The 105 fwy was being built when this was filmed. I remember thinking it would alleviate traffic for surrounding fwys. Lol, naive optimism, oh to be young.
I’m 46 years old. I was 19 years old when this movie came out. Everybody knew Speed. The young audience now has no idea what speed is all about. We grew up during the best time for action movies.
I was born in 1991 & actually grew up watching this movie & now looking at this movie, damn I have so many fond memories of it. This and Independence Day for sure!
If I remember it correctly, this movie was the big breakthrough for both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Both of them have had roles before, but became stars because of the success of Speed.
@@StarkRG Demolition Man was bigger in the build up, being a Stallone movie and all, but after Speed came out and people saw it, it took OFF in the cultural zeitgeist. Everyone was talking about it to the point that I think it eclipsed even Demolition Man's popularity. Still, a hell of an early run for Sandra Bullock
@@Zero11s Following your logic, the writers & producers of Speed OBVIOUSLY invented time travel, went forward in time, watched Saw, and then wrote the Dennis Hopper character with Jigsaw in mind knowing that the time travel would cover their tracks until you caught them and called them out here with your comment.
@@Zero11s "Boring" version of saw.. you mean the non stop action thrillride that was a template for action movies for years? the early version of SAW is literally the last 3 minutes of Mad Max 1.
The lady who plays Helen (the one that tries to jump over to the cops and doesn’t make it is a family friend. She’s literally been in everything!! She and Sandra became really good friends and even played her mom in another movie. Helen’s real name is Beth Grant and people really know her for her roles in Donnie Darko, To Wong Foo & Little Miss Sunshine. If you look at her IMDB, she’s constantly working. She’s from Alabama, born in the same city I was. Speed is such a great movie, love me some Keanu!!
Great reaction! At that time in Los Angeles, both the train and the 105 freeway weren't finished, so it wasn't something done for the movie. The movie just used those circumstances, and it worked!
Wait, someone explain this to me...Don't we all kinda have the saying backwards? In "tiny ass" spaces, there should be PLENTY of space; conversely, in "big ass" spaces...no space...lol. Think about it, meanwhile, enjoy your Slim Fast shakes everyone.
You’ve watched what has to be one of the classic films of the 90s. Speed still holds up to this day and I don’t know of anyone who sees it and doesn’t enjoy it. Speed 2 on the other hand....that’s another story.
One of my favourite action films of all time - the pace, the chemistry of the leads, the villain, the humour, that amazing score. An exercise in ruthless screenwriting efficiency.
It's hard to believe that issues ever happened on set of such a blockbuster action film, but unfortunately, 20th Century Studios ran into a big problem. They'd used up the film's entire budget, which for the record was originally $30 million before the film was even finished. Director Jan de Bont and writers Graham Yost and Joss Weedon estimated that a futher $7 million would be needed to finish the film. Luckily, they got that extra money thanks to an awesome test screening, where despite the last portion of the film not being complete, the audience loved it so much that when they went on toilet breaks, they'd walk backwards, very slowly out of the theatre.
So awesome you reacted to this. I think you're the perfect person to react to this. Your energetic banter and comedic exasperation. they all lend perfectly to the ride, the thrilling ride that is in one of my favorite all-time movies. SPEED.
Technically there is a small break in all the action when they get their medals for the elevator rescue and hit the bar afterwards. Also, the bit with the cans in the carriage is the cruelest joke they could’ve come up with.
i think about this movie everytime I get on that freeway. it's funny because on off hours people speed like racecar drivers on that freeway more than the others.
This movie could've been so ridiculous, but the way it was done they managed to make it all work, so you can overlook some of the slightly outlandish elements of it. Well done movie.
On Ellen, Keanu said he had a crush on her too but neither one of them knew or did anything about it and didn’t find out until years later that the other one had a crush too.
Critics called it Die Hard on a bus as this film follows the Die Hard formula: Under Siege, The Rock, Under Siege 2, Skyscraper, Passenger 57, Cliffhanger, and Sudden Death.
I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, the bus would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
It's such a weird thing, getting older. Things that used to be common knowledge, that everyone just knew about, fade from public knowledge. Makes you initially think "Omg how do you not know about this?? :O". Feels like this mindset might be kind of a relic as well, since the internet is so segregated, and so many massively popular things have no exposure to anyone outside the fandom. Before, the avenues which you could get media presented to you were much less varied, and even if you weren't interested in it, would still most likely be aware of it to some extent. Through ads, or radio, tv, etc. There's youtube channels out there with 10s of millions of subscribers that I have literally never heard of before. Er... anyway lol Sorry. Good video!
Very true. And when I was younger, young people actually had a nostalgic interest in the past instead of dismissing everything as "before my time" or "it doesn't hold up."
Great observation! I've noticed a lot of Gen X references that were still common about 10 years ago seem to have disappeared now. I can't remember where, but I read an article that mentioned increasing cultural alienation as a factor in poor quality of life for elderly people and I'm old enough to start experiencing it myself. I just can't keep up with so much change anymore and don't really even want to. Current pop culture almost feels hostile - new technology definitely feels hostile. I do see a lot of young people who are familiar with and enjoy music from The Beatles through the 80s, so that's something. The one thing they can't seem to grasp is the mindsets of past generations, which makes a lot of these reaction channels funny when they ask things like where are the seatbelts or why isn't there parental supervision, as if these were things in the 70s. 😁
I read somewhere that a discjockey complained that there were not enough new hit songs from recent years to play. I think he meant that we have many hit songs from maybe 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago that many people know and love, but not so many hit songs that "everybody knows" from these recent years. I think maybe because there is so much to listen to, and so many movies and tv shows to see that it is really super hard to "stand out" and to get known by "everybody these days. My son who is 12 even found Rick Astley on youtube and started listen to "never gonna give you up"🤣
Awe damn Poseidon is some full on thrill ride amazing adventure. Me and my mom would watch the every chance it came on. Cuz there was no VHS, DVD to watch at home. You had to watch on Network television or the theater. Such a different world.
oh MAN. i saw this in the theater with a big group of friends, the summer between my junior and senior years of high school. totally awesome experience. it's so tense and so well-done, and the fact that keanu is delish certainly helps.
The 105 freeway in LA was still under construction at the time this movie was filmed. It wasn't fully operational until it opened in 1993, a few months after filming was complete.
A little fun fact, the scene with Sandra is driving the bus and he looks at her jack said U of A wildcats, good football team. They use that clip for the UofA football highlight reel that year. I live in Tucson, Az at the time, which home of UofA. I know I just found it a fun fact. Also, Harry was supposed to be inside man and working with Dennis Hopper character from the start. That why you notice he was a little upset at the beginning when he was volunteer to check out the bomb and Dennis Hopper was laughing at the beginning when he shot Harry. They change it, which plays better if you ask me. Great reaction. This has been favorite for a long time
Great movie. One of the best Keanu reaves movies. Another great one is Point Break. You should also check up this movie main competitor when it came out True Lies. Also you can check up The Fugitive which also came up about the same time.
Saw it in the theater the night it came out. About 10 minutes in, I had to pee but I refused to get up and leave because I was so into the movie. Waited until after.
I love this movie! It's nuts, but it's exciting and a fun ride. Another action flick that feels similar to this one to me that I like a lot is Daylight starring Sylvester Stalone, if you want to add it to your list. That one is about people trapped in an underwater tunnel in New York, and Stalone goes in to try and rescue them.
I don’t know if this was already mentioned in the comments, but: I believe at the time this movie came out, the 105 fwy (which really does lead directly into LAX airport), was literally just built or something, and wasn’t opened yet to the public. And since this movie takes place in LA at that moment in time, it’s logical. If I’m not mistaken (someone can correct me on this), I think the fwy was completed and they filmed this movie before it opened to the public, but they CG’d the missing piece out for the movie. I actually remember when it was being build as a kid. There were sections missing and everything. And I remember it was gonna be the new route for visiting my friend growing up who lived by the airport. Crazy right?
"I saw this movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called, The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.” - Homer Simpson
What's crazy is that I saw recent interviews with the both of them, separately. They both said they had a crush on the other person while filming this but never knew until years later. :)
the LA 105 highway. The reason the highway is so empty, is because they (State of Cali) were just building it and we're nearing completion when they made the movie. Producers of the movie got permission, and probably paid someone aka the State of California to use the highway. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, because now the 105 highway is one of the most traffic heavy roads in the country. The writers also use the fact that part of it was unfinished in the script. Such brilliant script writing that integrates into the movie.
Fun fun reaction! This movie falls in the category of "popcorn flick", meaning it's just meant to be fun, and that's not a criticism! Not all movies have to be deep, and Speed is popcorn flick GOLD, don't suspend your disbelief, throw it over the side, hang on for dear life and have FUN!!! Great reaction! Thank you again!!!
Oh wow! I saw this multiple times at the cinema when it came out! (Yeah, I know I'm old). I think this was the first big movie role that Sandra Bullock had. I love the "full steam ahead" attitude it has the counts any second not in an intense, life threatening scene is wasted.
@@TheTitandog70 Of course you're right, and I even watched Demolition Man a ton at the cinema when it came out. It's a favourite of mine! Apologies for the stupid brain fart. (Did I mention I was old?)
This was a very popular film when it came out. The year before this Sandra Bullock was in "Demolition Man" with Sylvester Stallone which I like even more. Bullock steals every scene.
This is genuinely one of my favourite movies as a kid. I remember going to a Blockbuster that was around the corner from my house, getting this movie, drinks and some popcorn and watching it with my mum and grandad. Still watch it every year.
When this movie came out the 105 was a new freeway that had not been opened yet. It was interesting at the time that they used its real construction in the movie.
Not sure if anyone mentioned this in the comments yet but just a heads up.....the movie incorporated what was actually going on in Los Angeles in 1994. The 105 Freeway was actually under construction back then AND so was the Redline Metro Train that goes into Hollywood from Downtown L.A....hahaha. Both are complete today, of course. I grew up in Los Angeles...and I remember seeing this at the theatre when it came out, thinking, "damn, that's nuts how they built a story around a current situation." Love this movie. Excellent review, keep up the good work!
Keanu and Sandra what could be better? Bad driving girl gets to take a test in a car bigger than her Prius. People get a scenic tour. Maintenance guys can work on your car while you enjoy the ride. Evildoer's plot is foiled. I love it! Had a great time reminiscing with you. Stay gorgeous and we'll see you again soon.
Always liked this movie. Only the second place I ever saw Sandra Bullock. I wouldn't waste time watching Speed 2 if I were you though. No Keanu Reeves. Bad story. Definitely not worth it. But this one holds up pretty well.
The one thing that always bothered me about this film is at the beginning of the movie, Payne says that he spent TWO YEARS setting up that elevator job, yet in a matter of only DAYS he manages to rig two city buses with huge amounts of explosives, ONE of them with a VHS camera and a rigging connected to the speedometer. This dude must really learn from his mistakes.
Well, maybe he spent two years weighing all his options, and had already thought out the bus scheme... or maybe it was movie magic, and I'm okay with that.
Believe it or not the first time I saw this movie was on a bus going to a food show in the Pochinos. The bus driver assured me that the bus 🚌 wouldn't explode if he went below 55 while watching the movie.
When I got home from the theater and a friend asked me how I liked it I said oh my god I never laughed so hard, and my friend said I didn;t know it was a comedy, and I said it wasn't.
love this movie! one thing that always bugged me though is that in real life, Annie would NEVER have been there during the money drop-off. she would have been in the hospital or at a safe location. she's a civilian so the cops would have never had her there during an official police operation. but like, the movie needed to happen so I get it haha amazing reaction as always!
That was probably the silliest part of the whole movie, honestly She shouldn’t have been there at ALLLLL That’s what irked me, but other than that the movie was fun! And thank you!!
Yo OG, I’ve been watching the movie Speed since back in 1994 when it came out. But I recently watched your RU-vid channel doing a commentary about the movie. I loved the way you did it from the beginning all the way to the end of it. Also loved your reactions to the scenes that was shown. Hope you’ll be doing some more commentaries on more movies soon. Peace ☮️ out and God bless you.
I love this movie! I saw it in theaters when it came out & then once it hit VHS tape I probably watched it almost every day for a while, I pretty much could recite the entire script while watching it. I haven’t watched this movie in a long time so it was fun to see your reaction. 😁
Starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock with Dennis Hopper as the villain. About a bus that gets rigged to blow if it drives below 50 mph. Bring bomb defuser Jack (Keanu) Also featuring Jeff Bridges as Jack's partner
Dennis Hopper plays the Heavy so well he's in another movie were he is just as crazy maybe more "Blue Velvet" Great movie a little strange but that's why I love it❤
I was 4 when this movie came out and my sister rented the VHS tape to watch with us for the first time. Keep up the good work! It was very entertaining! My best regards from Brazil!
Awe damn gangles, check out Poseidon. That is some full on thrill ride amazing adventure. Me and my mom would watch the every chance it came on. Cuz there was no VHS, DVD to watch at home. You had to watch on Network television or the theater. Such a different world.
