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4.6

Speed 2: Cruise Control

PG-13·1997·125m

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Summary

A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.

Cast

Sandra Bullock

Annie

Jason Patric

Alex

Willem Dafoe

Geiger

Temuera Morrison

Juliano

Brian McCardie

Merced

Glenn Plummer

Maurice

Colleen Camp

Debbie

Lois Chiles

Celeste

Mike Hagerty

Harvey

Bo Svenson

Captain Pollard

Francis Guinan

Rupert

Jeremy Hotz

Ashton

Royale Watkins

Dante

Christine Firkins

Drew

Tamia

Sheri Silver

Kimmy Robertson

Liza (Cruise Director)

Patrika Darbo

Ruby Fisher

Connie Ray

Fran

Susan Barnes

Constance

Charles Parks

Frank

Enrique Murciano

Alejandro

Jessica Diz

Isabel

Alex Montesino

Control Room Chief Engineer

Mark Adair-Rios

Engine Room Crew Member #1

Xavier Coronel

Engine Room Crew Member #2

Tyler Patton

Engine Room Crew Member #3

Craig A. Pinckes

Engine Room Crew Member #4

Allison Dean

Marifa

Michael Robinson

Muster Deck Officer #1

Joe D'Angerio

Muster Deck Officer #2

Joe Foster

Pool Officer

Richard Speight Jr.

"C" Deck Officer

Michael O'Hagan

Supertanker Captain

Christopher Wynne

Supertanker Officer #1

Robert Herrick

Supertanker Officer #2

Ivory Broome

Supertanker Crew Member #1

Tim Conway

Mr. Kenter

Tommy J. Huff

Diaper Van Driver

Jay Lacopo

Real Estate Salesman

Alexander de Bont

Little Boy at Condo

Kathryn Rossetter

Mother at Condo

Mark Beltzman

Convertible Owner

Mark Kriski

News Reporter

Ben Meyerson

Bridge Officer #1

Ben Siegler

Policeman

Gustavo Laborie

Bridge Officer #2

Jennifer Badger

Passenger #1

Cheryl Bermeo

Passenger #2

Jeff Brockton

Passenger #3

Don Pulford

Passenger #4

Cliff McLaughlin

Passenger #5

Matthew Taylor

Passenger #6

P.J. Wagner

Passenger #7

May Boss

Passenger #8

Nancy Collet

Passenger #9

Wilma Edward

Woman on phone

Joe Morton

Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Story

Jan de Bont

Characters

Graham Yost

Screenplay

Jeff Nathanson

Screenplay, Story

Randall McCormick

Reviews

Geronimo1967

April 13, 2022

Keanu Reeves presumably had better things to do than star in this really far-fetched sequel. Sandra Bullock, however, reprises her role as "Annie", this time dating hunky cop "Alex" (Jason Patric). She isn't best pleased when she discovers his career is only marginally less dangerous than her ex (Reeves), so he decides to placate her by going on a luxury cruise. Unfortunately, it's the self same cruise that the belligerent "Geiger" (Willem Dafoe) has decided to wreck as he has quite some grudge with the shipping company. With relative ease, he manages to hijack the controls of the liner and set it on a collision course with a fully laden oil tanker. Can "Alex" and "Annie" thwart this dastardly plan? The story is just preposterous, and the acting talents of Patric would comfortably fit in an already full ashtray. Dafoe offers a reasonable degree of mania with his performance, but Bullock - except for quite a fun scene taking her driving test - takes very much a back seat during most of this rather fanciful yarn. The ending is actually quite exciting for a few moments but ends in a fashion that seems to elicit joy from a solution that I found quite hard to celebrate. Entirely forgettable from start to finish, this, I'm afraid.