PURE ADRENALINE! | Speed Movie Reaction

My first time watching Speed (1994).
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Yea, adrenaline through the roof. Almost too much adrenaline by the end of the movie for me 🤣 but dang! What a thrill ride. Had me on the edge of MY SEAT. I hope you enjoyed my Speed movie reaction & commentary
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Original Movie: Speed (1994)

[@mwflanagan1]

“I’m not gonna question the physics”. We’re there with you, but somehow we’re able to suspend disbelief with all kinds of space adventures, but not as much on solid ground. Nice reaction, Chris.

[@GrrrTurtle]

"Not Edward Norton" went to high school with my Dad. His name is Alan Ruck and he's been in a ton of really good things doing an amazing job.

[@TheInfo45]

Totally a 90s film in the best way. Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves are gold in this. This is the first film where Keanu Reeves becomes more of a major action star and heartthrob. I'm from La so I remember when they were filming this off the 105 freeway great memories

[@NekoUrabe]

I’m so jealous you got to see filming of this movie! I’m also from LA, but was born one year after the movie came out. I treat this movie almost like a time capsule of an LA that I wasn’t around for. I even bought myself a model of the bus from this movie c:

[@jkhoover]

"Yeah, but im taller." I love that line, personally.

[@neojc128]

I love how this movie is basically all mundane stuff we hate doing made into an action movie. Taking an elevator, taking the bus, waiting at the airport, taking the train. We do those things all the time, just add some music, a few booms, and you got a movie

[@torontomame]

I think that's one of the (many) reasons it works. It's easier for us to imagine ourselves in the situation(s).

[@metalgawd6667]

[sees the name Alan Ruck]: "Alan Ruck... that sounds familiar..." [sees the actor Alan Ruck]: "Wait a minute... is that... Edward Norton?" 😂😂😂

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That’s exactly how it happened 😅

[@ScarlettM]

If you haven't seen it, watch "Point Break" - another 90s action movie with Keanu. One of his best!

[@HirXeBomb]

Watching this movie as a kid back in the 90's made me fell in love with Sandra. 🥰 Keanu and Dennis(RIP🙏🏼) became 1 of my fav actors and de Bont became 1 of my fav. directors next to Steven Spielberg. This movie was just awesome, I didn't mind it took longer than expected, it was 1 of those action popcorn movies you just didn't want to end, so thrilling and the cast was just perfect. Twister by the same director should be your next movie to react to! 🌪

[@shainewhite2781]

YES!! Ome of my favorite Keanu Reeves action movies! Originally John McTiernan was going to direct the film, but was too busy working on Last Action Hero and DIE HARD 3, so Cinematographer turned director Jan De Bont was picked. De Bont was even considered for Directing a GODZILLA 1994 movie, but Sony cancelled the project due to budget concerns. De Bont would direct SPEED instead. Before Keanu Reeves was cast as the hero, Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kurt Russell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jeff Bridges, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Charlie Sheen, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, and Stephen Baldwin were considered. Before Sandra Bullock played Annie, Meryl Streep, Anne Heche, Halle Berry, and Ellen DeGeneres were considered for the role. Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro were considered for the villain. Joss Whedon, Buffy, Firefly, The Avengers, had rewritten th action scenes for the movie. 11 GM NEW LOOK Buses were used for the film, 2 of them were blown up, while one was used for the Interior scenes, one was used for the "under bus" shots ,and another one was used for the jump scene. The film was a box office and critical success, $350 million dollars against a $40 million dollar budget. It won 2 Oscar for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

[@deathcamel]

Question: How 90s is this gonna be? Answer: Yes.

[@ChrisW-17]

Fun Fact: The freeway this movie takes place on is Interstate 105, then still not yet completed. It's the newest freeway in Los Angeles. Being from there, I remember this being built at the time and have travelled it many times since. Among the casualties of its construction, the house where the Wilson brothers grew up and formed the Beach Boys in Hawthorne was demolished, though there is a historic monument where it once stood.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Pretty cool! I heard they were also able to utilize an unfinished area of the airport and subway which makes this film really unique in that you couldn’t use those locations now.

[@jowbloe3673]

After this, you should watch a movie I refer to as *"Speed* on a train". *Unstoppable* with Chris Pine and Denzel Washington from 2010.

[@staciepoole8161]

Extremely 90’s an awesome. 😎

[@simonevirden2254]

17:58 “Oh. Ok. This is a legitimately crazy idea. Love it. Hate it. Excited to see it.” 😂🤣👍🏾 Sums up the entire movie, brother! Extra cheesy and I could watch it start to finish easily once a week. Stellar reaction.

[@jimtatro6550]

The summer of 1994 had two incredible action films that I saw numerous times theatrically, True Lies and Speed.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Funnily enough I have true lies on deck, ready to release.

[@jimtatro6550]

@@CasualNerdReactionsit’s so good!!!!!👍

[@jaccilowe3842]

Oh boy, the year I got sober and started going to the movies again! Those two movies define that year in my head.

[@marleinasmom]

Gawd they look so young! I remember everyone saying "Pop quiz, hotshot" ALL the time. I love this movie! Can't wait to watch it with you. P.S. We all have questions about the physics. Try to ignore it, the movie is so good otherwise.

[@thebookgeek87]

Keanu... heartthrob 😍

[@ianhill8345]

Great reaction to a classic movie Never get tired off one of keanu reeves finest glad u enjoyed it

[@80smoviesfan]

Howard Payne: [Payne wrestles with Jack for a deadman-switch detonator on top of a runaway subway train] I'm smarter than you, Jack! I'm smarter! I'm smarter! [Jack sees a hanging light approaching and forces Payne into its path. Payne looks up and screams before the light decapitates him] Jack: [grabbing the detonator before Payne's body falls away] Yeah? Well, I'm TALLER! Oh darn. Another great reaction to a fun filled Action movie. A little humor with a lot of Action. Yes Alan Ruck played Ferris Frien Cameron in Ferris Bueller's Day off.

[@thomasbradley4505]

The train going through the wall at the end reminds me of the movie Silver Streak with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Hard to find but worth it

[@BrianSmithNow]

First job was as data entry clerk. I'd listen to this soundtrack to help type faster.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Haha that’s kind of awesome.

[@DaninMaine]

I saw this when it came out. There was a woman in the audience who scoffed when the bus made that jump and said "That's so fake!" I turned to her and with a straight face said "It's based on a true story " She believed me for 3 or 4 seconds.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Haha perfectly said.

[@merchillio]

I’ve seen that movie so many times, and that stroller full of cans still gives goosebumps

[@Will-nn6ux]

Good job not questioning the physics there. 🤣

[@richardfoster2435]

The myth busters proved that speed bus jump in the movie Speed is theoretically impossible

[@jeremycovelli]

Jeff Daniels filmed this and Dumb and Dumber at the same time and yes, he's Harry in both lol

[@raineyj560]

My son & I used to watch this movie over & over on DVR

[@BigGator5]

"Pop quiz, hotshot!" Inoffensive and fun action flick. 😎 👍 Fun Fact: The birds flying through the gap in the freeway were digitally added visual effects. What Script Fact: The bus jump scene was not in the original script. Director Jan de Bont came up with the idea one day when he was driving around Los Angeles and noticed one section of the 105 was missing. Budget Fix Fact: The film literally ran out of money before it was completed. When the film was first previewed for an audience, the subway scenes were animated storyboards. A producer realized they might have a hit movie on their hands when he noticed that, during test screenings, audience members would walk backwards when they needed to go to the bathroom, so they would miss as little as possible. The audience loved them so much, the studio came up with the funds to shoot the scenes properly. Power Couple Fact: Sandra Bullock actually learned to drive a bus for the film, passing her test on her first attempt. The scene in which Annie takes the chewing gum out of her mouth and pretends to put it on her seat in order to have an excuse to change seats and move away from the obnoxious Stephens (Alan Ruck) was improvised by Bullock. Keanu Reeves did approximately ninety percent of his own stunts. Reeves breaking the glass on the bus door in the beginning of the movie was an accident, however it was left in the final cut. Jan de Bont insisted that Keanu Reeves get a sensible haircut as would befit a hard-working cop. 20th Century Fox executives were horrified when they saw the buzzcut he adopted for the film, going so far as to threaten postponing the film so he could grow his hair back.

[@kamkelevra]

Im back with nothing interesting to say other than this movie was awesome thanks for reacting

[@sharonjoan1970]

OMG You've Made My Day!!! This is one of my Favorite Movies and it brings back so many memories I remember the first time I watched it with my son and of course he loved it just as much as mom lol still one his favorites❤ Also feeling old I was 24 and he was 2 when this came out lol

[@Will-nn6ux]

I watched this recently with my mother, and she reacted just like Sandra Bullock's character when she thought the bus hit a baby. She loved the movie though, and surprisingly didn't have nightmares afterwards. 😃

[@rickardroach9075]

23:17 Jack’s solution costs more in collateral damage than what the bomber was demanding.

[@43nostromo]

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."

[@Serai3]

Keanu says he accepted the role because the title was so ridiculous. 🤣

[@torontomame]

SUCH a fun movie! Loved it from when it was first released. Sandra Bullock is awesome in this, and so incredibly likeable. But, as a gay man, I was all about Keanu with the newly (at the time) short haircut. The father of this movie's screenwriter was the legendary Elwy Yost. He hosted different long-running programs in Ontario, most famously Saturday Night at the Movies. He was like Robert Osborne on TCM, decades before there was a TCM. Elwy Yost is the reason I fell in love with old movies when I was quite young. So it's no surprise Graham Yost wrote such a tight screenplay, he was raised by a man who had a lifelong passion for film, and shared it with countless people over many many years. ❤

[@kylederry5031]

The logo on the cargo plane, Pacific Courier Same logo as on Hans' truck in Die Hard. Director Jan De Bont was the cinematographer on Die Hard.

[@alfredstimoli2590]

Fun fact. They actually did the jump twice because the first time the bus landed too smoothely. The gap in the roadway wasn't real it had been digitally removed.

[@PDXLibertarian]

I remember when the 105 and the red line were still unfinished. This is a movie that could only have been made with a knowledge of mid 90's LA infrastructure.

[@heather9857]

Great reaction. I felt the same way once they got on the train

[@randallwong7196]

This the first movie I really noticed some use of recorded video in a loop to fool someone.

[@1pknail]

90s action movies all seemed to have two endings. There are so many movies like this, from this era, that give you the climax you're expecting, and then give you another setpiece for dessert.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Makes sense! I realized I said almost the exact same thing on my upcoming true lies reaction 😅

[@SarahMaeBea]

I just watched your True Lies video and this, and I totally agree with the perspective you mentioned in both. That it seems like action movies often add an extra action sequence after what feels like the end of the movie! It can be a fine set piece but I agree it often feels like the movie's over but we're still going for no real reason. Glad I found your channel!

[@jenny_lee_87]

2:05 I love him from 101 Dalmatians movie

[@gwivongalois6169]

That reminds me of a movie I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.' Must be a coincidence. 😁

[@MSmith-b33tingU]

Best part of this reaction? When you said "impressive feat" immediately after his feet appeared through the hole. I'm assuming it was unintended timing? We fell over, laughing! That was great! It's why we like watching with you. 🤣🤣

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Haha I’m laughing so hard! I didn’t even realize the timing until now.

[@trulybtd5396]

They did really jump a bus for that scene. Some ramps you dont see and stuff, and everyone on board would have broken spines, but they did jump it. The nose going so high was a miscalculation from the bus having a rear rather than a centre placed motor making it a bit back heavy on the ramp

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I heard the stunt driver created a special rig to protect his spine for the jumó. Really impressive feat.

[@trulybtd5396]

@CasualNerdReactions yes. The stunt team created a whole rig anhcored to all sides with some kind of elastic mechanism that allowed for the driver to basically free float over the seat if the bus made to much movement. I think there is a making of on the DVD outlining this.

[@trulybtd5396]

@@CasualNerdReactions not to mention that the driver missed the ramp on the first try and the bus had to be rebuilt, if not replaced...

[@mledda621]

Fast moving and exciting! Great cast. I really enjoy this movie! Cool shirt btw.

[@ScarlettM]

12:20 -where you thinking "They actually decided to kill the baby" here?

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Sure looked like it.

[@LupusLifestyle]

Speed 2: Cruise Control is a masterpiece! 😭

[@powerbadpowerbad]

LOL. That's-FUNNY !!!

[@brandonflorida1092]

When the bus jumped the missing section of road, the way it suddenly lifted up was baloney. It would pass through the air in a parabolic course which would ultimately impact the ground. However, if the road had been at an ascending angle (45 degrees would have been ideal) and its speed had been sufficient, then it might arrive at the other side with its wheels higher than the street and would have been alright - physicist.

[@ScarlettM]

23:23 - it would have been cheaper to just pay the guy. That plane costs many millions.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Probably true!

[@CamillaDrakenborg]

Ey! A wizard arrives precisely when he means to! 😉

[@gippywhite]

Now you know why in Jumanji: welcome to the jungle the guy who gets sucked into the game back in the 90s said “Alan built this place, I just live here.“ That was an incredibly touching tribute to not only Robin but to the original movie. Although I love the movies you mentioned, I think my two favorite non-kids movies for Robin Williams are What Dreams May Come and Final Cut. They are both extremely deep and as always Robin brings his A-Game to them all. And TBH, the monkeys never looked good. 🤣 But that is entirely forgivable because they were still fun. 💙💙💙

[@gggooding]

Weird Elevator Fact: the "close door" button does NOTHING in 95%+ of elevators. Its not even connected to anything; its there for your "comfort". Theres a genuinely good reason for this. Without expounding: elevators are set to algorithmic schedules, based upon data predicting efficiency. The buttons only cause stops...everything else is literally an illusion. 🤯

[@randallwong7196]

Now we can interrogate the close door button like angry detectives ( "Are you lying to me???? Do you work or not????" )

[@CasualNerdReactions]

What else in life is only illusory? 😳

[@bradleypowers3580]

Ah, you skipped the "f*** me........... Oh darn" part. Best line in the movie.

[@pluckinmageetar]

It's not the cheesy lines, it's the actors. Sandra is years ahead of Keanu in regards to their acting chops.

[@TTM9691]

You said it! "it just was good!" Nothing much really to say! Not a deep movie, not a plausible thing occurs at any time during this flick......good to see Jeff Daniels, Dennis Hopper......Sandra Bullock.....cross that one off your list, done! 😄 No one can say you haven't seen "Speed" now! Here is the irrefutable proof! 🤩

[@sdu74]

Thanks

[@brendaedwards6741]

So glad you enjoyed it as much as I do! Yeah, some of the lines are cheesy but they break the tension. A great popcorn flick. My hubby won't watch it (he's a bus driver who questions the physics 🙄), so it was good to see you enjoying it!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Not the physics! He might be more intrigued to know they had a physical bus do pretty much all the things. That why throughout you catch glimpses of the obvious ramp, and even cameras because it was kind of impossible to hide.

[@shallowgal462]

No, the captain of the starship Enterprise & Ferris Bueller's best friend who chased tornadoes with Bill Paxton & Helen Hunt is not Edward Norton. He is Alan Ruck from the Michael J. Fox TV series Spin City. Keanu read the script. He wanted to act with Sandra again, but he just couldn't get past the awful script.

[@sarahfullerton6894]

This was Sandra Bullock's big start.

[@LaMonicaWilliams]

I was excited to see this post. I was more excited to see your “Detroit” shirt . I live in Detroit.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Awesome! I lived in Oxford for a few years, loved it.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

little known factoid: this film is based on my wedding night. they changed the setting from my bed to a bus and the rest is history. i'll tell you one thing, that last dismount was a DOOZY! lastly, killing 200 people on the street to save ten people on a bus somehow doesn't sound very copacetic.

[@jowbloe3673]

Who was killed? Lot of damage, though.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

@@jowbloe3673 ... my neighbor's mom, my dog, my mailman, adolph hilter, my fourth grade teacher from an alternative universe, the Great Gazoo and 200 other fictional victims were all killed to save those 10 morons on that bus. but the news media, charles nelson riley, mighty mouse and wizzo the clown conspired to cover it up.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. You should watch Other Keanu great old movies like Point Break , Constantine , The Devil Advocate and Chain Reaction.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Constantine I just watched recently on Patreon. I’ll probably edit it and release it around October.

[@ianhill8345]

they dont make movies like that now sadly

[@ScarlettM]

13:23 - it's not that bad. If you don't compare it to the first Speed.

[@claireallen4017]

This movie is fun

[@keithcarter9012]

Yes, the train scene at the end seemed a bit extraneous to me to. But I guess it is called speed, not bus.

[@rickardroach9075]

18:21 That’s _one_ way to get under Sandra Bullock. 😜

[@Taramw32]

I’m sorry you watched the sequel. I did too, actually watched it when it was in theaters. 🥴

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That’s definitely worse. My condolences.

[@jkhoover]

Yeah... Keanu basically never drives the bus. That's not a correct description. It'll be ok though.

[@skiwlz]

I watch this and then The Lakehouse right after for all the feels We don't talk about Speed 2🤢

[@CasualNerdReactions]

The Lakehouse is definitely enjoyable.

[@n4ko]

7:24 is that Connor from the Succession? O_O I thought he was going to say that but no

[@CasualNerdReactions]

When I do finally watch succession, I’ll be sure to say “is that Stephen’s from Speed?”

[@fergpm]

You are WAY underselling how bad Speed 2 was. LOL

[@jkhoover]

Have you ever seen Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure or Point Break? Two of Keanu's earliest and best roles!!!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Nope! I’m hesitant on a lot of comedies, because I absolutely have to be in the right mood or I won’t enjoy it.

[@jkhoover]

@@CasualNerdReactions Point Break is all action!! Keanu and Patrick Swayze are AWESOME!

[@highstimulation2497]

talk about trauma-bonding. why no I'm not a therapist, why do you ask?

[@philipholder5600]

I hated this movie. It was too unbelievable.

[@itt23r]

The bus jump was horribly shot if they wanted anyone to believe it. but it was otherwise a fun movie. The only problem being they failed to tell us of all the people Jack carelessly killed on the plane in his effort to save all the people on the bus. I mean shouldn't he have had the presence of mind not to leave the bus until it was pointed in a safe direction? And this is not to mention all the people he certainly must have known he'd have to kill in the subway to save Sandra Bullock a 2nd time. But as you say. Best not to think too hard about this one. Getting any closer to PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN?

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I believe the plane was empty. There is a vehicle pulling the plane and we see that person jumó to safety. Promising young woman was on a poll, but didn’t do very well. I did, however, watch the trailer and it looked interesting. I don’t have a date for it though.

[@samansu9106]

That was a cargo plane not a passenger plane. There would never be anyone on it except flight crew. We also see it was being towed by a different vehicle which means no one was on the plane. The driver of the vehicle towi g got out fine, so all we lost was the plane itself and whatever cargo may or may not have been loaded.

[@itt23r]

@@CasualNerdReactions You should check it out anyway. There are a lot of people who really like that movie, myself included. It is, in fact on my top ten list for modern movies and it had an enormous amount of buzz when it came out. But since your Patreon voters didn't vote for it, if you do ignore them and react to it anyway, it it will likely also draw new Patreons to your channel, the kind with tastes even more in sync with your tastes than the Patreons you have now. And I say that with confidence because I am absolutely certain from what I have seen on your channel that you ae the perfect reactor to review this movie and that you will absolutely love it. Getting back to Jack, Yeah I know the plane was empty but did Jack really know that? It's doubtful. And I know the director wanted a big explosion. But c'mon if it was a true story there would be a lot of people very angry with him for gettting off the bus with no concern about what direction it was going when he abandoned it. And it is kind of remiscent of the opening scene of TEAM AMERICA.

[@Serai3]

There were no people on the plane. Look closer. It was being towed.

[@itt23r]

@@CasualNerdReactions You watch a very eclectic mix of movies so I am not going to impugn your Patreon patrons who vote for them. But it is a mystery to me how they would go for a fluff movie like SPEED (which requires nothing of its viewer to enjoy) and reject a movie with so much substance. I mentioned before it is on my top ten favorites list for modern movies, but it is also on my top ten all time list in another category (and one that I will not name so as to not spoil the movie). But don't take just my word. Here's what some of your competitors have said of it. "Promising Young Woman is he most underrated movie I have reviewed!" ReelOz "Another hidden gem!" ItsaPrimate "I don't think I am going to recover from this one." ZZAVID "This movie has been stuck in my head for days now. I keep finding more details in the subtext the more I think about it." Luis Enrique And that is just a small sampling. Any review you will look at will say the same.

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

Well, the movie couldn't have ended after the bus situation was resolved, because the plot wasn't, so you needed a strong finale. (In my opinion the actual finale wasn't as strong as it could've been, but tastes differ.) And the reason Keanu's lines came across as corny is that he's a pretty lousy actor and completely banks on his likeability. 😉

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Fair! But I felt like the primary narrative loop had closed and would have preferred to just have a short sting to catch the bad guy than another action sequence. But that’s my thing with action movies. I say the same thing in my upcoming true lies reaction 🤣 The man is likable! Facts.

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

@@CasualNerdReactions I've bitched about his lack of talent and yet his overwhelming success for decades, but have mellowed in that regard. Yes, he's a likeable dude!

[@martinlatour9311]

The theme song is so fucking hype!

[@MrGpschmidt]

DIE HARD on a bus - reinvented Keanu's career and jump-started Bullock into stardom - win/win/win.

[@sdu74]

Thanks

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thanks so much!