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EARLY ACCESS: Speed (1994)

🕑 Added 2022-08-04 13:59:00 +0000 UTC

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Shawn Ravenfire

Also, "Practical Magic" starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. One of my favorite movies ever!

Lola Lirola

Practical Magic is so great!

Echo

I second these choices!

Echo

If you haven't seen other Sandra Bullock movies, I recommend the action flick Demolition Man starring Sylvester Stallone and Sandra Bullock.

Deirdre Barthle

What about X-men (just the first one for context), before Deadpool... Deadpool...Deadpool...

Rebecca Anne

Watched this with my husband, and when they first get on the closed highway, he asks, “Why don’t they just don’t drive a flat bed next to the bus and get people off?” “Wait….. have you not seen Speed!?!?” He just turned 40 this year. Guess we’re watching Speed tonight.

Rebecca Anne

Love this movie! Now that you know who Jeff Daniels is, maybe Arachnophobia for Hallowbeans. And Practical Magic because Sandra Bullock is in it 😀

Paul Johnson

Also 1986's "River's Edge" featuring both Keanu and Dennis Hopper is worth a look

Kel

You recognize the captain from Terminator 2, he was Miles Bennett (the guy who saved the Terminator arm and created them in the first place). And the weird guy on the bus was Cameron in Ferris Bueller. As for Keanu, I think you will grow to like him more as you see him in different roles. Some of his roles are meh, but others he is fantastic in.

Michael Waldrep

Twister is a good call, I think she'd like it. I doubt she's seen it in real life.

Lola Lirola

Yes!! We need double-redhead badassery!!

N1nth Sh4dow

I've seen both versions, and I still think the Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway version is the best. Pierce Brosnan just can't compare. (And he always looks like Remington Steele to me...)

Paul Johnson

Snuck in through a busted emergency exit to see "Animal House" when I was 11

Cosmic Slice

So happy that we got to this one! Such a classic action movie. Keanu is one of Canada's national treasures. And as an fyi...the yellow barrels of water are 'highway impact attenuation devices' that are usually at exit ramps to absorb the energy of car accidents in those locations.

Kenton Kruger

I sometimes forget how much stricter the movie ratings used to be in the States as opposed to Canada.

Lynette Cummins

@Michael..... you're funny 😂. I would have loved Ashleigh to see the Thomas Crown affair but it did not poll very well.....but it did have to go up against The Green Mile and the Star Wars prequels....ugh. Maybe someday...... sorry if you start getting requests because of my Thelma and Louise message....

Michael Tocci

I mean, it's between "The Room" and "Samurai Cop," but I'm not feeling that evil yet

Michael Waldrep

Agreed! Like the random Jackie Chan movie from the mid-eighties. Wha?

Kenton Kruger

I will not hound you with requests, just tip the hat in thanks when you pick stuff like this. Oh, and scream "Nooooo!" when you hint at stuff like The Room.

Michael Waldrep

I admit it’s tempting to send you requests because there are still so many classics she has yet to hit, but I’ll just be happy you picked Speed.

Michael Tocci

You spelt "Thomas Crown Affair" wrong. :) Okay, so... I might have a few months already mapped out. There are some movies that I THINK are destined to happen without me picking them (for example, I was pretty confident Roger Rabbit didn't need my help). Thelma and Louise is mentioned enough here that I think it's bound to happen. That being said... if enough time goes by and it's not gaining any traction, then just maybe... (Also... I'm now scared I'll start getting requests :) )

Jacob Colson

First movie I saw at the movie theater was American Pie 2. Lol

Lynette Cummins

1000% agreed. She would absolutely love Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon together.

Michael Waldrep

@Lynette Thelma and Louise is a classic that would definitely get a 5/5 rating from Ashleigh!

Lynette Cummins

@ Michael.....how about Thelma and Louise???

Michael Tocci

Huzzuh, my pleasure! While I have committed myself to Spidey's here and there, I agree, we need them classics (and yes, Speed qualifies in my book)

Andy H.

The first R-rated movie I saw in theaters. I was in 6th grade, so I bought a ticket for "The Cowboy Way" and snuck into "Speed."

Paul Johnson

Great reaction I can remember seeing this film in the theater back in the day...a good intro to Dennis Hopper who made his film debut in 1955's "Rebel Without a Cause"(one of two films he appeared in with James Dean the other being 1956's "Giant")...some other cool films with him are "Night Tide"(1961), "Apocalypse Now"(1979), "Blue Velvet" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2"(both 1986)...Stephens the annoying tourist guy was played by Alan Ruck who played Cameron in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

Jacob Colson

Next Jan de Bont film, Twister! (I wonder if Ashleigh's already seen it or not. I know she hasn't reacted to it, but just wondering if she's seen it in real life.)

Michael Waldrep

Thank you Tocci for picking this movie! I understand why you (Ashleigh) are doing the big franchise movies like MCU, Harry Potter & LOTR, but I'm in it for the classics, like Speed!