Speed 2
The original 1994 Speed is great: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are on a bus with a bomb strapped to it and they can’t slow down or it’ll explode. It’s a simple, stupid, and deeply enjoyable premise.
The 1997 sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, isn’t so lucky. In it, Keanu has been replaced by Jason Patric and the bus has been replaced by a boat. Bullock is still around, and she and Patric are on a luxury cruise ship headed to the Caribbean. Unfortunately, the boat is hijacked by the film’s villain, Gieger, played by Willem Dafoe, who programs the boat to crash into an oil tanker. While that might sounds like a fun premise, the movie still sucks. Critics noted that placing the story on a slow-moving boat wasn’t quite as exciting as a bus careening through the streets of L.A. The film won a slew of Raspberries and has rightfully been considered one of the worst sequels ever.
