Why : Speed infused tension, action and fear into the most common part of urban life - boarding a bus.A Los Angeles citybus is rigged with a bomb which will tear the vehicle apart if any of what follows happens. If the speedometer needle goes anywhere west of 50mph, the bus blows up. If anyone tries to get off, the bus blows up. Dennis Hopper’s insane of a villain didn’t mention the clause, if anyone tries to board the bus, the bus blows up. May be he was counting on the the prospective hitchhiker's fear of death. But that didn’t stop Keanu Reeves from getting onboard and what followed was action movie history. Sandra Bullock’s spontaneous act was an absolute delight. Jan de Bont’s directorial excellence was evident in retaining edge-of-the-seat thrills till the moment the bus explodes. Let us choose to forget the concluding moments in the subway.
The movie won Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing and the producers laughed all the way to the banks to count the $350 million it made at the box-office. Its sequel was a dud, though.
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