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As the girl who took control of a runaway bus, Annie is now in a
runaway relationship with hunky Jason Patric, a SWAT cop. Running
away to the Caribbean gives them the chance to run afoul of Willem
Dafoe, the deranged man trying to rob/crash the ship. Faster than you
can say "Poseidon Adventure", Jason Patric has figured the guy out
and is on to foiling his plan with Sandra Bullock's help. All three
do a good job. The males had a positive reaction to Bullock in a
couple of skimpy outfits; females had the same reaction to Patric's
open shirts and tux. But that isn't enough. Even bringing back
Glenn Plummer as Maurice didn't add the spark "Speed 2" needed.
Conceived while De Bont was working on "Twister", "Speed 2" relies
too heavily on tried-and-true means of making us care about the
characters, relies too heavily on big explosive effects, and relies
way too much on the chemistry between Bullock and Patric. But I'm
sure it will be able to keep its head above water in this summer's
deluge of films and maybe "Speed 3" will be more to my liking. Rated
R, Twentieth Century Fox
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