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It’s hard not to notice the “correct” thinking that went into determining the passengers’ demographics. The novelty here may be in assigning large-size Debbie (Colleen Camp) and Harvey (Michael G. Hagerty), a couple who share an extraordinary passion for food, more substantial parts than is the norm. The ship itself is of course supplied with a cross-section of typical passengers, who in addition to the diamond dealers include a fat-acceptance group and a deaf girl who gets trapped in an elevator and can't hear the abandon-ship alarm. The captain is thrown overboard early in the film, after Geiger explains his grievance. (Seems like a waste, somehow, to go to the trouble of lodging your complaint with someone you immediately kill.) Then it's up to the hero and his girlfriend to save the day. A governor was used by James Watt and Matthew Boulton in 1788 to control steam engines, but the use of governors dates at least back to the 17th century.
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All cruise control systems must have the capability to be turned off explicitly and automatically when the driver depresses the brake pedal and often also the clutch. Cruise control systems frequently include a memory feature to resume the set speed after braking and a coast feature to reduce the set speed without braking. When the cruise control is engaged, the throttle can still accelerate the car, but once the pedal is released, it will slow down the vehicle until it reaches the previously set speed. The cruise control systems of some vehicles incorporate a "speed limiter" function, which will not allow the vehicle to accelerate beyond a preset maximum; this can usually be overridden by fully depressing the accelerator pedal. Most systems will prevent the vehicle from increasing engine speed to accelerate beyond the chosen speed.
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When the winch lowering the lifeboat jams, Alex jumps into the boat to rescue the passengers, while Annie and Juliano use the ship's gangplank to get them back on deck. Another inventor named Harold Exline, working independently of Riley, also invented a type of cruise control that he first installed on his car and friends' cars. In an effort to establish a link to “Speed,” Annie is presented as a woman whose big problem is her inability to maintain a decent relationship. Still hurt by her breakup with Jack (Reeves), she believes that “relationships based on extreme circumstances never work.” Indeed, it takes some subtle maneuvering on the part of Alex — and a pair of tickets for a Caribbean cruise — to pacify Annie. This reel, in which the lovers bicker and reconcile in the manner of screwball comedy, is rather slow and not well performed; neither thesp is particularly adept at light romantic banter.
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On an engine, the governor uses centrifugal force to adjust the throttle position to adapt the engine's speed to different loads (e.g., when going up a hill). The 59-year-old has featured in a wide range of super successful films, including the likes of The Blind Side and The Lost City. There’s also Drew (Christine Firkins), a hearing-impaired girl with an adolescent crush on Alex. Drew’s dramatic purpose is to be offended by her insensitive dad so that she can run away — and get trapped in an elevator in the midst of the crisis. And the ship’s crew displays multicultural flavor, including Capt. Pollard (Scandinavian Bo Svenson), officer Juliano (New Zealander Temuera Morrison) and navigator Merced (Scottish Brian McCardie). I will observe, however, that it's not every day (unless you live in New Orleans) that you get to see a ship crashing into a pier.
De Bont remains an expert director of action, but putting the reference to cruise control in the title serves as fair warning of an unengaged filmmaker on automatic pilot. 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.
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De Bont had the idea for the film after he had a recurring nightmare about a cruise ship crashing into an island. Speed star Keanu Reeves was initially supposed to reprise his role as Jack Traven for the sequel, but decided not to commit and was replaced by Patric before filming. The writers had to rework the script to accommodate the addition of a new character. Production took place aboard Seabourn Legend, the ship on which the film is set. The final scene, in which the ship crashes into the island of Saint Martin, cost almost a quarter of the budget, and set records as the largest and most expensive stunt ever filmed.
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Modern cruise control (also known as a speedostat or tempomat) was invented in 1948 by the blind inventor and mechanical engineer Ralph Teetor.[4][5] He came up with the idea due to being frustrated by his driver's habit of speeding up and slowing down as he talked. Turns out that Annie's (Sandra Bullock) relationship with Jack didn't work out, and now she is seeing another police officer named Alex (Jason Patric). He takes her to a trip to the Caribbean, aboard the cruise ship Seabourn Legend. Unfortunately, the easy-going vacation comes to a halt as a disgruntled computer programmer named John Geiger (Willem Dafoe) takes control of the ship, and sets it up with explosives. To avoid collision with the oil tanker, Alex and Dante go into the ship's bilge and use the bow thrusters to turn it. The ship screeches down the side of the tanker, but manages to withstand the damage, and heads straight into a marina.
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After remotely blowing up two of the ship's engines, Geiger calls the bridge to tell the first officer, Juliano, that Pollard is dead and he is in charge. As passengers evacuate, Drew, a young deaf girl, becomes trapped in an elevator, and a group of people also become trapped behind locked fire doors in a hallway filling with smoke. As Annie and Alex attempt to board the last lifeboat, Geiger programs the ship to continue sailing.
The special effects sequences in the movie are first-rate, especially that one. I know some of the houses on shore were models and that all kinds of fancy techniques were used, but the progress of the ship, as it crushes piers and condos, restaurants and trucks and cars, looks surprisingly real. And I was grateful to Jan De Bont, director of this film and the first one, for not overlooking such touches as The Dog Who Survives. 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. However, there is one movie from her illustrious career that Bullock regrets starring in.
They truly ruined a whole franchise in just two movies...never seen something like this, can't even reboot it now... Willem Dafoe, though effective in nearly every villain role, is a bit overdone as a psychopath with a penchant for leech therapy. 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.
Many interior scenes aboard the ship were shot on soundstages in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Mark Mancina returned to compose the film score, released as an album 13 years after the film's release. Eminent critic Roger Ebert defended the film, calling it a "truly rousing ocean liner adventure story". The film was also a box-office bomb, earning $164 million worldwide against a production budget as high as $160 million. It was nominated for eight Golden Raspberry Awards, winning the Worst Remake or Sequel category.
Alex notices Geiger leaving the vault and holds him at gunpoint, but he escapes by closing the fire door in front of him. Using the ship's intercom, Geiger explains that he designed the ship's autopilot system, and is taking revenge against the cruise line after being fired when he contracted copper poisoning. In the second offering, Bullock returned as Annie, who alongside her boyfriend (Jason Patric) try to save the day after the cruise ship they are on is hijacked. Yarn picks up some momentum once Annie and Alex get aboard the “world’s most luxurious” cruise liner and secondary characters are thrown into the mix.
Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers. In this one, if the ocean liner doesn't stop, everyone will get killed. Annie and Dante, the ship's photographer, notice the people trapped behind the fire doors, and use a chainsaw to cut the door open and bail them out on the other side of the hallway. Meanwhile, Alex orders the navigator, Merced, to flood the ship and slow it down by opening the ballast doors. As the ship floods, Alex sees Drew on a monitor after she climbs out of the elevator, and runs to save her.
Even some of the biggest actors in Hollywood have starred in some duds, so Sandra Bullock is not alone in this one. The opening sequence, which introduces the two romantic leads as they go about their business, is quite promising. Taking her driving test, the vehicularly challenged Annie Porter (Bullock) proves to be a chatty and clumsy driver, exasperating her hapless examiner (Tim Conway).
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