3.5/4  Speed = Action.
PROS:
Speed is one great action film. It was one of the first films I saw and still remains one of my favourite. The suspense and action of this film is speechless. The action sequences were performed so well; you couldn't see the special... (read full)

4/4  Reinvents the action Genre
The reason that this film works is because the action is so fierce and gripping. I will continue by saying that I do not like Keanu Reeves as an actor but in action films he seems to do okay. There where so many holes in the script that I ... (read full)

3/4  This always gets me racing
This is always a fun movie to watch. I hadn't even seen it until years after it came out. There were a lot of "suspenseful" scenes even though you already knew that everone was gonna walk away safely. I guess its just always cool to see ho... (read full)

3.5/4  Do it fast.
Everytime this film is on TV, I watch it. It hooks me. I don't care how many times. I really enjoy the pacing, the plot, the acting by Hooper, the tough guy that plays Keanu and the charming Bullock. The film is a great option for passing ... (read full)

2/4  Speed Quick Review
What a horrible film. That's all I have to say about this film. Oh watch out it's a baby, shooo no it was just a grocery cart full of cans. Near miss!

2/4  Speed Quick Review
An action film based on a stupid idea with alright acting. Nothing special here, but if you want to see a bus jump a bridge and a bunch of stupid one liners delivered by Keanu Reeves then this is your flick.


3/4  Speed Quick Review
Surprisingly, Speed has held up well. While other movies released in the mid-90s seem so dated, Speed still can get the heart pumping. The premise is simple: keep a bus from going under 50 or it's going to explode. Throw in traffic, road work, camera tricks and a still-acting-like-his-crazy self Dennis Hopper and it's a formula for success.

4/5 blu-ray title
  by S. Ng (San Francisco, CA USA)
This is a excellent blu-ray title. The video and audio is very good.

Recommend to buy.

5/5 Blu-ray edition is superb value
  by Dr. Chuang Wei Ping (Singapore)
Blu-rays are about picture and sound quality. A review of Blu-ray edition of an old 1994 movie should be addressing the issue of added entertainment value when upgrading to the Blu-ray edition, not the story itself, which we are all familiar with.

A dvd of this movie cost a bomb back in the day. It has been shown countless times on free to air TV. I saw this movie in a theatre way back in 1994. Nostalgia made me buy Blu-rays of this movie along with Blu-ray Black Hawk Down, both at the same price. Naturally, I saw Black Hawk Down first, reserving Speed for later.

I totally underestimated SPEED. With the Blu-ray, (I hook up my TV to Bose 901 speakers) I was transported back to the cinema hall. The sound from the Blu-ray was awesome. Every explosion, collision, aeroplane, helicopter had a deep and tight bass sensurround sound. The bass on my speakers were truly put to the test. The deep rumblings of the bus and the sound of the crashing of the bus were true to life. Sounds were moving to and fro Left and Right speakers positioning the bus, helicopters and gunshots correctly. This made the Blu-ray worth every cent. The dialogue was crisp. I switched off the sub-titles and just enjoyed the whole Blu-ray performance, even though I had seen this movie on Full Screen TV free so many times before. With Blu-ray, this appeared to be a different movie altogether.

I cannot complain about the picture quality, although others might expect a better transfer. I can see every wrinkle on Dennis Hopper's face and the individual hairs on every actor's head in close-ups. For a 1994 movie, that is good enough for me. Colour saturation was good. The picture quality surpasses that of many Blu-rays which cost a lot more, and which are of more recent vintage.

Probably one of the most well spent $12.99 (price at the time of this review). The Blu-ray release surpasses expectations. Black Hawk Down has a more sombre theme, but somehow, the gunfire and helicopter crashes sounded a little disappointing. I expected better from Blu-ray Black Hawk Down and for value added by the Blu-ray edition. Blu-ray Black Hawk Down was better than the dvd, but it did not have the massive improvement Blu-ray brought to SPEED. The acoustics in SPEED sounded better than the recent Fast and Furious series of Blu-rays, to me anyway.

I am not in the position to comment about technical specifications, but for a person who has been disappointed by a lot of Blu-ray upgrades, SPEED added so much more enjoyment for such a small investment.

If Blu-rays reviews ignored the content and were rated according to "How much more did the Blu-ray edition add to your enjoyment of the movie compared to the dvd version", I would say SPEED BD would rank in the top few. Gladiator Blu-ray, on the other hand, would rank in the bottom few (if you ignored the 5 star contents).

And if you do not have a copy of SPEED, go straight for the affordable Blu-ray version of SPEED. I experienced a ressurection of a movie I once wrote off as "old". Excellent value for money.

5/5 An Awesome Action Film!!!
  by Pumpkin Man
This is an awesome film with plenty of suspense and action! Everybody does an awesome job. A few days after stopping a mad bomber named Howard Payne, Jack Traven is about to have a very bad morning because he finds out that Payne has put a bomb on a city bus, and if the bus goes below 50 MPH, the bus will explode, so Jack jumps aboard the bus and tries to keep everyone calm and help a woman named Annie Porter drive the bus. They must drive through rush hour, and jump a huge gap in the road. Will Jack be able to save the passengers and stop the bad guy? I highly recommend SPEED!!!

5/5 Dennis Hopper steals the show
  by Felix Austin (Sacramento, CA)
Excellent concept here, virtually the entire film takes place at top speed, and afterwards you get the feeling you have been on the chase for 2 hours also. Reeves and Bullock are fine, but the sinister performance from Hopper is by far the most memorable. This was during the time he was filming those acid-trip NIKE commercials, and his character here fits that bill. He manages to shine despite being in relatively few of the scenes. Maybe it was those commercials or other films he made, but he was entirely believable and perfect in the part. It had excitement, had a solid plot, but most of all, had Dennis Hopper at his sinister best.


5/5 Classic Action all time greats
  by G. D. Balasubramaniam (India)
One of the best early genere of action filims, a must for all of them who have seen this on big screen to now look at it in blue ray, anytime viewing for any age group. I am extremely thrilled to own this on blue ray