Speed (1994)

A revenge driven psycho (Dennis Hopper) has planted a bomb on a Los Angeles bus. If the speed drops below 50 miles per hour, the bomb will be automatically detonated. Enter LAPD SWAT specialist (Keanu Reeves) to attempt to diffuse the bomb and carry the bus passengers to safety. Directed by cinematographer (DIE HARD) turned director (TWISTER) Jan de Bont. When Halle Berry was offered the female lead in SPEED, she turned it down thinking it was a dumb movie and she wasn't wrong. The movie was a massive hit and it's a hell of a rollercoaster ride but it's also preposterous and the dialogue so inane that it's cringe inducing. But one doesn't go to a thrill ride movie like SPEED for scintillating dialog or believable plots, you go for the thrills and on that level, SPEED delivers. One also doesn't go to a movie like this for the acting but Reeves and Sandra Bullock are so likable that one overlooks (or tries to) the ridiculous lines they're forced to say. As the cackling bomber, Hopper does his patented psycho act and collects his paycheck. With Jeff  Daniels, Joe Morton and Beth Grant.