Speed 2: Cruise Control

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Speed 2: Cruise Control

PG-13

1997

2h 5m

Action

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Annie (Sandra Bullock) is looking forward to a Caribbean cruise with her cop boyfriend, Alex (Jason Patric), who purchased the tickets to make up for lying about working on the SWAT team. Their trip turns dangerous, however, when an explosion disables the ship's communication system and it becomes clear that the vessel is under someone else's control. Alex and Annie must fight for survival as they discover that John Geiger (Willem Dafoe), a crazed passenger, is behind the chaos.

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Critics Consensus

Speed 2 falls far short of its predecessor, thanks to laughable dialogue, thin characterization, unsurprisingly familiar plot devices, and action sequences that fail to generate any excitement.

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Carol Buckland

CNN.com

It's not really worth sinking your time and money into. This movie is more floundering than fun.

Jan 5, 2018

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

An ear-splitting amusement-park attraction posing as a movie.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 20, 2014

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Speed 2 is frantic action, tinny dialogue, perfunctory characterization and tried-and-false plot pilferings.

May 28, 2013

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A seriously inferior sequel...

Rated: 2/4

Dec 9, 2023

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

This is probably as good a time as any to point out that Orson Welles scrounged for budgets all his life, yet studios routinely throw $110 million at crap like "Speed 2."

Rated: F

Sep 1, 2022

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Stefan Pape

Common Sense Media

This Keanu Reeves-less sequel is masked by its commitment to non-stop action and entertainment, that you're almost distracted from its shortcomings, of which there are many.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 28, 2022

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mark g

$150 million budget in 1997 and this is what you get? I mean, they got stars. Ultimately though, the thing that dooms this film is the reason why Keanu Reeves turned it down, awful script/story. Mindless fun, I guess. However, the tedious and monotonous nature of the film kinda kills the fun.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Michael J

A seriously under appreciated, underrated movie. Siskel and Ebert gave a 2 thumbs! Don't understand the negative reviews. Its Jan De Bont directed, which is never ever a bad time period. The guy is tremendous at keeping you glued to the edge of your seat. His film lineup is stellar.. Its funny, features a young deaf actress who funny funny and talented, Jason Patrick, Sandra Bullock, Willem Dafoe(as a complete nut, my favorite style of his), and a cast of seriously good actors. Its action packed, funny, and fun. It also uses a real cruiseship not a made up one like some movies. A ship that is still in operation today!(2024) Its a good addition to the line of ship disaster movies that there really aren't enough of. (Another i recommend thats under appreciated is Deep Rising) I just had to pick this up on Blu-ray and its does it much justice. I even watched it in theaters when it was first released and my mom enjoyed it with me and she's not into action movies at all. Its kind of ashame it gets so much negative reviews when its anything but a terrible movie and doesn't deserve such terrible rating. A must watch if you like Jan De Bont or a good 🍿 film! Highly recommended.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/15/24

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Joe M

Corny, unbelievable, bad dialogue. I like ships hence two stars… otherwise it would be one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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This Old G

Why is this movie called speed? Why is there no Keanu Reeves? Why does this take place on a cruise ship? Why was this movie made other than to make money from the name and to give Sandra Bullock a big paycheck?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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Liam D

As slow as a cruise boat. This laughable sequel to the really entertaining speed has non existent writing, awful acting and boring action

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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Lucas t

I mean it's fine, Willem Dafoe is in it and he makes this otherwise generic film enjoyable. It's not that bad. 6.2/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Synopsis

Annie (Sandra Bullock) is looking forward to a Caribbean cruise with her cop boyfriend, Alex (Jason Patric), who purchased the tickets to make up for lying about working on the SWAT team. Their trip turns dangerous, however, when an explosion disables the ship's communication system and it becomes clear that the vessel is under someone else's control. Alex and Annie must fight for survival as they discover that John Geiger (Willem Dafoe), a crazed passenger, is behind the chaos.

Director: Jan de Bont
Producer: Michael Peyser, Jan de Bont, Steve Perry
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, Randall McCormick
Production Co: Blue Tulip, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.1M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Surround

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