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Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

» Having long since broken things off with her boyfriend, Annie and her new beau plan a romantic holiday on an ocean liner. Likewise the supposed big climax is unengaging and smacks of desperation - bang for buck and all that. His villain is a joke and never threatens in the way that Hopper's did who managed to be funny and scary. He lacks charisma and is quite unconvincing. Alex tries to stop him. He's Geiger, a computer man who designed the ship's systems, who was fired.

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

The speed is a problem and it is almost laughable it works so poorly! The cruiser setting also is daft when seen beside the bus concept - the vast majority of the audience will ride a bus quite often, very few of us can relate to an ocean liner! She dated the cop who saved her but broke up with him because he was constantly putting his life in danger. It is a bad impression all round. When onboard a disgruntled ex-employee of the liner disables the computer controls and sets it on a collision course while he escapes with his goods. The cast is another problem. To demonstrate this, I never once gave a rats' ass what was happening - people got crushed by the boat and mangled in it's propellers unseen but the film or me never care and never lingers. That the film is constantly harking back to a much better film is a big problem, it would almost have been smarter just to move totally away than to retread. The smell of desperation is in the air from the very start when Reeves declined to star, although Bullock was more desperate and did it.

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

Annie Porter, the woman who was held on a bus with a bomb attached to it that will go off if it slows down. But when he notices another passenger act peculiar, he can't help but try to find out what's up with him. But she eventually learns that he works for the same unit that the other guy worked for and is also addicted to danger. He then takes over the ship's systems and sets it on a course that will send it into a tanker. De Bont never gets up a decent head of steam and he shows his inability to inject drama out of his own skill - anyone can point a camera, not everyone can or should direct. . Overall this is as good a reason for not making unplanned sequels as any - there should be a board to approve all sequels to prevent cashing in! Bullock tries to repeat her sparky performance from the first film - when she manages it, it only feels like an impression, when she doesn't manage it she is cast as a shrieking beauty needing saving.

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

However she also struggles from a lack of chemistry with Patric. The memory of the original is cheapen by this nasty film that is uninspiring and unthrilling at best, dull and stupid at worst. And he's planning to propose to her. A dull 2 hours later, I was wondering why I wasted my time with a film that was so clearly all at sea. Martin after jumping off the ship. The whole set up never really feels immediate or threatening, even when the boat swings out of control it is difficult to feel terrified as the boat slooooowly goes towards the tanker, worst come to worst people can jump off to safety. As if Twister hadn't done it already, Speed 2 basically showed us that the potential that was shown by De Bont's debut was clearly misplaced and he has yet to show he was really anything other than in the right place at the right time when it came to Speed.

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

The plot is plain silly and never gets close to being involving. She would then date a guy named Alex who is also a cop but told her that he does a mundane assignment. She wants to break up with but he surprises her with a cruise. Dafoe is awful; he drags the film down as much as anyone. . . .

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