realistic after I heard about his real life tragedy. Also, during his acting days he was always a wonderful actor, especially as the main bad guy. RIP Dennis Hopper!
Yes! Saw this in the theater in San Diego when I was in the Navy. Point Break with Keanu and Patrick Swayze is the ultimate 90's action movie if you haven't seen it yet!
I agree Speed Is a flat out 5 out of 5 rare flawless action movie or as close as It gets , they just don't em like this anymore. This reminds me how badly I miss the 90s , 1994 was such a strong year with Speed and Dumb And Dumber both coming out and they remain endlessly rewatchable favorites that never get old to me. Also I feel another thing that rarely gets mentioned anywhere Is how strong and Important 90s and 80s movie scores/soundtracks were , you could usually always count on them to be expertly tense , catchy , heartfelt , and undeniably memorable In all the right ways at the right times , enhancing already great scenes to another level. imo It's a lost art today and a crucial part of the secret sauce that made classics like this what they are , back when you wanted to own the soundtracks to the films as much as the films themselves.
I was a projectionist and had to splice this movie together a week before it came out. I had to add previews before it and add extra film in the front so you could run it through three projectors at the same time and hit sync. That way you could show the same movie in multiple theaters 5 minutes apart. I had to watch the movie a week before it came out to ensure I didn’t mess up the movie after I put it together. After opening day, I got to take the movie standup home. I remember watching the OJ Simpson chase a week later while the standup was sitting to the right of the TV. How weird is it that the OJ Simpson chase was a week after this movie was released and I still remember it because of the standup I took home? It had a giant 3D bus exploding out of the center of it.
I remember those!!! Was 14 and saw the movie with friends. The girls were all talking about Keanu. The boys were all talking about the "thong lady" in the elevator 😂😂😂
2:24 Jeff Daniels plays George Washington in a film called "The Crossing" in which I played an extra. I was having a friendly debate with another one of the extras about whether or not Jeff Daniels' character dies in this film. We finally approached Mr. Daniels during a break in filming and he confirmed that I was right. :)
The green plane that blew up looks like a courier plane that was being towed, and the towing vehicle didn't appear to be enveloped by the explosion. So if the plane was loaded, a lotta people aren't gonna be getting their deliveries, and probably a lotta insurance claims being made, as well as for the cost of the plane itself. (And the towing vehicle driver probably go tthe shock of their life..)
I love how movies like speed back then actually used practical effects and shot on locations and people call out certain things because they don't know if that's possible or not, yet most movies today are shot on sound stages and overuse cgi and hardly no practical effects like fast and furious, transformers and other big studio movies and people praise them and act like their great movies
Jeff Daniels was supposed to be the inside man in an early draft. But they realized people would not like Keanu's best friend to be a traitor so they modified the script accordingly.
I just used your video as a teaching point in my class. You ladies are doing a great job with the channel. Hopefully you continue to grow! Also speed is a guilty pleasure movie of mine. I love that he shoots the hostage in the opening exchange with the villian.
Speed was one of the best action flicks from Keanu Reeves before he really hit it big with The Matrix in 1999. The other movie 🎥 you guys should look into doing a watch reaction with him is Point Break in 1991 with Patrick Swayze which was I believe his first action movies. Thanks for another awesome watch reaction 🤩
Harry Dunn was Lloyd's best friend. I love how you two were calling out things that come up later in the movie. Like all of the cameras, the gas. It's great watching movies with people that get invested and start thinking of what can go wrong.
One of the best Keanu Reeves action movies ever made! Nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Film Editing Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing. It won the latter 2.
The scene where the bus jumps the gap on the interstate was tested on the tv show Mythbusters years ago. They determined that it could not be done. Great scene for the movie though.
The first filmed movie script from Graham Yost who then, after a string of inferior movies, went back to television to write Boomtown, Justified, Sneaky Pete and Silo. A literal cinematic lightning in a bottle. A perfect action movie.
Graham started out on TV, working on a short TV series, produced by Norman Lear, "The Powers That Be", starring John Forsythe, a pre-Fraiser David Hyde Pierce and a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Michelle was “too little” while I saw this when I was working at Disney World on the property (theater at Pleasure Island) through the college program. 😂😂😂 Great memories come with this one for me.
In an original draft of the script, Harry (Jeff Daniels) was supposed to be the villain of the movie. He was the one that put the bomb on the bus. The elevator bomber would've died in the opening, but Harry would be forced to retire due to the injuries from that, namely being shot in the leg by Jack. They changed it after Jeff Daniels was cast because they thought Jeff was too likeable and audiences wouldn't buy him as a villain. Especially with Dumb and Dumber coming out the same year where Jeff Daniels character in that also being named Harry.
I don't know how I came about your channel but I think your reaction to a movie I grew up on was a pretty cool reaction. I'm not sure if your from LA as myself or maybe visited before but you definitely have a new subscriber. Have a blessed one.
I did a little search online and according to the AI that jump in the bus is possible if the other side of the gap is about 1/2 a meter lower than the starting side. The math does work, but there would be a lot of engineering involved. In reality a stuntman jumped the bus off of an 8-foot ramp they built on set.
To answer a few questions: Jack couldn't have shot the bomber. He was using what's called a dead man's switch. As long as he grips it, it doesnt go off. If he's shot or killed and his grip loosens, it goes off. Fear, especially in a situation like they're facing, is paralyzing. You may want to move but your body feels like it's frozen. No, the bus jump wouldn't have worked. My opinion has always been that if they'd left that scene out, this would've been a plausible movie. One of 2 dings on this movie. Jumping out at 50mph, you may survive, but it's not likely. There's a chance but it isn't good. I've seen people die from falling off an 8 foot ladder. The jet that blew up was a courier plane (like UPS or FedEx) so only packages inside & it was being towed. However, in a situation like this, the airport should've been locked down and evacuated out of an abundance of caution. In fact, they'd usually evacuate any non essential personnel to a certain radius like say a mile. With a bomb and jet fuel everywhere, that could've triggered a huge explosion if it hit fuel storage tanks. It's not like they even needed the plane to be moving, since the bus was wandering aimlessly. It could've easily struck an abandoned, stationary jet. That is my other ding.
back in June 1994, I actually saw this movie about a bus speeding down an LA freeway and then came home and saw the news coverage of the OJ bronco slow chase down an LA freeway
Me and my brother looked at each other in the theater and both said "they got subways in L.A.? We didn't know till watching Speed that Los Angeles had subway stations.
Great reaction you two.... This was 90s action staple with a great cast. It showed that Keanu Reeves can do an action roles & it put Sandra Bullock on the map. I hope that you two do even more great 90s reaction videos in the near future....
Denis Hopper was a star in the 60's and he had a point in the 70's where he dropped out of site for a while to get clean and sober. His comeback movie was called My Science Project in the 80's and he has been going ever since up until he passed away. I believe he either was nominated or won it for something, not sure, so to get him to be the villain was a big deal
My ex wife took me to see this movie when it first opened in 1994 at the Manns Chinese Theater for my 69th birthday. Enjoyed it then and still enjoy it today. Thanks to this video I’ll watch it again after I get out of work then the gym then home to enjoy a bottle of Patron Burdeos and dipped cigar.
I was trying to think of some other movies like Speed to suggest. The only things that popped into my head was, Gone in 60 seconds, Need for Speed, and the Rush Hour movies. Have a wonderful day, Michelle and Natalie!
I'm glad you liked it. I think you missed some funny moments, like when the cop says you're fired, everybody's fired about the freeway not being done. Keanu wasn't in the second Speed movie because I believe he was making a little movie called The Matrix. Too bad that franchise never took off (that's me being sarcastic). I don't think this counts as a date, Natallie, as you asked what they'd do on their second date. With the exception of the totally ridicules flying bus, this is a great movie. 90's 🧀
That's actually false. Most transit or city buses are able to go as fast as 75mph. A lot of buses have to be able to go faster than 50 especially if they drive on highways. People seem to have misconceptions about certain things
That is a european thing... not us. Even at that. You can just rip the breaker for the govener and you can go what ever speed you want (Well back then, now it no longer works)
29:41 Referring to my earlier comment about meeting Jeff Daniels settling my debate with another extra in the film...Mr. Daniel replied, "Yep. I went out in a blaze of glory on page 126."
I saw this in the theatre twice. Adrenaline rush start to finish. Couple of Arnold Schwarzenegger recommendations, The Running Man (1987) & Eraser (1996)
I definitely grew-up watching this movie during the 90's. Kenau and Sandra had great on-screen chemistry. They could've been together. But missed their window. Natalie was right. There was nobody on the plane. The driver in the truck was bringing the plane out to the runway. The pilot, the crew and the passengers weren't on aboard.
Your use of the expression "In the nick of time" reminded me of a movie bearing the title "Nick of Time", starring Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken.....
I was 13 when Speed came out, and we saw it in the theater. It's one of my all-time favorites. What I remember most about the experience is that I was *soaked* in sweat by the end of it. It's one thrill after another. I like how it's 3 movies in one. You have the elevator sequence, then the bus sequence, then just when you think it's over, now you have the subway sequence. One thing you both seemed to miss with Harry is that he was on light duty after he got shot in the leg. So he was helping from his desk. He was the bomb expert, so he was doing the research on trying to deal with the bomb and helping to figure out who the perpetrator was. He was a very important support person for the story. There was also a strong bond between him and Keanu's character, so it made Harry's death that much more impactful.
10:39 You can't find pay phones anywhere LA now different times we live in but back in the 1980s and 1990s pay phones were everywhere around LA. It just took one quarter to call someone and if they didn't answer you got your quarter back or you could use 1-800-collect to call someone from a pay phone. Back in the 1980s a quarter was worth something unlike now.
I was 7 when Speed came out, my sister watched it a lot, as she is a huge Keanu Reeves fan. I enjoy the film, it works, the cast, the characters, the premise all fit together nicely and it feels organic. And said "Tourist" guy from Ferris Bueller was also in Star Trek, he was Captain of the Enterprise B, during the shakedown cruise, with Kirk and some of his officers doing a tour in the movie Generations. And the plane was empty, it was being towed by a little tug truck, its how they move them around without using tons of fuel in the jet engines.
Great movie. I heard that at the time of the movie Keanu lost his friend River Phoenix and this movie help him deal with the grief. You should watch Other Keanu Reaves (He is not just John Wick or The Matrix) great old movies like Point Break , Constantine , The Devil Advocate and Chain Reaction. He also has a early teen underrated comedy called The Night Before 1988.
my favorite Agents Double L and Red Nat :-) glad u had fun with this movie directed by my fellow dutch jan de Bont ( was THE cameraman from Paul Verhoeven )
dennis hopper, the crazy villain, was a close friend of james dean and had a minor role in dean's film "rebel without a cause" (1955). he made another appearance in the paul newman 1967 film "cool hand luke." then starred, with peter fonda, and directed "easy rider" (1969). in 1969 he was also in the john wayne classic "true grit" and the monkees film "head." he played the photojournalist in the end sequence of coppola's 1979 "apocalypse now." he later turned to "evil" man roles in a movie called "blue velvet" (1986, directed by david lynch) "speed" and kevin costner's "waterworld" (1995) and "the postman" (1997). he was making films to 2010 when he died and went to actor heaven. thanks for the video.
Fast paced movie with suspense and humor. And Keanu Reeves keeping a cool head, which is more than you can say for the bad guy lol. It was fun watching this with y'all. 5 hoots to Michelle and Natalie! No change that, 5+ hoots to you ladies. Take care and looking forward to the next one! Oh and heart's for Michelle and Natalie 💚🧡! If you know, you know 😉
And here I was, naively thinking that Jeff Daniels would always be special to you because of his role in "terms of endearment". The guy's name, that you always forget, is Alan Ruck. Have a go at the "Spin City" series and you will remember his name well. A very memorable character he plays and actor's name is in opening credits and it sticks. Great fun with a few moving moments and - though a comedy - quite an eye opener. Dennis Hopper has always been good playing unhinged characters, since Apocalypse Now through Red Rock West through Speed and on, and not to forget Easy Rider.
I think I'm allowed to admit that I have a crush on both of you because my wife also does. ;) Keep the reactions coming! If you want early Keanu, check out River's Edge.
25:00 Nope, you're not wrong. There's no way a bus that size, with that many people aboard, could have made THAT jump. The little bit of a ramp at the end (which wasn't there when we saw the end of the road from the bus' POV) MIGHT have help it jump FIVE feet, but not 50 like the movie claims. LOL
I thought I read somewhere that in Dukes of Hazzard, more than 300 Dodge Chargers (or other cars with dodge charger bodies) were destroyed by jumping, most of them on the first jump. And they didn't jump very high. Also, these cars were modified to do the jump and still didn't survive. A bus would never be in working condition even if it made the jump.
This movie was made as a response to the mindless bullet-ridden, corpse-riddled action movies of the 80's. The writer made it a point that the police officers are polite and always say Please and Thank You, Keanu Reaves only swears 3 times, the police don't fire their guns unless necessary, and everybody feels bad about the people who die.
That is.. its very 90s... that is, a bit more flushed put characters but ar the same time more absurd situation. Like for example true lies from the same year push that to the extreem. Also last action hero, from is it 93.. kind of make fun of the same 80s trope.
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yea you 2 were great on this film, horror at the elevator at start, and YOU were bth right on that BUS jump over 50 ft. theres no way that could happen and the director just used various angles and its just hollywood "magic" haha. Oh and nice last line there Natalie- "what will they do on second date ? lol
Review: Talk Less, Listen and Watch More.
This is like talking at Intermission while the screen play goes on in another room or going out for a bathroom break and getting popcorn halfway through.
Your attention is elsewhere and you just can’t be quiet enough to not interrupt with your own self importance.
You’re why Silence is Golden rules apply.
Writers, producers, actors and crew request your undivided attention for 90-180 minutes to tell a story and entertain you.
Respect the work enough to give them that please.
We used to teach kids not to interrupt, yet this generation doesn’t seem to understand how annoying it is.
I’m thirsty, can I have a snack, I have to pee, but why, wait what just happened, why’d he say that, oh he’s gonna do that, she should have said that, what is he doing, who is that guy, what’s her name, I have those shoes, that’s a pretty bracelet, that hair though, that would never happen, that’s impossible, I don’t believe her, he’s lying too, hey look out, what did he just say, oo wish I had McDonald’s right now, that steak looks good, look I spilled something on my shirt, I have to go to the bathroom how about you, this popcorn is not as good as last time we were here, can you get me a refill, my feet hurt and my butt is numb, hey look what they’re doing in the front row, it’s dark in here, wait what just happened, I missed it again . . .
@@DeAnne1233 Wow. What time you took to advice us to do something that the studios would NEVER allow. Read about Fair Use and learn that we can never show more than 6 seconds at a time and we have to talk over if we can get it approved by the studio.
Sandra was putting out some real banger movies in the mid 90s. Demolition Man, Speed, The Net, etc. Miss the 90s.
Demolition man is trash.
Calling a film as universally panned as The Net a "banger"... I never thought I'd see that happen. Congrats.
Demo man was terrible
@@WheresWaldo05in your opinion, of course
The Net is underrated!
RIP Denis Hopper. Fun fact: Keanu had a thing for Sandra Bullock while she a thing for him and they both ignored it
The marriage that should have happened!
They both fancied the pants of each other but were too nervous to start anything.
She still has a thing for him
You 2 a great job, so cute. Great job of describing the films. Got to meet some women like you.. just lonely
Didn't Keanu also have a thing for or with Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) as well?
32:19 Yeah, they only have a minute of video tape...BUT the tape is looping. The bomber won't be able to tell, unless he's staring at the screen for LONGER than a minute.
That was a bit of movie magic also. From a technical standpoint, that should not have been possible to do. Certainly not from a news truck.
@DocMicrowave I thought the same thing. How do you loop a VHS seamlessly? It wouldn't have worked. But we just have to suspend disbelief, as is always required in an action movie.
@@Karamarika Better yet, how do you find and intercept the transmission frequency of the camera on the bus? News vans are not typically equipped with brand band scanners. They send and receive on a narrow band of fixed frequencies.
This is on the same level as the 2 meter HAM radios in Die Hard that work like phones and can also communicate on police frequencies. Everybody can hear and talk to everybody.
Very true, suspension of belief is required to enjoy these movies. Not to mention taking advantage of the general public not understanding how these things really work. Still they were Awesome action movies! Far better than some of the stuff they put out currently.
She was right. The plane was moving; however, the plane was empty and being towed by an aircraft tug when it was struck by the bus.
Plus, it said Pacific Courier FREIGHT.....so, not a passenger aircraft.
Either way I had to laugh at their argument about it. 😅 The funny banter makes these entertaining.
Everyone misses the fact it was being towed
@@MichaelDPrice it only stuck out to me because I was in the Air Force for 20 plus years. Five years of it on a flight line where I worked military police and had to pay attention to that. You had to watch for piloted planes and ones being towed before pulling onto the flight line.
@@MichaelDPriceUh no! I noticed it being towed the very first time I saw it years ago. I mean is the yellow tow vehicle in front of the plane invisible? Plus the plane is a cargo plane, so even if someone had been on it, it would've been a small crew and not any passengers. *smh*
Keanu Reeves' real best friend, River Phoenix, died right before filming was supposed to begin. They graciously pushed back filming so Keanu could mourn. He said that "Speed" really helped him get out all his emotions, which the scene after he's told Harry died becomes so much more realistic after I heard about his real life tragedy.
Also, during his acting days he was always a wonderful actor, especially as the main bad guy. RIP Dennis Hopper!
"Harry's gonna be alright"? "I don't have a good feeling about it, Natalie". 😂
I was cracking up. 😂😂😂 Seen this a hundred times and that was a first.
Harry's last name in Dumb and Dumber is Dunn, Harry Dunn.😁
Yes! Saw this in the theater in San Diego when I was in the Navy. Point Break with Keanu and Patrick Swayze is the ultimate 90's action movie if you haven't seen it yet!
I second this. Swayze's throwing the dog at Keanu had my daughter (7 then) crying laughing. 😂😂😂
Raise your hand if you came for the nostalgia but stayed for the bomb with the red hair 🤚
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Gorgeous looking girl
I mean, they are both beautyful
Very true
They’re both beautiful, but I love Natalie
I can’t believe one of the biggest summer blockbusters of all time is a bus that can’t go slow
"I think it was called, the bus that could not slow down"
The most amazing part of that Simpson reference is that is from like season 5
@@matsv201it’s from season 8
@@WheresWaldo05 um no ummmm no, what are you a mean girl? like totally!
Cheer up Waldo. Plus, they probably wouldn't be able to even find you. 😁
It's a really great premise. So simple, yet it leads to so much action and drama.
I agree Speed Is a flat out 5 out of 5 rare flawless action movie or as close as It gets , they just don't em like this anymore.
This reminds me how badly I miss the 90s , 1994 was such a strong year with Speed and Dumb And Dumber both coming out and they remain endlessly rewatchable favorites that never get old to me. Also I feel another thing that rarely gets mentioned anywhere Is how strong and Important 90s and 80s movie scores/soundtracks were , you could usually always count on them to be expertly tense , catchy , heartfelt , and undeniably memorable In all the right ways at the right times , enhancing already great scenes to another level. imo It's a lost art today and a crucial part of the secret sauce that made classics like this what they are , back when you wanted to own the soundtracks to the films as much as the films themselves.
I was a projectionist and had to splice this movie together a week before it came out. I had to add previews before it and add extra film in the front so you could run it through three projectors at the same time and hit sync. That way you could show the same movie in multiple theaters 5 minutes apart. I had to watch the movie a week before it came out to ensure I didn’t mess up the movie after I put it together. After opening day, I got to take the movie standup home. I remember watching the OJ Simpson chase a week later while the standup was sitting to the right of the TV. How weird is it that the OJ Simpson chase was a week after this movie was released and I still remember it because of the standup I took home? It had a giant 3D bus exploding out of the center of it.
I remember those!!! Was 14 and saw the movie with friends. The girls were all talking about Keanu. The boys were all talking about the "thong lady" in the elevator 😂😂😂
@@clevelandcbi lmao… you’re right
Ferris Bueller's friend's real name is Alan Ruck
Cameron was his name in Ferris Bueller
“This guys way too into this”
Dennis Hopper tackling any villain role. Legend! Haha
Calling Dennis Hopper "that guy" is borderline disgraceful..
@@stobe187Honestly you can’t blame them for not knowing who Dennis Hopper was.
2:24 Jeff Daniels plays George Washington in a film called "The Crossing" in which I played an extra. I was having a friendly debate with another one of the extras about whether or not Jeff Daniels' character dies in this film. We finally approached Mr. Daniels during a break in filming and he confirmed that I was right. :)
The green plane that blew up looks like a courier plane that was being towed, and the towing vehicle didn't appear to be enveloped by the explosion. So if the plane was loaded, a lotta people aren't gonna be getting their deliveries, and probably a lotta insurance claims being made, as well as for the cost of the plane itself. (And the towing vehicle driver probably go tthe shock of their life..)
I love how movies like speed back then actually used practical effects and shot on locations and people call out certain things because they don't know if that's possible or not, yet most movies today are shot on sound stages and overuse cgi and hardly no practical effects like fast and furious, transformers and other big studio movies and people praise them and act like their great movies
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Jeff Daniels was supposed to be the inside man in an early draft. But they realized people would not like Keanu's best friend to be a traitor so they modified the script accordingly.
I just used your video as a teaching point in my class. You ladies are doing a great job with the channel. Hopefully you continue to grow! Also speed is a guilty pleasure movie of mine. I love that he shoots the hostage in the opening exchange with the villian.
Wow!! Thank you so much!! That means a lot!
Speed was one of the best action flicks from Keanu Reeves before he really hit it big with The Matrix in 1999. The other movie 🎥 you guys should look into doing a watch reaction with him is Point Break in 1991 with Patrick Swayze which was I believe his first action movies.
Thanks for another awesome watch reaction 🤩
What I learned today, never be disabled, elderly, slow or scared, stuck on a bomb bus, with Michelle! 😁
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@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne.
@@natalieRGracedon't worry.. you will not be stuck with her for long. After a while you will only be stuck with the bomb
RIP Denis Hopper
Harry Dunn was Lloyd's best friend. I love how you two were calling out things that come up later in the movie. Like all of the cameras, the gas. It's great watching movies with people that get invested and start thinking of what can go wrong.
One of the best Keanu Reeves action movies ever made!
Nominated for 3 Oscars:
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing.
It won the latter 2.
Awesome! I did not know that "Speed" was a multiple Oscar winner. 😁
If I'm not mistaken, the plane that blew up was being towed . . .
It’s amazing how far plot armor can take a 🚌 bus go jthrough the air‼️
The scene where the bus jumps the gap on the interstate was tested on the tv show Mythbusters years ago. They determined that it could not be done. Great scene for the movie though.
Speed was brilliant, but you should skip Speed 2, it's not, just boring, but it's absolute crap. lol.
agree 😬
No Keanu... can't replicate his chemistry with Sandy B.
We actually liked it. Jason did a great job. Of course he isn't Keanu but still did great.
@@andreadeamon6419 I also liked Speed 2, of course can't compare with 1 but it isn't as bad as people make it out to be
This movie didn’t age well, it was only a movie for it’s time
Hey everybody!!! I hope you enjoy this reaction and have a blessed day! ❤
Same to you Natalie.
Thank you Natalie! The video and yours and Michelle's reactions were fun as always!
Hey Natalie, make sure you’re ready for your Carlton dance off this Sunday 💃😁
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@@natalieRGrace I heard relationship based on intense reaction movie it's not good tho
The first filmed movie script from Graham Yost who then, after a string of inferior movies, went back to television to write Boomtown, Justified, Sneaky Pete and Silo.
A literal cinematic lightning in a bottle. A perfect action movie.
Graham started out on TV, working on a short TV series, produced by Norman Lear, "The Powers That Be", starring John Forsythe, a pre-Fraiser David Hyde Pierce and a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
I just got off the bus in time for this awesome first watch reaction
Thank you!!
Did it get above 50 MPH? 🤭
Michelle was “too little” while I saw this when I was working at Disney World on the property (theater at Pleasure Island) through the college program.
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Great memories come with this one for me.
In an original draft of the script, Harry (Jeff Daniels) was supposed to be the villain of the movie. He was the one that put the bomb on the bus. The elevator bomber would've died in the opening, but Harry would be forced to retire due to the injuries from that, namely being shot in the leg by Jack. They changed it after Jeff Daniels was cast because they thought Jeff was too likeable and audiences wouldn't buy him as a villain. Especially with Dumb and Dumber coming out the same year where Jeff Daniels character in that also being named Harry.
Saw it in theaters. 1994 was a great year for movies. Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, Lion King, True Lies, Forest Gump, Clerks...
It was a great year!
16:45 Oh Darn 👍
"I've got gum on my seat. Gum." Lol
I watched this billions of times, not as much as die hard but close
I don't know how I came about your channel but I think your reaction to a movie I grew up on was a pretty cool reaction. I'm not sure if your from LA as myself or maybe visited before but you definitely have a new subscriber. Have a blessed one.
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@ForceOfLightEntertainment of course, have a blessed day
I did a little search online and according to the AI that jump in the bus is possible if the other side of the gap is about 1/2 a meter lower than the starting side. The math does work, but there would be a lot of engineering involved. In reality a stuntman jumped the bus off of an 8-foot ramp they built on set.
To answer a few questions:
Jack couldn't have shot the bomber. He was using what's called a dead man's switch. As long as he grips it, it doesnt go off. If he's shot or killed and his grip loosens, it goes off.
Fear, especially in a situation like they're facing, is paralyzing. You may want to move but your body feels like it's frozen.
No, the bus jump wouldn't have worked. My opinion has always been that if they'd left that scene out, this would've been a plausible movie. One of 2 dings on this movie.
Jumping out at 50mph, you may survive, but it's not likely. There's a chance but it isn't good. I've seen people die from falling off an 8 foot ladder.
The jet that blew up was a courier plane (like UPS or FedEx) so only packages inside & it was being towed. However, in a situation like this, the airport should've been locked down and evacuated out of an abundance of caution. In fact, they'd usually evacuate any non essential personnel to a certain radius like say a mile. With a bomb and jet fuel everywhere, that could've triggered a huge explosion if it hit fuel storage tanks. It's not like they even needed the plane to be moving, since the bus was wandering aimlessly. It could've easily struck an abandoned, stationary jet. That is my other ding.
This is one of my favorite action films! Just as good as Die Hard imo 😍
I love that you both really had a lot fun with this film.
It was a fun film!
Dammit LA... nothing´s ever finished😂🤣
back in June 1994, I actually saw this movie about a bus speeding down an LA freeway and then came home and saw the news coverage of the OJ bronco slow chase down an LA freeway
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Me and my brother looked at each other in the theater and both said "they got subways in L.A.? We didn't know till watching Speed that Los Angeles had subway stations.
The airline was being pulled by a plane loader in the front, and the guy runs away before the explosion.
I can't imagine riding on a bus going more than 50 miles an hour. This movie was so intense.
"dont get ded" classic line : D
Holy crap guess I'm old saw this in the theaters while I was in high-school
You are just more mature ☺️
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The plane in the airport was empty. Just before the bus hit it, it was shown that a truck was pulling the plane.
Great reaction you two....
This was 90s action staple with a great cast. It showed that Keanu Reeves can do an action roles & it put Sandra Bullock on the map. I hope that you two do even more great 90s reaction videos in the near future....
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And the Black Captain was in Terminator 2 as the designer of the chip
Jeff Daniels starred in Dumb & Dumber and Speed the same year. In both films his name is Harry - and that's Harry Dunne ladies. You're welcome.
Denis Hopper was a star in the 60's and he had a point in the 70's where he dropped out of site for a while to get clean and sober. His comeback movie was called My Science Project in the 80's and he has been going ever since up until he passed away. I believe he either was nominated or won it for something, not sure, so to get him to be the villain was a big deal
He also was in Blue Velvet, River's Edge and Hoosiers (earned an Oscar nomination) around the 80s.
I really enjoyed this when I saw it. Lot of intense fun. Dennis Hopper played the villain. He was good at playing unhinged characters.😊
He was! Thanks KB!
My ex wife took me to see this movie when it first opened in 1994 at the Manns Chinese Theater for my 69th birthday. Enjoyed it then and still enjoy it today. Thanks to this video I’ll watch it again after I get out of work then the gym then home to enjoy a bottle of Patron Burdeos and dipped cigar.
Neat fact the Helen the panicked lady actress was in Xhilds Play 2 as the teacher killed with a ruler
Saw this is the theater and it was a great time!!
Spoilers: keanu and sandra both admitted to falling for eachother during this movie, but both were too shy to ask the other out. Missed opportunities.
I was trying to think of some other movies like Speed to suggest. The only things that popped into my head was, Gone in 60 seconds, Need for Speed, and the Rush Hour movies. Have a wonderful day, Michelle and Natalie!
Thank you!! You too!
after jumping that bus we can jump anything!
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29:45 you have to admire Natalie's optimism 😄
This movie have some of the best one liners
I'm glad you liked it. I think you missed some funny moments, like when the cop says you're fired, everybody's fired about the freeway not being done. Keanu wasn't in the second Speed movie because I believe he was making a little movie called The Matrix. Too bad that franchise never took off (that's me being sarcastic). I don't think this counts as a date, Natallie, as you asked what they'd do on their second date. With the exception of the totally ridicules flying bus, this is a great movie. 90's 🧀
Whats funny is most busses are governed to not go much over 55-60 mpr yet they got this bus to go faster 🤣🤣
That's actually false. Most transit or city buses are able to go as fast as 75mph. A lot of buses have to be able to go faster than 50 especially if they drive on highways. People seem to have misconceptions about certain things
That is a european thing... not us. Even at that. You can just rip the breaker for the govener and you can go what ever speed you want (Well back then, now it no longer works)
29:41 Referring to my earlier comment about meeting Jeff Daniels settling my debate with another extra in the film...Mr. Daniel replied, "Yep. I went out in a blaze of glory on page 126."
I saw this in the theatre twice. Adrenaline rush start to finish.
Couple of Arnold Schwarzenegger recommendations, The Running Man (1987) & Eraser (1996)
I definitely grew-up watching this movie during the 90's. Kenau and Sandra had great on-screen chemistry. They could've been together. But missed their window. Natalie was right. There was nobody on the plane. The driver in the truck was bringing the plane out to the runway. The pilot, the crew and the passengers weren't on aboard.
The two of you might need a spa day after all that stress it looked like the two of you were going through. Haha! Great reaction!
Thank you!!
This was released the week before I graduated from high school 😮😮😮
Your use of the expression "In the nick of time" reminded me of a movie bearing the title "Nick of Time", starring Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken.....
Speed is the bomb 🤩👌🏽✨️🩷🍿💣🔥🎬
Compelling characters, a tidy action plot, and great practical effects. Just another clean, fun movie from the 90s.
I was 13 when Speed came out, and we saw it in the theater. It's one of my all-time favorites. What I remember most about the experience is that I was *soaked* in sweat by the end of it. It's one thrill after another.
I like how it's 3 movies in one. You have the elevator sequence, then the bus sequence, then just when you think it's over, now you have the subway sequence.
One thing you both seemed to miss with Harry is that he was on light duty after he got shot in the leg. So he was helping from his desk. He was the bomb expert, so he was doing the research on trying to deal with the bomb and helping to figure out who the perpetrator was. He was a very important support person for the story. There was also a strong bond between him and Keanu's character, so it made Harry's death that much more impactful.
10:39 You can't find pay phones anywhere LA now different times we live in but back in the 1980s and 1990s pay phones were everywhere around LA. It just took one quarter to call someone and if they didn't answer you got your quarter back or you could use 1-800-collect to call someone from a pay phone. Back in the 1980s a quarter was worth something unlike now.
Saw on its original release 30 years ago...and many times since.I was 25 in 1994...yes,that old🎩
I was 7 when Speed came out, my sister watched it a lot, as she is a huge Keanu Reeves fan. I enjoy the film, it works, the cast, the characters, the premise all fit together nicely and it feels organic. And said "Tourist" guy from Ferris Bueller was also in Star Trek, he was Captain of the Enterprise B, during the shakedown cruise, with Kirk and some of his officers doing a tour in the movie Generations. And the plane was empty, it was being towed by a little tug truck, its how they move them around without using tons of fuel in the jet engines.
Great movie. I heard that at the time of the movie Keanu lost his friend River Phoenix and this movie help him deal with the grief. You should watch Other Keanu Reaves (He is not just John Wick or The Matrix) great old movies like Point Break , Constantine , The Devil Advocate and Chain Reaction. He also has a early teen underrated comedy called The Night Before 1988.
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I saw this in the theatre on my 12th birthday, so I got it afterwards on vhs, on dvd and now on blu-ray. ☺
Good memory!
Just a fun, cool, perfectly done little action flick. Still a joy to watch.
Office building, prison, same thing. That's why I'm an entrepreneur and pastor. No cubicle. Lol.
It was a blast hanging out with you.
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40:52 Now you have to watch Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in "The Lake House."
This is exactly why I don't take public transportation!
EDIT: It's a BLAST watching movies with you two! ❤❤
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my favorite Agents Double L and Red Nat :-) glad u had fun with this movie directed by my fellow dutch jan de Bont ( was THE cameraman from Paul Verhoeven )
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I was just entering teens and I'll admit I mostly salivated over Keanu (still do, tbh) but yes, the bus jump even then registered as "Oh, C'mon!"
dennis hopper, the crazy villain, was a close friend of james dean and had a minor role in dean's film "rebel without a cause" (1955). he made another appearance in the paul newman 1967 film "cool hand luke." then starred, with peter fonda, and directed "easy rider" (1969). in 1969 he was also in the john wayne classic "true grit" and the monkees film "head." he played the photojournalist in the end sequence of coppola's 1979 "apocalypse now." he later turned to "evil" man roles in a movie called "blue velvet" (1986, directed by david lynch) "speed" and kevin costner's "waterworld" (1995) and "the postman" (1997). he was making films to 2010 when he died and went to actor heaven. thanks for the video.
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One of my favorite movies
It’s good!
I was born in 1990 when this movie premiered in cinemas I was 4 years old but I saw it for the first time in 1997
Fast paced movie with suspense and humor. And Keanu Reeves keeping a cool head, which is more than you can say for the bad guy lol. It was fun watching this with y'all. 5 hoots to Michelle and Natalie! No change that, 5+ hoots to you ladies. Take care and looking forward to the next one! Oh and heart's for Michelle and Natalie 💚🧡! If you know, you know 😉
One of my favorite action movies. And Sandra hubba hubba!
Myth Busters proved that the bus jump would not work. Glad it did in the movie. Good reaction ladies.
Thank you!
And here I was, naively thinking that Jeff Daniels would always be special to you because of his role in "terms of endearment".
The guy's name, that you always forget, is Alan Ruck. Have a go at the "Spin City" series and you will remember his name well. A very memorable character he plays and actor's name is in opening credits and it sticks. Great fun with a few moving moments and - though a comedy - quite an eye opener.
Dennis Hopper has always been good playing unhinged characters, since Apocalypse Now through Red Rock West through Speed and on, and not to forget Easy Rider.
Alan (Cleveland man) is also in twister and ferris Buehler
Genuinely one of the most fantastically crafted action films of all time endlessly rewatchable with that incredible score by Mark Mancina.
In 1993 Sandra Bullock was in a movie called "The Vanishing" with Kiefer Sutherland and Jeff Bridges.
The plane blown up was an mt cargo plane with no crew was being towed just before bus hit they showed tow driver jumping off and running away
I think I'm allowed to admit that I have a crush on both of you because my wife also does. ;)
Keep the reactions coming! If you want early Keanu, check out River's Edge.
25:00 Nope, you're not wrong. There's no way a bus that size, with that many people aboard, could have made THAT jump. The little bit of a ramp at the end (which wasn't there when we saw the end of the road from the bus' POV) MIGHT have help it jump FIVE feet, but not 50 like the movie claims. LOL
I thought I read somewhere that in Dukes of Hazzard, more than 300 Dodge Chargers (or other cars with dodge charger bodies) were destroyed by jumping, most of them on the first jump. And they didn't jump very high. Also, these cars were modified to do the jump and still didn't survive. A bus would never be in working condition even if it made the jump.
This movie was made as a response to the mindless bullet-ridden, corpse-riddled action movies of the 80's. The writer made it a point that the police officers are polite and always say Please and Thank You, Keanu Reaves only swears 3 times, the police don't fire their guns unless necessary, and everybody feels bad about the people who die.
That is.. its very 90s... that is, a bit more flushed put characters but ar the same time more absurd situation.
Like for example true lies from the same year push that to the extreem.
Also last action hero, from is it 93.. kind of make fun of the same 80s trope.