When it comes to the passengers that Bullock and Patric encounter, it feels almost like they are there to be examples of ‘possible futures’ for Alex and Annie.īecause it’s a cruise ship, the majority of the passengers our leading couple meet, are married couples with problems of their own. In the first Speed, the passengers on the bus were somewhat one-dimensional, but they still managed to stay entertaining.
The writers even throw in a little referential jab, when Maurice finds out Allen is also a member of the LAPD (“Do you know how many hours of therapy I’ve had because of you guys?”).
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Almost as a nod to the first film, Patrick’s character commandeers Maurice’s new mode of transportation, a boat (also bearing the name “Tuneman,” just like his Jaguar’s license plate). In the sequel, Plummer’s character is now living on the island that the ship crashed into. In Speed, Reeves’ character commandeers his Jaguar to get onto the bus. One of the more memorable minor characters from the first film, was Maurice (Glenn Plummer). The legacy of “Tuneman” lives on, in “Speed 2: Cruise Control.” Joe Morton returned as LAPD officer McMahon, though having gone down from a Captain’s role, to that of a Lieutenant.
Of course, most sequels usually bring back a few familiar, supporting characters to earn a few extra dollars, and that happened with two actors from the first film Sandra Bullock also was going to turn down the sequel, but she accepted the studio’s payday (for $11-13 million!), with the added caveat that Fox fund a film she wanted to make (1998’s Hope Floats). Instead, Reeves chose to tour with his band ( Dogstar), and star in opposite Robert Deniro, in The Devil’s Advocate. One of the most famous stories regarding money and the cast, was Keanu Reeves turning down a payday of over $10 million to appear in the sequel. To many, that seemed excessive when compared to it’s first film’s more ‘modest’ budget. While Titanic was on many person’s minds that year with it’s rocky production stories and $200 million budget, Speed 2 came up with budget estimates between $100-120 million. However, some of the cast and crew couldn’t say no to a bigger paycheck from the studio. Sure, the creation of sequels to successful films usually means that bigger paydays are in order, but when it came to Speed, many from that film felt there really was no need to continue what seemed a pretty simple story. I wish I had some loftier purpose, but, I’m afraid it all comes down to the money, Jack” – Howard Payne, Speed (1994) However, Alex’s calming getaway plans are put on hold, when a man named John Geiger (played by Willem Dafoe), comes aboard, with a major revenge plan, and his own agenda. This story tries to show us that Alex IS actually more of a settling-down guy than Jack, as he convinces her to go on a caribbean cruise, where he intends to propose to her. That’s our Annie: just wants a nice quiet LAPD officer, but keeps ending up with the guys who are livin’ on the edge, 90’s style!
This quickly became the jumping-off point for the sequel.Īnnie (Sandra Bullock) and Alex (Jason Patric) The hook for the sequel seemed to elude the filmmakers for awhile, until director Jan De Bont recalled a recurring nightmare he would have, where a cruise ship crashed into an island. So…how could Hollywood mess up that happy ending? In several ways. The mad bomber Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) had been taken care of, the bus had exploded, and Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) and Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock), had ended up in each other’s arms. When looking at the prospects of a sequel from the first film, there really didn’t seem to be much left to expand upon. Of course, Fox already had high hopes for the film upon early word-of-mouth, and after seeing how well it performed over it’s first weekend, they quickly greenlit a sequel.
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On the TV show The Critic, it’s writers envisioned a 30-second sequel titled Speed Reading, in which Dennis Hopper’s character rigs a book to explode, and has Reeves’ character try to read it (“Bogus!”). Homer Simpson couldn’t recall it’s title in a Simpsons episode, only recalling it was “about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping it’s speed over 50.” Shortly after it’s release, Speed quickly ended up the butt of some pop-culture jokes. From “The Critic’s” parody trailer, for “Speed Reading.”
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