Mad Max vs. Speed: The Ramped Up Formula

What makes Speed one of the best action movies of all time? Today A Matter of Film will explore the similarities between Speed and Mad Max Fury Road in this video essay.
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The simple things in life are often the best. One of the main reasons why Speed succeeds as an action movie is the premise. It may just be the most straightforward premise ever put in a movie. “There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it goes off. What do you do?” The hook is brutally simple, but it works. It provides just enough framework to deliver non-stop action, without ever putting the audience through a dull moment. Today we’ll examine what makes Speed different from other action movies and why it remains so effective almost 25 years later. And how another film successfully adopted its explosive structure and achieved greatness.
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