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this movie tries to present itself as the sequel to jan de bont's debut as a director , 1994 surprise hit speed .
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but the only thing the two movies have in common is sandra bullock as the female lead .
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annie ( sandra bullock ) is in the wrong place at the wrong time again .
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she's going on a cruise with her new boy-friend alex ( jason patric ) , and of course it is her ship that is kidnapped by john geiger ( willem dafoe ) who has a bone to pick with the shipping line .
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they sacked him after he got sick .
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now he wants the diamonds stored in the ship's safe for compensation .
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that actually is the whole storyline .
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speed 2 could do without dialogues .
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the movie is all about images and remarkable sound .
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i don't really know why this is called an action movie .
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except for a few scenes that are vaguely reminiscent of speed this goes along the lines of the desaster movies of the 70ies .
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first we are introduced to a number of people who are going to be important later on in the movie .
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then desaster strikes .
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sandra bullock was said to have been glad that she could take action this time around .
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i looked for the " action " but couldn't find it .
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most of the time she is part of the decoration .
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the only time she is part of what happens is when she can have a shot at defusing a bomb and freeing some passengers trapped behind a fire door .
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now we know that she can handle a chain saw .
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we also know that fire doors on cruise ships can be cut apart in seconds .
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the bomb defusal of course goes wrong , but only the furniture is damaged , not our heroes who still are needed .
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jason patric alias alex spends most of his time flirting with annie , helping other passengers and frolicking in the water .
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his initial sea-sickness is suddenly gone , because there are ship , crew and passengers to be saved from evil geiger .
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he does a pretty good job but i can't blame keanu reeves for declining this part .
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then there's willem dafoe , the villain , who desperately tries to look as frightening as frankenstein's monster .
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he doesn't succeed , though .
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an untidy appearance isn't enough to convince the viewer of his psychopath potential .
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before he tries again to make us believe he is a dangerous man he should practise for a while in front of a mirror .
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i can't really recommend speed 2 . you will probably like the movie if you like funny situations that aren't meant to be funny .
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especially the showdown , when the ship first runs into an oil tanker and then dissembles a whole village is a treat .
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there you get to see the most superfluous scene in the movie .
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in keeping with last year's desaster movie tradition a dog is miraculously saved from certain death .
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a really funny ( and meant to be funny ) scene takes place on the oil tanker right before the collision .
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some crew members watch two ships colliding in an old movie .
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had they looked out the window they wouldn't have missed the huge ship racing toward them .
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those of you who still want to see the movie should pick a theater with a large screen and a good sound system to enjoy the visual effects and the phantastic surround sound effects .
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in an adequately equipped theater it's as if the explosion were going off all around you and you can feel the seats vibrate .
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but the ilm special effects can't save the movie .
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for all the money they could have done better .
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