Speed 2: Cruise Control

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Speed 2: Cruise Control

PG-13

1997

2h 5m

Action

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Annie is looking forward to a Caribbean cruise with her cop boyfriend, Alex, who purchased the tickets to make up for lying about working on the SWAT team. Their trip turns dangerous, however, when an explosion disables the ship's communication system, and it becomes clear that the vessel is under someone else's control. Alex and Annie must fight for survival as they discover that John Geiger, a crazed passenger, is behind the chaos.

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Critics Consensus

Speed 2 falls far short of its predecessor, thanks to laughable dialogue, thin characterization, unsurprisingly familiar plot devices, and action sequences that fail to generate any excitement.

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Carol Buckland

CNN.com

Jan 5, 2018

It's not really worth sinking your time and money into. This movie is more floundering than fun.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Jun 20, 2014

2/4

An ear-splitting amusement-park attraction posing as a movie.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

May 28, 2013

Speed 2 is frantic action, tinny dialogue, perfunctory characterization and tried-and-false plot pilferings.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 9, 2023

2/4

A seriously inferior sequel...

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Sep 1, 2022

F

This is probably as good a time as any to point out that Orson Welles scrounged for budgets all his life, yet studios routinely throw $110 million at crap like "Speed 2."

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Stefan Pape

Common Sense Media

Jul 28, 2022

2/5

This Keanu Reeves-less sequel is masked by its commitment to non-stop action and entertainment, that you're almost distracted from its shortcomings, of which there are many.

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Stephen C

@dogfood23111 Nov 5, 2026

This movie is rated PG-13.

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Paul G

@Fred1963 Oct 28, 2026

When asked between the worst film ever made, I'm really torn between Dead Calm and the Speed franchise - the biggest thing in Dead Calm's favour is that, as far as I'm aware, there is not, and never will be a sequel..... People seem to think that Speed 2 is somehow inferior to Speed - it isn't; both are ludicrous, but rinsing and repeating just makes that harder to deny....

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Justin W

@RT37619642 Oct 21, 2026

Jason Patrick was a terrible choice for the lead in this ridiculously stupid movie. There is ZERO chemistry between him and Sandra Bullock, also him flirting with a deaf minor in the first 15 minutes of the film is super weird and inappropriate. Honestly, nearly every scene with him is just gross. you really can't root for a hero that creeps you out. Without Reeves, they should have just had Bullock do this one herself. Willam Defoe is hilarious as the main bad guy, but that isn't really what they were going for. If you view this movie as a comedy it is somewhat entertaining, but very hard to get past Patrick's awful screen presence.

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Gareth V

@geewah Oct 15, 2026

A slow, charmless retread that proves how much of the original’s magic came down to Reeves, Bullock and a very simple idea. A mess of a movie.

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Mickey B

@Mickerdoo Sep 22, 2026

Could work if it wasn’t a sequel, Bullock wasn’t reprising, less cheesy, was shorter and more practical. Unfortunately it’s the opposite.

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Ace R

@dragoneca2 Sep 21, 2026

The first one was way better then this one. Speed 2 is BAD, REAL BAD. I do not recommend viewing this movie. Unless you want to waste your time. 👎😡👎😡👎😡

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Synopsis

Annie is looking forward to a Caribbean cruise with her cop boyfriend, Alex, who purchased the tickets to make up for lying about working on the SWAT team. Their trip turns dangerous, however, when an explosion disables the ship's communication system, and it becomes clear that the vessel is under someone else's control. Alex and Annie must fight for survival as they discover that John Geiger, a crazed passenger, is behind the chaos.

Director: Jan de Bont
Producer: Michael Peyser, Jan de Bont, Steve Perry
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, Randall McCormick
Production Co: Blue Tulip, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.1M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Surround

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