The worst thing about a movie on a bus is that you can't escape from it. All the worst movies I've ever seen have been viewed on a bus, but this one outranks even Pearl Harbor.
While I haven't seen the first Speed, I have heard that is a superb film. The idea of a bus that cannot slow down without exploding is indeed terrifying. Somehow, the idea of a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean is not nearly as chilling. In fact, it is very poor.
Nothing seems to work in this movie. The leading man is uncharismatic and wooden, the villain is pitiful, the "heroine" is extremely unfunny and vapid and the little deaf girl is just a ploy for sympathy, which fails miserably.
The script is so awful it defies logic. A series of "jokes" falls flat (why is the destruction of an entire community at the end supposed to be portrayed as funny? All the stupid jokes they try and make during its destruction seem to indicate they were trying to be comedic.) and the romantic element is below average. The guy telling the girl his police badge number to show his love will not exactly surpass Romeo and Juliet.
The villain's motive is never explained, unless I missed that while trying to gnaw through my wrists, and is appalling at best.
Overall, unless you want to torture yourself, give this steaming pile of tripe a miss.
0/10 if I could.
While I haven't seen the first Speed, I have heard that is a superb film. The idea of a bus that cannot slow down without exploding is indeed terrifying. Somehow, the idea of a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean is not nearly as chilling. In fact, it is very poor.
Nothing seems to work in this movie. The leading man is uncharismatic and wooden, the villain is pitiful, the "heroine" is extremely unfunny and vapid and the little deaf girl is just a ploy for sympathy, which fails miserably.
The script is so awful it defies logic. A series of "jokes" falls flat (why is the destruction of an entire community at the end supposed to be portrayed as funny? All the stupid jokes they try and make during its destruction seem to indicate they were trying to be comedic.) and the romantic element is below average. The guy telling the girl his police badge number to show his love will not exactly surpass Romeo and Juliet.
The villain's motive is never explained, unless I missed that while trying to gnaw through my wrists, and is appalling at best.
Overall, unless you want to torture yourself, give this steaming pile of tripe a miss.
0/10 if I could.