Rush hour hits the water.
Annie Porter, the woman who was held on a bus with a bomb attached to it that will go off if it slows down. She dated the cop who saved her but broke up with him because he was constantly putting his life in danger. She would then date a guy named Alex who is also a cop but told her that he does a mundane assignment. But she eventually learns that he works for the same unit that the other guy worked for and is also addicted to danger.
She wants to break up with but he surprises her with a cruise. She agrees to go. And he’s planning to propose to her. But when he notices another passenger act peculiar, he can’t help but try to find out what’s up with him. He’s Geiger, a computer man who designed the ship’s systems, who was fired. He then takes over the ship’s systems and sets it on a course that will send it into a tanker. Alex tries to stop him.
Speed 2: Cruise Control is a 1997 American disaster thriller film, and a sequel to Speed (1994). It 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.
Principal photography took place from September 23, 1996, to late February 1997.[49] Film crews moved to West Palm Beach and Miami, Florida in July 1996 anticipating shooting in each location for several weeks later that year. However, due to scheduling issues with Patric, production did not take place in West Palm Beach and there were “just a few days” filming in Miami.
The Miami production took place in a gymnasium and boat hangar at the Dinner Key marina complex, rented by Fox. After spending over $55,000 on repairs to the facilities, Fox refused to pay the $35,000 in rental fees to the City of Miami. The city sued for the rent since Fox did not seek approval for the repairs, and a compromise was reached when the city credited some repair costs, resulting in Fox paying around $26,000 rent.
Speed 2: Cruise Control premiered at the Cineplex Odeon in Century City, Los Angeles on June 9, 1997, and was released into theaters on June 13. The release date was rescheduled twice—originally set for July 2 and pushed up to June 6 to avoid competition with Men in Black and Titanic (which was then scheduled for July), then moved back one week to avoid competition with Con Air.
During its opening weekend, Speed 2 was shown on 2,615 screens and grossed $16.2 million. Despite the negative reviews, it ranked at number one in the box office, grossing just $500,000 more than Con Air in second place. Box office sales for Speed 2 dropped 54 percent the following weekend, grossing only $7.8 million and ranking at number five.
The film grossed only $48 million in the United States, and had a total gross of $164.5 million worldwide. Moviefone and Time have both ranked the film among the biggest box office bombs of all time.
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Directed by: Jan de Bont
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Glenn Plummer, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins, Tamia, Connie Ray, Jessica Diz
Screenplay by: Randall McCormick, Jeff Nathanson
Production Design by: Bill Kenney, Joseph C. Nemec
Cinematography by: Jack N. Green
Film Editing by: Alan Cody
Costume Design by: Louise Frogley
Set Decoration by: Cindy Carr, Bob Kensinger
Art Direction by: Dan Olexiewicz, Daniel Ross, William Ladd Skinner
Music by: Mark Mancina
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: June 13, 1997
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