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By Jonathan Klotz | Published
It is often said that action films are meaningless entertainment, and although it is true that there are innumerable examples of films with Meatheads Musclebound or improbably indestructible heroes that exceed all probabilities if you look at the best genre, it is clear: good action movies They involve intelligent, intelligent, creative heroes that mock and do not go. Bruce Willis in Die As John McClane is the classic example. Six years later, another unconventional star became action when Keanu Reeves took the steering wheel SpeedAnd the box office success of the 1994 film is still finding new fans today, where, 30 years later, he has been at the maximum top ten for a week.
The bus that could not reduce speed
The premise of Speed It is deceptively simple for an Aciton film: although during the decades it has been parodied until death, it still works; After all, a bus that explodes if it goes for less than 50 miles per hour is an ingenious concept. However, what makes it work is that the film begins with what, in any other action movie, would be a climatic moment that involves a bomb, but here, it is the snack before the main dish without stopping. It serves to show the audience that the officer Jack Traven del Lapd (Keanu Reeves) is intelligent, skilled and capable of keeping calm under pressure.
What we do not see Jack in Speed He is cutting waves of bad boys as in other action films, that Charlie Sheen parked so perfectly Hot shots leave two. Instead, he is caught in a bus full of travelers, tourists and the brave Annie (Sandra Bullock) while trying to mock an evil master mind, played by Dennis Hopper, who cannot see or touch. Jeff Daniels, as Jack’s partner, Harry, even manages to achieve a master class of action with only a facial expression, transmitting more emotion and meaning in a photo of a second of what you think is possible.
That does not mean that Speed It lacks any action, far from it, since the film makes the same trick as Tornado By having a climax every 15 minutes, constantly increase bets and increase tension with a new problem constantly launched to our heroes. Like the initial elevator scene, Careening through Los Angeles is only the beginning of the action that includes a highway jump that, although the gap is CGI, includes images of a very real municipal bus that flies through the air. A great action film does not need explosions and bullets that pass through the air, although it also has them; It simply needs excellent fixing pieces and great characters.
Pop maybe Hotshot
Speed It would not be a timeless classic action film if it were not for the performances of Reeves, Bullock and Hopper. Reeves plays Jack as the perfect eye of the hurricane; Of course, it frustrates, but never lets its composure go for a long time and balances the madness of a bus that cannot decrease. While Bullock takes what could have been a standard loving role of interest and makes Annie But somehow he maintains he was based enough to be threatening.
Sandra Bullock became a star thanks to Speed Before finding his niche in romantic comedy films, while Reeves, which was successful before the film, was suddenly on the way to become an important star, and Hopper, a legend in Hollywood, had a professional resurgence. The stars were even made behind the scene thanks to Joss Whedon obtaining credit for his script of the eleventh hour and starting the race of Graham Yost, who went on to do Justified and Silo. Hollywood realizes when a film won for $ 30 million wins its budget only at the box office, not counting the innumerable millions of VHS, DVD and transmission rights.
Speed should have become the standard
Unlike other 90 -action films that aged and cubes hats, Speed It has been a great movie success for decades. The film should have been an example of great characters and a great writing that does not treat the audience as idiots as more important than special effects or bloodshed, but instead, it gave way to Speed 2One of the worst sequelae of all time. On the other hand, it stands out as one of the best action movies ever made because there are few films like this, and given the current state of action in Hollywood, it will never be overcome.
If you have not seen it in a time, or somehow you missed the bus, Speed It is available to transmit in Max.
