Rating of
0.5/4
“Wait! You’re my hostage!”
Indyfreak - wrote on 07/27/19
On its own terms, Speed 2: Cruise Control is a lame movie. It’s boring instead of exciting in terms of story and cliche instead of creative with the action. But as a sequel to one of the most tightly plotted and relentlessly paced action films ever made, Cruise Control is a momentous failure.
The film opens up during a police chase that awkwardly rewrites the first movie. It takes close to forty-five minutes before any real action occurs afterwards in a two hour film. It’s an eternity.
The cast looks miserable and as if they all hate each other. Except for Willem Dafoe as the villain who seems like the only person having fun. The absence of Keanu Reeves is the elephant in the room. Sandra Bullock has no chemistry with Jason Patric who spends more time rescuing a deaf girl than her!
The climactic crash scene arrives far too late. Then there’s another mini boss fight for no reason other than padding the running time.
At some point, Dafoe cries out “Wait! You’re my hostage!”. He’s talking directly to me, you, and anybody else that watches this movie.
