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Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

Jan de Bont

Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Plummer ...

3.3

13,905

Action A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Empire	"A pedestrian thriller that never captures the thrill of the first (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Thompson AV Club	"For all the dazzling digital explosions and cool underwater photography, most of the action revolves around mundane stuff (...) A feeble, aimless piece of junk"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The special effects sequences in the movie are first-rate (...) Is the movie fun? Yes (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"Not nearly as clever at taxing the audience's knuckles as its forerunner, 'Speed 2' still manages to stay above board long enough to merit a look-see"	NEU
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"Not nearly as clever at taxing the audience's knuckles as its forerunner, 'Speed 2' still manages to stay above board long enough to merit a look-see"	NEU
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"'Speed 2' can be numbered among the worst second chapters ever made."	NEG
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"Hampered by a derivative, cliche-ridden screenplay (...) [it] is a serviceable summer action-thriller that takes too long to deliver its anticipated goods"	NEU
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"'Speed 2' is as slow-moving as a garbage scow. Those blinking lights might as well be emanating from a vital-signs monitor."	NEG
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Despite huge resources at Mr. De Bont's disposal and the fact that both he and Ms. Bullock have achieved stellar status since ''Speed'' screeched onto movie screens, the sequel is still a B-movie at heart."	NEU
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Though it displays enough perils to put a dent in future cruise ship sales, the film has a makeshift, slapdash quality that is the opposite of its predecessor."	NEG
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"The 1994 'Speed,' which starred Bullock and Keanu Reeves, was hardly 'King Lear' on a bus, but it was an entertaining ride. But this movie is nothing but pain to sit through."	NEG
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"'Speed' made millions on mindless, empty thrills; this laborious sequel is just as mindless and empty but lacks the thrills."	NEG

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