SPEED: A mad bomber (Dennis Hopper) is out for revenge against LAPD rookie cop Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves), who, with the help of his partner, Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels), foils the criminals' plot to extort money from the city by holding hostage an elevator full of people. He plants a bomb on a bus, set to arm itself when the vehicle hits 50 mph, and detonate if it drops below that speed. The hero, with the help of a beautiful passenger named Annie (Sandra Bullock), must defuse the explosive device before the bus runs out of gas. This fast-paced thriller received two Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing, as well as a nomination for Best Film Editing.

Jack Traven is a risk-taking SWAT Team officer, pitted against a mad-bomber, Howard Payne. Howard has a pattern of coming up with ingenious, deadly schemes: for example, he rigs an L.A. bus so that, after it reaches a speed of 50 mph, it will explode if it slows to below that rate.

Directorial debut for cinematographer Jan De Bont.

Released theatrically in the USA June 10, 1994.

Shot in Panavision Widescreen.

Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Copyright 1994 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

DVD Features:

Region 1
2-Disc Set - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
DTS 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

DISC 1:
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Commentary by Jan De Bont
2. Commentary chapter selection
3. Commentary by Graham Yost and Mark Gordon
Trailers - THX trailer: GRAND

DISC 2: Digital Copy

Distributor Notes: Hold on tight for a rush of pulse-pounding thrills, breathtaking stunts and unexpected romance in a film you'll want to see again and again. Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Dennis Hopper) has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger Sandra Bullock must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour - or the bomb will explode. A high-octane chase of suspense, non-stop action and surprise twists, Speed is a joyride sure to keep everyone on the edge of their seats.

Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Keanu Reeves: American Actor, MATRIX (1999)
Sandra Bullock: American actress, MISS CONGENIALITY, CRASH,
Dennis Hopper: American actor/director
Jeff Daniels: American Actor, SOMETHING WILD (1986)
Joe Morton: American Actor
Alan Ruck: American Supporting Actor
Carlos Carrasco: ACTOR\"SPEED"

Jan de Bont: Director of Photography, SPEED (1994)

Mark Gordon: Producer

Graham Yost: Screenwriter
Joss Whedon: Screenwriter; creator of WB's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Mark Mancina: Composer

John Wright: Editor, BROKEN ARROW (1996)

"...A crackling blend of suspense and fun that gives you the rush of a runaway roller coaster..."
"...[A] dazzling action thriller....Even Hitchcock, I think, would have approved..." -- Rating: A
"...It's a smart, inventive thriller....A great entertainment..."
"...[De Bont] delivers a wild ride that's worth the fare..." - Recommended
"...Delivers wall-to-wall action....[Reeves has] become an actor of real charisma....Hopper finds new ways to convey crazy menace..."
"...Invigorating....De Bont and his team have turned in a visually sophisticated piece of mayhem that makes the implausible plausible and keeps the thrills coming..."
"...It's one of those won't quit action pics that make Hollywood the frequent envy of world cinema..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
"SPEED has become a classic action thriller, and rightly so. It was made in the predigital days when special effects looked real because most of them were real..."