Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
It’s Die Hard…
on a ship again, a cruise ship this time.
Is the main character an average Joe?
Like in the first Speed Sandra is her average Jane self, her boyfriend is a member of the SWAT-team.
Sidekick?
No, it’s just our couple.
Any personal problems?
It seems Sandra has broken up with Keanu because she couldn’t stand his dangerous line of work. Her new boyfriend was aware of this and told her he was just a patrol cop but she finds out he has been lying to her as he is actually also a member of the SWAT team. As an apology he takes Sandra on a cruise.
Is the lead character there by coincidence?
Yes, they were just going on a cruise.
Are there any friends or family in danger?
Since they’re not married there’s no family in danger, just friends. There are a lot of other families in danger though.
What’s at stake and why aren’t the authorities doing anything?
Lives mostly. The villain of the piece is a disgruntled ex-employee of a software company that designed computer systems for several cruise ships including of course the cruise ship featured in the movie. He just wants to wreak havoc and succeeds in doing so. The authorities aren’t aware of the ship being hijacked.
Any charismatic villains?
Willem Dafoe plays Geiger the software developer who developed copper poisoning at work. Just think about that for a second and question yourself why you are stilling sitting behind your computer getting sick.
Is it any good?
It underachieved at the box office and was hated by critics everywhere. So, no it isn’t.
They are planning a remake, I would go for Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Joe Manganiello, Milo Ventimiglia, Tom Welling, Chris Evans, Chris Pine, Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Runner, Derek Theler, or D.J. Cotrona as Gabe Walker; and Billy Zane, Kevin Spacey, Dominic Pace, Alec Baldwin, Gil Banks, Hugo Weaving, Robert Knepper, Brian Van Holt, Travis Fine, Skeet Ulrich, or Dash Mihok as Qualen.
I think there is a way to improve The Taking of Beverly Hills, like instead an undercover Fed helped crippled a militia group and imprisoned many members including their leader. But the leader’s brother and a few members of the group plant bombs all over Beverly Hills, and threaten to set them off if the leader is not released, and the undercover fed seeks out the bombs while his partners buy him time.
Blast is good, but it would be worthwhile to note that, Agent Lisa Reed (Vivica A. Fox) finds out that Michael Kittridge (Vinnie Jones) is actually a mercenary named Skyler Talbot and had killed the real Kittridge and stole his identity to throw off authorities.
I would like to see Christmas Rush. Anyone know where to find it?
There are some sites that list it as streamable, but I don’t know how legit they are. If you own an XBMC player I would advise you to look on that network.
What is an XBMC Player? I have never heard of one.
In most cases they are mediaplayers running Android. Because they run Android they can download an app named XBMC from Google’s Play Store. XBMC allows you to search and stream movies
Don’t forget the other scenarios like Terminal Rush, Interceptor, Crash Dive, Counter Measures, 12 Rounds: Reloaded, 12 Rounds: Lockdown, Project: Shadow Chaser, Command Performance, Demolition University, Cyberjack/Virtual Assassin, Final Voyage, and Air Rage.
For Speed 2: Cruise Control, it should have been Direct to Video, and not a sequel to Speed. The lead villain should have been a pirate instead of soft ware designer turned mad bomber trying to blow up a ship.
Every time I see “Air Force One” I remember that in the Tom Clancy novels, the character of Jack Ryan becomes president. This film could have been part of the saga starring Harrison Ford, if he had continued it.