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Keanu Reeves month continues over at Sound on Sight. Scott Patterson takes an in depth look at Speed. It looks at the star, the supporting cast and the handling of the hero-villain dynamic. All in all a good read, nicely summed up with:
Despite its unapologetically dumb concept and unpretentious nature, this is the only shame to be found within Speed, one of the best action movies of the 90’s, still endlessly watch-able and holding up superbly in technical terms even today, nearly twenty years after its release. In fact, its down and dirty physicality is a throwback to an era when, if anything, the rollercoaster ride was more visceral and felt much more real than in today’s CGI dominated cut-scene image.
The article can be read here.