Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) Review
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The sequel that removed the one thing making the original work. A cruise ship cannot go fast, and the whole premise was speed.
Jan de Bont directed Speed and Twister and had earlier been the cinematographer on Die Hard and Basic Instinct. He is Dutch and the camera work on Die Hard is a substantial part of why it works.
Jan de BontSpeed 2: Cruise Control (1997) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The sequel that removed the one thing making the original work. A cruise ship cannot go fast, and the whole premise was speed.
Jan de BontJan de Bont's 1996 tornado-chase. Foundation for every storm-chasing production since.
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