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Speed (1994) | Ranked Top 6% · CriticCrunch

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Speed

Movie1994·116 min

Speed

Directed by Jan de Bont

Action Thriller

An Oscar-nominated action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 6%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

7K ratings

About Speed

Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Tense, Stylized
Story Tags: sacrifice duty, survival of spirit, action combat, los angeles, strangers forced together, action hero, everyman, siege bottle, race against time, cat and mouse

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Details

Director: Jan de Bont
Language: English

Cast

Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Film Editing (1994)

How Speed Ranks

All movies

Top 6%

1990s movies

Top 6%

Action movies

Top 8%

1990s Action movies

Top 6%

★Jan de Bont films#1 of 5

Jan de Bont's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Speed Vibe

What it feels like

grippinghopefulintenseeasy to followlight-touchbroadheartfelt

tense

stylized

What it's about

siege bottlerace against timecat & mousesacrifice dutysurvival of spiritaction heroeverymanstrangers forced togetheraction combatLos Angeles

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

tensetense