“Get ready for rush hour.”
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...
Jan de Bont
Mark Gordon
Graham Yost
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Mark Mancina
Keanu Reeves
Jack Traven
Dennis Hopper
Howard Payne
Sandra Bullock
Annie
Joe Morton
Capt. McMahon
Jeff Daniels
Harry
Alan Ruck
Stephens
Glenn Plummer
Jaguar Owner
Richard Lineback
Norwood
Beth Grant
Helen
Hawthorne James
Sam
Carlos Carrasco
Ortiz
David Kriegel
Terry
... and 48 more
JPV852
Entertaining action-thriller that made both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock stars. All of the scenes on the bus were great and while the finale was fine, the third act in of itself was contrived. No reason for Annie to be at the scene of the ransom drop; heck, one can argue Jack shouldn't have been ...
Wuchak
_**Get off the bus!**_ A SWAT officer in Los Angeles (Keanu Reeves) tries to save the lives of people on a bus from a mad bomber (Dennis Hopper) who has the vehicle rigged to blow up if it goes under 50 MPH. Sandra Bullock plays a passenger on the bus while Jeff Daniels is on hand as another SWAT...
CinemaSerf
For my money, this is Keanu Reeves' best (and hottest) performance. He is "Jack", an LAPD officer who finds himself embroiled in a bus-hostage situation. Not any ordinary kind of scenario, though - the bus is atop a bomb that will detonate if it slows below 50mph. He must track down the bus and figu...
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