SPEED (1994) MOVIE REACTION AND REVIEW! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

SPEED (1994) MOVIE REACTION AND REVIEW! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Polls, early access and full reactions on Patreon / reelreviewswithjen Watch me watch this 90's throwback action movie, Speed in this first time watching reaction video! Speed tells the story of a young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
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The film was directed by Jan de Bont and written by Graham Yost. Speed stars Keanu Reeves
as Jack Traven, Dennis Hopper as Howard Payne, Joe Morton as Capt. McMahon, Sandra Bullock
as Annie, Alan Ruck as Stephens,Jeff Daniels as Harry, Beth Grant as Helen, Carlos Carrasco
as Ortiz and Hawthorne James as Sam.
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[@mwflanagan1]

“He really hates public transit, this guy”. Cracked me up again, Jen!

[@kallreader7376]

The yellow barrels with water are frequently found on US highways to slow out of control vehicles (bad brakes, etc) usually at off-ramps

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Ah okay makes sense, we have rumble strips in Canada for the same reason.

[@TheDeadStretch]

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Actually that's for waking up drives who dose off and start veering off road.

[@kwanwallacephotography5145]

@@ReelReviewsWithJen REACT TO BAD BOYS WILL SMITH AND THE EQUALIZER DENZEL

[@vincegamer]

The barrels of water are to stop a vehicle from crashing into either a bridge support or the beginning of a concrete barrier. I had a friend fall asleep on the highway and run into one of those. They work.

[@billbabcock1833]

When DVD players first came out in 1997, I made a trip to the electronics store. I came home with a DVD player, surround sound system and the DVD of Speed.

[@w1975b]

I have it on VHS :)

[@jonanderson559]

There's something about this group of 1960s vintage actors - I sometimes wonder if Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern all went to the same school of acting crazy, because when they have to do crazy, they really go for it.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

They all understood what being on acid did to a person as they were in the Hippie culture. In fact, Dennis Hopper was not able to get work for many years due to his addictions. He overcame them midway into his life and was able to resume his acting career. Same thing happened to Robert Downey Jr. He spent 19 months in prison due to drug usage and was uninsurable, but Mel Gibson gave him work and he has been sobered ever since.

[@jonanderson559]

@@candicelitrenta8890 I was thinking of that old movie The Trip, when Peter Fonda freaks out on acid and needs his friends to calm him down... except his friends are Dennis Hopper and Bruce Dern.

[@44excalibur]

While Speed was in production, Keanu Reeves' close friend, actor River Phoenix(Stand By Me, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) died from a drug overdose at the Viper Room nightclub in Los Angeles on October 31st, 1993. Following Phoenix's death, Speed director Jan de Bont changed the shooting schedule to work around Reeves and give him scenes that were easier to do while he was mourning the loss of his friend.

[@salyx]

There’s a video series called “The Art of the Scene” and they cover the bus jump. They point out that it doesn’t matter if it’s not possible because the writers/director/actors did a good enough job making us care about them. I LOVE THIS MOVIE, it’s so much fun, great action, great snark! Glad you had fun!

[@Quirkyalonester]

There is also a very entertaining Mythbusters episode about it.

[@44excalibur]

For the benefit of our Canadian viewers, 50 miles an hour is approximately 80 kilometers an hour, Jen. 😜

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha I was close!

[@martinlatour9311]

The theme song for this movie is so underrated. Never fails to hype me up when it drops during the opening credits

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Re-hearing it, I could have sworn i was playing Metal Gear Solid, and had just died. "Snake? SNAAAAAKE!"

[@PurushaDesa]

Mark Mancina's scores to Speed and Bad Boys are glorious. They make these relatively small movies so epic.

[@thegladve]

well when the train exits the Hollywood street station you can definitely say that this movie was a literal blockbuster.

[@brianb.8295]

There's a notable goof in this movie. When you see the gap on the ramp for the first time, you can see below that the editing crew forgot to edit out the shadow below it, indicating that the ramp is still intact.

[@shainewhite2781]

28:24, it was a real plane that was decommissioned, until Jan De Bont saw the opportunity to blow it up. Luckily no one was hurt. It was all done in one take.

[@44excalibur]

You might recognize actor Joe Morton as Jack's boss, Lieutenant Herb 'Mac' McMahon, Jen. He played Miles Dyson of Cyberdyne Systems Corporation in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

[@clarencewalker3925]

I suggest "The Brother from Another Planet", his first starring role.

[@44excalibur]

@@clarencewalker3925 Wow, I remember that movie from when I was a teenager. It was on cable TV in the 80s.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I recall him in his recurring role on Eureka.

[@44excalibur]

You're correct, Jen. The bus jump would not be possible in real life. lol 😂The bus jump sequence was done in one take, with the bus actually jumping off of a ramp that was constructed to give the bus extra lift so it could jump the full fifty feet. Digital computer effects were used to create the gap in the freeway, as it had already been constructed. The first attempt at the jump was unsuccessful. Everything possible was removed from inside the bus to make it lighter, but the stunt driver crashed the bus, making it unusable. A second attempt with a second bus two days later was successful, but the bus traveled farther than the twenty feet that was expected and crashed on top of the camera filming the scene. Luckily, a second camera placed further away recorded the scene. The show Mythbusters attempted to recreate the jump and proved that it would not have been possible in real life.

[@blanewilliams5960]

That was great fun. The best part of the movie was the best part of the reaction, when Hopper loses his head. That was a pure gold reaction, Jen. 🤣

[@tremorsfan]

Keanu Reeves is one of those actors who needs the right material and the right director. He's not cut out for things like Dracula.

[@zammmerjammer]

To be fair to him, that movie was a hot mess from start to finish. His wobbly accent was not the only weak spot.

[@tremorsfan]

@@zammmerjammer Yeah but Gary Oldman was having fun.

[@javix2013]

A great action classic movie. I miss the 90s in action movies, everything was filmed in real at that time and with practical effects and miniatures (the subway was a miniature), the plane and the bus explosion was real. I recommend for next: FACE OFF (1997), another classic full action movie with John Travolta and Nicholas Cage.

[@Ellinor99]

Its also like I dont like todays 4K ultra clear picture on when watching TV. I like and feel familiar with how it looked before because then you knew you were in the sofa and the movie was on TV. Now it looks like the characters are standing in your own living room.

[@jessharvell1022]

every stunt/explosion/etc was more or less real - they even launched the bus off a ramp into the air and then used mostly practical effects, a little digital trickery, and editing to make it seem like it was jumping the gap in the freeway - and yes keanu did basically all of his own stunts

[@w1975b]

I heard Keanu did gymnastics to build up his upper body strength.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

Great action movie. Always love when Keanu's underacting is contrasted with an over the top hammy villain. 'Speed' was Sandra Bullock's big break, she became an A-lister after this. The bus jump is pure "movie magic", would never work in real life. In conclusion: CHEESE AND RICE! 😆

[@RamblingRose08]

I'm glad you liked this movie. It's one of my favorites. I would also recommend Broken Arrow (1996).

[@44excalibur]

Wow, thanks for getting to this movie, Jen! 😃Fun Fact: The director of Speed is Jan de Bont, who worked as a cinematographer on Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October, and Lethal Weapon 3. Speed was his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Graham Yost, who also wrote the screenplay for Broken Arrow and created the TV series Justified, but Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The Avengers director Joss Whedon did an uncredited rewrite of Speed after Keanu Reeves was cast.

[@44excalibur]

"How many buses were used in this thing? Cheese and rice!" Fourteen buses in all, Jen. Speed used eleven GM New Look buses (TDH-5303) and three Grumman 870 buses. Two of them were blown up, one was used for the high-speed scenes, one had the front cut off for inside shots, and one was used solely for the "under bus" shots. Another bus was used for the bus jump scene, which was done in one take.

[@tremorsfan]

Not to mention the bus that was used as the train car at the end.

[@itt23r]

When I saw you getting so wound up during the elevator scene at the start of this video I thought, "Wow. She's never going to make it through this entire movie. Her heart isn't going to take it." I stand corrected. Congratulations.

[@stonecoldku4161]

I heard that there was once a version of the script where it was Harry who put the bomb on the bus. He was forced to retire after the elevator bomber incident, because of the wounds he suffered from that. Mainly the bullet wound he got when Jack shot him in the leg. But when Jeff Daniels was cast as Harry, the producers of the movie or the studio thought that he would be "too likeable" and the audience wouldn't buy him as a villain, so the script was changed to having Dennis Hopper's character be the antagonist for the entire movie.

[@andyastrand]

They had a big crush on each other during filming, but each was too shy to mention it to the other

[@Greenwood4727]

Dennis Hopper ALWAYS looks like he is just having fun playing the characters, Blue Velvet, Hopper at his insanely best

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

He’s so talented! So amazing to watch his performances

[@kenlangston3451]

One of my favorite Dennis Hopper roles besides this is in Hoosiers. Gene Hackman plays a basketball coach at a small Indiana high school in the 50s and Hopper is his assistant coach who is a drunk. Hoosiers is based on a true story and even if you aren’t a sports fan it is a great movie.

[@adamclifton29]

The writer of this movie had a fixation with the number '50'. Go above '50', the bomb is armed. Go below '50', the bomb goes off. The number of the bus is 2525 - 25 + 25 is 50. The gap in the freeway is 50 feet.

[@StardustandMadness]

I saw this at the movies when I was very young, it was terrifying. To this day, if I don’t have to get in an elevator, I don’t. I still love it and I still watch it every year because Keanu is 🔥 🔥in this

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Just watched it again a few weeks back, it's still a good fun action ride. The sequel is not very good sadly, despite a fine cast.

[@ZombiKing69]

if you love Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves chemistry, you should watch the Lake House. A Fantasy love story staring Sandra and Keanu.

[@w1975b]

yes

[@3DJapan]

15:43 The water barrels are there for this exact purpose, cushion the blow in an accident.

[@44excalibur]

Yes, Jen, Keanu Reeves did many of his own stunts in Speed. He was initially nervous about the many action sequences, but became more involved as the filming progressed. Keanu even did the stunt where Jack jumps from the Jaguar onto the bus, rehearsing the stunt in secret after director de Bont initially objected to the stunt. On the day the stunt was filmed, Reeves did the stunt himself, reportedly terrifying director de Bont.

[@edwardthorne9875]

It looks like you had real fun with this one. I just don't know anyone who doesn't get an adreneline rush from watching 'Speed'.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

It was so intense!

[@LightStreak567]

18:37 Keanu Reeves did admit he developed a crush on Sandra Bullock while filming this movie, but he was too nervous to ask her out on a date.

[@Quirkyalonester]

And I believe she admitted she liked him as well. I think they would have been cute together but the timing didn't work out.

[@AubreySciFi]

I had just moved to Los Angeles with my mother when this movie was being filmed. One day we were driving in Hollywood and drove past the section of Hollywood boulevard used as the location for the subway crash finale. (A one block section of the well known downtown Hollywood tourist area in front of Mann's Chinese Theater was closed off for the filming.) I could see the faux subway exit building (where the subway train smashes out of at the end) half a block away and wondered, at the time, what all was going on there. Needless to say when this movie premiered I found out! Anyway, Speed is a classic with a great cast, great direction, and is definitely one of my favorite 90's action films.

[@SaRENRampaiger]

You should also see Twister. Same director for Speed and you'll see a familiar face from Aliens!!! ;) GAME OVER MAN!

[@geoo9954]

That was a hell of a lot of fun. That's a great action movie. Great reaction.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@pietergreveling]

The director and cameraman of this movie is Jan de Bont, he also did Twister (1996) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) and he did the camera work for Die Hard (1988), The Jewel of the Nile (1985), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Basic Instinct (1992) to name just a few, but definitely some good ones to check out! 👌🏼✌🏼

[@Emburbujada]

Also, for a minute there I thought that was Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man on your shirt XD

[@mikepeters807]

"The actor they just called Bob, I know I've seen in a ton of stuff..." And you will see him again ... in a small role on a certain vampire related TV series ............. a long time from now. Also, Helen, the lady who died when she tried to get off the bus (at 19.19) was a guest on the same TV show as a ghost with a room to rent. Also-also: The person who created that TV show (and its predecessor) was working as a "script doctor" at the time this movie was in pre-production and wrote a good deal of the dialogue for this movie (uncredited).

[@salyx]

You can totally hear the Whedon in this script.

[@jonathanross149]

Whenever there is a bit of a traffic jam on a highway, I always say, "Stay on? Get off?" at every exit.

[@PatrickPrejusa]

THIS IS WHAT MADE SANDRA BULLOCK FAMOUS.

[@kpdave]

just an fyi for anyone interested, the length of a standard modern city bus is 40 ft. There are other lengths of 35 ft and 60ft for the long articulated buses but standard length is 40 ft.

[@FutureBoy85]

Such a great movie! Still holds up.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

One of the greatest action movies ever made

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: Joss Whedon did an uncredited rewrite of the Speed screenplay because Keanu Reeves didn't like his character, SWAT officer Jack Traven, at first. The character was written as being much older and the dialogue was more whimsical like previous action heroes John McClane(Die Hard) and Martin Riggs(Lethal Weapon). Having worked with LAPD and other law enforcement officers on previous films, like Point Break, Reeves felt that the character needed to be more professional and less of a stereotypical wisecracking action hero, so Whedon was hired to rewrite the script and dialogue, although he received no writing credit.

[@Dylan_Platt]

Don't know if anybody else caught it, but your little casual "you're gonna get some hop-ons" cracked me up 🤣

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha yes! I was hoping someone would notice the reference!

[@IggyStardust1967]

Gotta recommend 1984's "Red Dawn", all things considered going on in the world today. 15:50 - Those barrels are designed to save lives. They act as a buffer to bring a vehicle at high speed to a stop as safely as possible. That's why they are filled with water, and the lids pop off immediately. The water absorbs the impact while it splatters, and the car/truck/bus doesn't hit a solid object which is likely to kill those in the vehicle.

[@laurenherda2415]

This movie definitely started my anxiety 😩 🤣 It's such a great action movie great chemistry with the cast

[@stonecoldku4161]

I think it was a great idea to have Dennis Hopper pick Harry up by his nose. This allows Harry to see that Hopper's character is missing his thumb. This is one of the things that help the other cops find Payne's file when they start looking into former cops as being the bomber.

[@brocktungsten6060]

The plane that gets blown up was a retired Boeing 707, cargo version. It was filmed at the airport in Mojave, CA as Los Angeles International Airport wouldn't allow it.

[@stonecoldku4161]

There was a Canadian comedy show called "The New Red Green Show" they had a segment on there called "Experts" where they gave "advice" to people who wrote into the show. A viewer wrote in to complain about movies and after reading a letter a character on the show who was an "Explosives or Demolition expert" I forget the name said "I'll tell you what's wrong with movies. They give the kids a false sense of reality. Like in Speed when the bus blew up. You never get that much flame. They built it up like one big fireball, but a real bus explosion is all smoke and mirrors. I ought to know I was a mechanic at a bus company for a couple of days."

[@3DJapan]

We should have a "cheese and rice" counter.

[@shanester1832]

We're 7 minutes in and your heart can't take it. We haven't even got to the bus. You may not survive this one, though seeing the video got uploaded you must've pulled through. This movie is just pure tension continually unfolding.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

This was Sandra's breakout role. Until this film no one had ever heard of her

[@BrettLeeClark]

Now you gotta do SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL!

[@Serenity113]

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves had crushes on each other during filming of this movie but neither one knew about it. They both confirmed it on The Ellen Show lol. It explains so much about their chemistry between their characters lol.

[@stonecoldku4161]

7:00 You hear the lady that was pulled off the elevator last say, "My shoe!" As if the shoe fell off her foot before she got pulled out. But you can see that she has both shoes on her feet as they pull her out when the elevator drops and also when she says "my shoe" you can see the that she is actually carrying the shoe in her hand. I'm not sure if that was something that was suggested on the day and the director threw it in there or if the actress just wanted to get one more line in for her small part, and she just forgot to throw the shoe off camera before they said "Action!"

[@charleswilliams6236]

Speed is an awesome movie

[@SaRENRampaiger]

Bill and Ted plus Speed is how I first seen Keanu pre-Matrix/John Wick era as a kid. :p

[@cruzinbosco]

The TV show 9-1-1 just did a homage to this movie. It was awesome!

[@1a2be]

Yes Jen there was a sequel that came out back in 1997 and unfortunately it wasn't no near as good as the first movie from 1994 And it was also one of the worst sequels ever made.

[@w1975b]

Sandra was in it, but Keanu was not.

[@traceyreid4585]

Animated Jen... a thing to behold! Fabulous adrenalin driven reaction!

[@44excalibur]

Yes, Jen, that is Alan Ruck from Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the bus passenger, Doug Stephens. 😜

[@MrBigPicture835]

Going 50 on a LA freeway, that's a real fantasy!

[@shainewhite2781]

38:41, no, Jen, the driver did not die!

[@shainewhite2781]

The film was a box office and critical success, making $350 million dollars against a $37 million dollar budget. It was nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Film Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing It won Best Sound Mixing.

[@marclevesque3147]

Before the more common use of GGI, most undoable life size scenes were filmed with miniatures filmed at high speed, any close-up of those scenes will identifie supposed lifesize objects as miniatures plus the movement of the scenes will appear a bit slow because of the high frame rate, when well done they appear realistic but on closer look they can't pass as the real thing.

[@itt23r]

I see from some of the other reaction videos you have made that you are not averse to screening the older movies. Have you ever considered watching, then, the 1962 classic, "The Miracle Worker," starring two actresses who both won Oscars for their portrayals (Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke). It is a spectacular biopic that tells the moving story of teacher Annie Sullivan and her extraordinary work with her famous deaf and blind protege, Helen Keller. It has been remade a few times since but I think the original is the best. And if you did review it you'd be the first I think to do so. Two others from that time period, featuring Oscar winning performance, that still hold up today are "Lilies of the Field" starring Sidney Poitier and "To Kill a Mockingbird" starring Gregory Peck (w/Robert Duvall in one of his earliest roles).

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: Speed screenwriter Graham Yost was inspired to write Speed after watching the 1985 action movie Runaway Train(based on a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa) with John Voight, Eric Roberts, and Rebecca DeMornay, which earned Oscar nominations for Best Actor(Voight) and Best Supporting Actor(Roberts). Yost saw the film and came up with the idea of a story about runaway bus driving through a city, which wouldn't be restricted by railroad tracks.

[@arraymac227]

Just had to go there: 'a very suspenseful action movie,' as Keanu comes down the shaft, suspended on a cable.

[@jeffburnham6611]

In the deleted scenes they mention that there is a time gap between the first encounter with the elevator and Payne blowing up the bus after the coffee shop visit. The movie would have you believe the events were days apart, but the time between them is much longer giving Payne the time to plan everything again. Speed 2 tries to build on the popularity of the first one, even though it takes place on a cruise ship. Sandra Bullock returns but I think it would have been better if they brought Keanu back and not introduced another character. Both of Sandra Bullocks movies with the Miss Congeniality theme were also funny.

[@3DJapan]

The bus jump was tested on Mythbusters. It's on KZbin.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Yeah, Ms. Bullock is a charmer, alright. And I gather, a real class-act, in person (if one who values her privacy). Ever see "28 Days"? Good one.

[@river4837]

The bartender lady is Sandy Martin who plays Grama (Carlinda Dynamite) from Napoleon Dynamite. I thought she looked familar. Decapitation can be funny. As disturbing as it is I was laughing right along with you.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I found it near hilarious, in "The Adventures of baron Munchausen."

[@jennandrewlawrence5055]

Ope, bonked him! We all say this now right lol

[@AtomicAgePictures]

They bought a real 707 airplane from an aircraft graveyard, and really blew it up.

[@adamclifton29]

Never seen Speed?! Holy crap! There IS a sequel, 'Speed 2: Cruise Control'. Also this movie could have been even better if there was a twist that revealed that Sandra Bullock's character is actually Dennis Hopper's daughter and was involved in the whole event

[@arraymac227]

Memory: this movie came out the summer that O.J. Simpson did a slower trek down an L.A. freeway, also with police escort.

[@vincegamer]

If you want to see Dennis Hopper not be a villain, watch Easy Rider. Plus, it's a 1969 film and I think you'd love it.

[@charlesleerae9023]

Apparently on the Elen show they both confessed they had a crush on each other while filming this movie. Once again thanks for the content

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Oh man! What could have been! Thanks for watching 🎬

[@ericbryant386]

Cheese and rice....son of an elevator.....I may have to steal those

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha please do! 🧀🍚

[@PaulBobnak]

I used "cheese and rice " in a Zoom call a few weeks ago ... got a laugh

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha! Amazing!

[@shainewhite2781]

Not based on a book, but it's inspired by Die Hard, but instead of taking play in a skyscraper it takes place on a bus, where a SWAT officer must save a bus load of passengers before a madman's bomb will explode. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Charlie Sheen, Tom Hanks, and Alec Baldwin were considered for the lead, until Reeves was cast The tagline, "This summer, get ready for rush hour."

[@Nate6981]

"You're gonna get some hop ons." Yes! I love the surprise Arrested Development reference! 😂 And yes there is a sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control. It's umm...something.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha yes! I was hoping someone would notice the reference!

[@67Daidalos]

Hi Jen ! Yes, there is a sequel. Most people are prompt to say it's an awful sequel (RIP subtility : dawn of time - 2000). Sure it's not as good as the first, with a lot of thing that can take you out of it, but I sincerely liked it as an OK and quite fun action movie.

[@clarencewalker3925]

The scene atop the train was done with rear screen projection.

[@PatrickPrejusa]

MOST FREEWAY EXITS HAVE RAINWATER TUBS AS A CRASH CUSHION.

[@44excalibur]

Speed does have a sequel, Jen. Speed 2: Cruise Control, which came out in 1997 and was a flop. Sandra Bullock co-starred with Jason Patric. Keanu Reeves did not return for the sequel, which was basically just a ripoff of both Speed and Die Hard on a cruise ship.

[@godzillaprime]

"Max Payne, huh? I envy your name"

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

11:08 Yep, that's our pal Alan Ruck. He also played a very entertaining womanizer on Spin City.

[@PaulBobnak]

The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down

[@w1975b]

An early rom-com you may not have seen for Sandra - Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

[@rickardroach9075]

21:30 They're so lucky the construction workers left an invisible ramp to help launch their bus into the air. 🤦‍♂️

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: While the majority of Speed's story takes place on the bus, the opening sequence in the office building elevator shaft was a nod to Die Hard(1988), and the final sequence on the LA subway train was an homage to Runaway Train(1985).

[@lurkerrekrul]

I can suspend my disbelief for almost all of this movie, but not for the jump. There's no way you can jump a vehicle across a level gap without some kind of ramp to give it extra height. No matter how fast the vehicle is going, the instant there's no more ground under it, gravity will take over and start pulling it down. If both sides are level with each other, it will always end up lower at the other side than it was at the start. In order to cross the gap before losing too much height to gravity, it would have to be traveling at a speed of several hundred miles per hour. I won't pretend to be able to figure out the math, but it would basically have to cross the gap instantly, which would require insane speed.

[@romangoykhman6127]

no CGI! all practical.

[@arraymac227]

My third most watched movie, after _Silence of the Lambs_ and _Rocky Horror Picture Show_

[@nonchalantd]

What a fun reaction!

[@thestoicsoliloquies4041]

You should definitely watch Speed 2: Cruise Control.

[@2apocalypsex]

If you want to see a movie where Dennis Hopper is not a villain then check out the 1985 sci-fi/comedy My Science Project. I think you will have a blast watching it.

[@mikeminer1947]

Never realized that Jeff Daniels' character is named Harry in both this and Dumb and Dumber! (Same year too, I think).

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Yes! A great year for him!

[@javix2013]

In The Joker, that same bus model appears in a scene.