[67], Instead of using stunt doubles, De Bont persuaded Bullock, Patric, and Dafoe to perform their own stunts, so the scenes would appear more realistic; the lead actors were required to engage in physical exercise sessions before and during filming. DVD. Geiger remotely detonates explosives inside the room. Annie (Sandra Bullock) and her policeman boyfriend Alex (Jason Patrick) decide to take a romantic ocean cruise together. Having long since broken things off with her boyfriend, Annie and her new beau plan a romantic holiday on an ocean liner. "[116], Speed 2: Cruise Control premiered at the Cineplex Odeon in Century City, Los Angeles on June 9, 1997, and was released into theaters on June 13. [38] After Reeves declined to appear in Speed 2, the screenplay was rewritten to remove his character from the story, which De Bont wanted to deal with early in the film. 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. Speed 2: Cruise Control is a movie starring Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison. PG; Critics Consensus 4% HD; CC; Action & Adventure; 2 Hours 5 Minutes 2002; 2.6 • 9 Ratings; Annie (Sandra Bullock) and her policeman boyfriend Alex (Jason Patrick) decide to take a romantic ocean cruise together. "[99], It is also considered to be one of the worst film sequels of all time, and many publications have placed Speed 2 on their lists of the worst film sequels. [15], Despite the overwhelming negative reviews, the film did receive some positive feedback. Aboard the ship, deranged passenger John Geiger, a former cyber employee of the cruise company, hacks into the ship's computer system, and the following evening, he destroys the ship's communication systems and kills Captain Pollard. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on June 13, 1997. [59] Severe weather conditions from Hurricane Lili delayed production activity on the ship for several days, and caused seasickness among the cast and crew for the remainder of the production at sea. It had to be rebuilt with hurricane-proof buildings. "[97] According to the Los Angeles Times, even children who saw the film felt it was strange that it took place on a ship "not capable of going more than a few knots per hour [sic]", and claimed that Speed was "much more logical. [10], Hundreds of ideas for a sequel were submitted to De Bont, all of which he turned down in favor of his own idea, based on a recurring nightmare he experienced about a cruise ship crashing into an island. [68] Stunt coordinator Dick Ziker was very impressed with Patric's stuntwork, and said that he "is so physical he probably could be one of the top stunt men in the world. She dated the cop who saved her but broke up with him because he was constantly putting his life in danger. [73], On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 4% based on reviews from 71 critics, with an average rating of 3.4/10. De Bont had the idea for the film after he had a recurring nightmare about a cruise ship crashing into an island. The crew notice that Geiger has set the ship to crash into an oil tanker off the coast of Saint Martin. Annie Porter, the woman who was held on a bus with a bomb attached to it that will go off if it slows down. [79], In addition to UB40 and Brown, the soundtrack features reggae music from: Jimmy Cliff, Common Sense, Maxi Priest, Shaggy, Rayvon, and Betty Wright. Speed 2 Cruise Control 1997 BRRip x264 AAC Dual Audio. "[50] Joe Morton reprised his role from Speed as SWAT lieutenant Herb "Mac" McMahon in an uncredited cameo appearance in the beginning of the film. John Geiger (Willem Dafoe), the designer of the ship's computer system was fired and cast aside by the computer company he worked for, and now he wants revenge. [81][82] The Speed 2: Cruise Control soundtrack album was released by Virgin Records on May 20, 1997, about one month before the film's release. It was released by Virgin Records in May 1997, nearly a month before the film's release. Annie and Dante, the ship's photographer, notice the people trapped behind the fire doors, and Annie uses a chainsaw to cut the door open and let them out. [44] Glenn Plummer was cast as a character named Maurice whose boat is hijacked by Alex, reprising his role from Speed as a Jaguar owner whose car is hijacked by Jack. The film's plot features the story of a runaway bus armed with a bomb that will explode if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). He lacks charisma and is quite unconvincing. June 13, 1997 | 2h 05m Buy or Rent . The sequel to 1995's surprise drive-a-bus hit has barely caused a ripple at the box office. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. To avoid collision with the oil tanker, Alex and Dante go into the ship's bilge and use the bow thrusters to turn it. The film score features reggae music to serve as a love theme and complement the film's Caribbean vacation setting. 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 plot is plain silly and never gets close to being involving. Complex ranked the film first on a list of The 50 Worst Sequels of All Time, calling it "one of the worst 'event' movies ever conceived", while praising Reeves' choice not to return for the sequel, and referring to Patric as "wooden and woefully miscast. Speed 2: Cruise Control. After he catches the driver of the vehicle, his girlfriend Annie Porter runs into him during her driving test. [4][5] Even though their contracts did not obligate them to do so, Fox expected Reeves and Bullock to reprise their roles,[11] and envisioned the follow-up film with Reeves and Bullock's characters as a married couple. "[127] The Family Guy episode "Blind Ambition" (2005) includes a parody of the film's finale where a cruise ship crashes into a pier and through a city before stopping in the middle of an airport. The rest of the ship was added through computer-generated special effects during post-production. [29], Gary Oldman turned down the role of the villain, Geiger, to star as another villain in Air Force One (1997). "[49] Tamia worked with De Bont and producer Quincy Jones to choose a song for her character to perform in the film, and selected "Make Tonight Beautiful",[49] which was written by Diane Warren. This caused Annie to repeatedly state that `relationships built on etc etc never work out', all in an effort to explain it away and help the audience move on. After viewing the scene where Geiger attaches leeches to his body to cleanse his blood, Mancina felt the scene was "so gross" that he wrote a "slimy theme" for the character, which is distinctively different from the rest of the music. Once at sea, however, a disgruntled passenger has other plans. [101], Bullock has since regretted starring in the film, and stated that the script was to blame for the negative reception of the film. All in all I give Speed 2: Cruise Control 4/5 stars. She agrees to go. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures are added every day. The threadbare script is mostly to blame. WATCH FROM . The production crew did not have a winch system available for the underwater shoot as depicted in the scene, so a pulley system was created by feeding Patric a rope that was attached to the axle of a car that drove along the barge. "[76], To complement the film's Caribbean setting, the soundtrack consists of mostly reggae music. Armed with skeet guns, he goes with Juliano to Geiger's cabin. But she eventually learns that he works for the same unit that the other guy worked for and is also addicted to danger. rcs0411@yahoo.com. Speed 2 Cruise Control 1997 DvdRip. $3.99. "[68], Composer Mark Mancina wrote the film score for Speed 2 having previously composed the scores for Speed and Twister. The finale scene was filmed in the town of Marigot, Saint Martin. Despite the negative reviews, it ranked at number one in the box office, grossing just $500,000 more than Con Air in second place. Alex jumps off, hijacks a speed boat and pursues Geiger to a seaplane. He passed on Speed 2 in order to star in the horror film The Devil's Advocate (1997), which was filmed at the same time, then subsequently toured with his band, Dogstar. Speed 2: Cruise Control. Dafoe is awful; he drags the film down as much as anyone. Was this review helpful to you? She agrees to go. The soundtrack featured mostly reggae music. De Bont wanted 16 steel drum players, but due to a lack of available players, Mancina used eight drums which were double-tracked. Likewise the supposed big climax is unengaging and smacks of desperation - bang for buck and all that. HoloLens PC Mobile device Xbox 360 Trailer. Speed 2: Cruise Control None 1997. And he's planning to propose to her. As the sun sets slowly in the West, Speed 2: Cruise Control sinks without a trace. Alex tries to stop him. He opted against miniature scale models or computer-generated imagery (CGI) to provide a sense of realism for the actors and the audience. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on June 13, 1997, to negative reviews. 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[14] Neither Yost nor Speed producer Mark Gordon were asked to participate in the sequel, although Yost received a "characters created by" credit and Gordon was credited as executive producer for Speed 2. Speed 2 Cruise Control 1997 DvdRip 695MB. She dated the cop who saved her but broke up with him because he was constantly putting his life in danger. Find the perfect Speed 2: Cruise Control stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. [45][46] To add comic relief, De Bont cast comedian Tim Conway as Annie's driving instructor, and hoped it would be a comeback role for him. [15] Randall McCormick was hired to write the sequel in 1994 and received a story credit along with De Bont. [122][123], The film received eight Razzie Award nominations out of 12 possible categories at the 18th Golden Raspberry Awards, and had the second-highest number that year following Batman and Robin (1997), which had 11 nominations. [117] The release date was rescheduled twice—originally set for July 2 and pushed up to June 6 to avoid competition with Men in Black and Titanic (which was then scheduled for July), then moved back one week to avoid competition with Con Air. He's Geiger, a computer man who designed the ship's systems, who was fired. But when he notices another passenger act peculiar, he can't help but try to find out what's up with him. Speed star Keanu Reeves was initially supposed to reprise his role as Jack Traven for the sequel, but decided not to commit and was replaced by Patric before filming. Find Speed 2: Cruise Control Premiere stock photos in HD and millions of other editorial images in the Shutterstock collection. [72] Some themes from Speed were included in the score between sections of the newly written material. He climbs onto the plane and rescues Annie, and both escape from the plane on one of its floats, which falls onto the ocean. Watch Speed 2: Cruise Control. [63] The five-minute scene cost $25 million to produce, roughly one quarter of the film's entire budget,[16] and set records as both the largest and the most expensive stunt ever filmed. [49][62], The underwater scene where Alex swims underneath the ship was filmed in the Tongue of the Ocean off the coast of New Providence in the Bahamas. Speed 2: Cruise Control was pushed as big as an event movie could be pushed and FOX first dated it for the Independence Day holiday frame on July 2, but then a big scheduling conflict arose with Titanic. A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger. After spending over $55,000 on repairs to the facilities, Fox refused to pay the $35,000 in rental fees to the City of Miami. [124] At the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, the film was nominated for three awards. [58] Bullock and Patric also had a scene filmed in an underwater tank where they had to kiss underwater with Bullock's hands tied together. "[83] In 2010, New York film critic David Edelstein featured an article on Speed 2 that described it as the "Worst Sequel of All", mainly due to the film's explanation for the absence of Reeves' character.