If you have ever seen the film “Speed,” you might know why this film is considered a classic among critics. The basic premise of this film involves someone who binds the bottom of the metro bus with explosives that will explode if the speed drops below 50 miles per hour. It has a very large critical and commercial success when released in 1994 and eventually becomes a Box Office Smash, producing more than $ 300 million worldwide (through the Hollywood Reporter).
The thriller that pumps adrenaline starring in Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter, an impossible hero who leads the run away, and Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven, young Lapd police who try their best to make everyone out of dangerous difficulties. This film is a life changer for Bullock and Reeves, who are still actors who are on the rise, not their current megastar.
You may already know now, but there are also other “heroes” that cannot be abandoned when talking about the film: The fleet that plays the Santa Monica bus that is not stopped 2525. According to IMDB, ten buses are used to create the film.
Look closer to the bus used in speed
The bus plays a central role in the film and deserves praise as much as the actors. Because this film comes from the 90s, many acrobatical scenes are not filmed using CGI technology and vice versa done directly. AV Club reports that the bus is specifically modified for use in their respective scenes. For example, some buses remove the windshield, other buses are used to shoot high -speed order, some are brought in, only to be blown up, and there are buses stripped for the end of the climate at the end.
The hand down, the biggest action is the jumping scene that challenges death where the bus filled with passengers seems to jump over the unfinished obstacle. Fortunately for the actors, there are no buses jumping over this unfinished fiction bridge in real life. Conversely, the producer “Speed” hired a stuntman to jump from the 8 -foot high road they built in the set. They then use computer technology to sew the bus recordings from various corners of the recording to create an illusion that the bus spends 11 seconds in the air (via AV Club). The first jump does not go as expected: it flies 109 feet in the air, which is far further than needed. So, they took action twice to make sure they had shots.
