Speed 2: Cruise Control
Director: Jan de Bont
Genre: Disaster, Thriller, Action, Romance Film, Action/Adventure, Action Thrillers
Year: 1997
Country: United States of America
Language: Portuguese Language, English Language, American Sign Language
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Jason Patric, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins, Michael G. Hagerty, Colleen Camp, Lois Chiles, Jeremy Hotz, Jessica Diz, Enrique Murciano, Connie Ray, Kimmy Robertson, Patrika Darbo, Francis Guinan, Tamia, Tim Conway, Charles Parks
Speed 2: Cruise Control is a 1997 action–thriller film, and a sequel to Speed (1994). The film was produced and directed by Jan de Bont, and written by Randall McCormick and Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by de Bont and McCormick. Sandra Bullock stars in the film, reprising her role from Speed, while Jason Patric and Willem Dafoe co-star. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on June 13, 1997.
The plot involves couple Annie (Bullock) and Alex (Patric) taking a vacation in the Caribbean aboard a luxury cruise ship, which is hijacked by a villain named Geiger (Dafoe) by hacking into the ship's computer system. As they are trapped aboard the ship, Annie and Alex work with the ship's first officer (Temuera Morrison) to try to stop the ship, which they discover is programmed to sail into an oil tanker.
De Bont came up with the idea for the film after he had a recurring nightmare about a cruise ship crashing into an island. Speed star Keanu Reeves was initially supposed to reprise his role for the sequel, but decided not to commit and was replaced by Patric prior to filming. Production took place aboard Seabourn Legend, the ship on which the film is set. The film's final scene,
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