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Anybody seen Keanu? The action star of Speed opted out of this overbearing
sequel, which finds costar Sandra Bullock in love with another guy (Jason Patric) and in
trouble aboard a cruise ship under the control of a mad extortionist (Willem Dafoe). Speed
director Jan de Bont is back at the helm for part 2, but even he seems to have forgotten
that what made the first film work was the simplicity of its hook (the bomb, the bus that
can't drive below 50 mph, the handful of sympathetic passengers, etc.). Speed 2 is
all about hugeness: big ship, lots of places to get into trouble, and so on. Even with an
eye-popping, endless finale of the vessel crashing into port (and causing mondo
destruction), there is nothing about this movie that is remotely as involving as its
predecessor. |
