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{{Infobox film
| name           = Speed 2: Cruise Control
| image          = Speed two cruise control.jpg
| alt            = The faces of Jason Patric and Sandra Bullock and shown among streaks of diagonal lines in blue and orange.  The top reads "From the director of 'Speed' and 'Twister{{'-}}" and right side reads "Rush Hour Hits the Water".  The bottom features Sandra Bullock's and Jason Patric's names, followed by "Speed 2" and "Cruise Control" in red text, with film credits underneath.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jan de Bont]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Jan de Bont
* Steve Perry
* Michael Peyser
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Randall McCormick
* [[Jeff Nathanson]]
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Jan de Bont
* Randall McCormick
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|Characters created|[[Graham Yost]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sandra Bullock]]
* [[Jason Patric]]
* [[Willem Dafoe]]
* [[Temuera Morrison]]
* [[Glenn Plummer]]
}}
| music          = [[Mark Mancina]]
| cinematography = [[Jack N. Green]]
| editing        = Alan Cody
| studio         = Blue Tulip Productions<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61479|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=July 26, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020064933/http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61479|url-status=live}}</ref>
| distributor    = [[20th Century Fox]]<ref name=afi/>
| released       = {{Film date|1997|06|13}}
| runtime        = 126 minutes<ref name="afi" />
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $110–160 million<ref name="waterwhirl" />
| gross          = $164.5 million<ref name="BO"/>
}}

'''''Speed 2: Cruise Control''''' is a 1997 American [[action thriller film]] produced and directed by [[Jan de Bont]] from a screenplay by Randall McCormick and [[Jeff Nathanson]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994) and stars [[Sandra Bullock]] (reprising her role from the original film), [[Jason Patric]] and [[Willem Dafoe]]. Its plot follows Annie Porter (Bullock) and Alex Shaw (Patric), a couple who go on vacation to the [[Caribbean]] aboard a luxury [[cruise ship]], which is hijacked by John Geiger, a terrorist (Dafoe). While trapped aboard the ship, Annie and Alex work with the ship's first officer to try to stop it after they discover it is programmed to crash into an [[oil tanker]].

De Bont had the idea for the film after having 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 ''[[MV Seabourn Legend|Seabourn Legend]]'', the ship on which the film is set. The final scene, in which the ship crashes into the island of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]], cost almost a quarter of the budget, and set records as the largest and most expensive stunt ever filmed. Many interior scenes aboard the ship were shot on [[soundstage]]s in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The soundtrack featured mostly [[reggae]] music. [[Mark Mancina]] returned to compose the [[film score]], released as an album 13 years after the film's release.

Released by [[20th Century Fox]] on June 13, 1997, the film received largely negative reviews from critics, who criticized the story, characters, absence of Reeves, and its setting on a slow-moving cruise ship. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] defended the film, calling it a "truly rousing ocean liner adventure story". The film was also a [[box-office bomb]], earning $164.5 million worldwide against a production budget as high as $160 million. It was nominated for eight [[Golden Raspberry Awards]], winning the [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel|Worst Remake or Sequel]] category.

==Plot==
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[[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD) cop Alex Shaw is on a motorcycle chasing a vehicle with stolen goods. After he catches the driver of the vehicle, his girlfriend Annie Porter encounters him during her driving test. She discovers that Alex is on the [[SWAT]] team and concludes that he mistakenly told her that he was on beach patrol. As an apology, Alex surprises her with a [[Caribbean]] cruise on ''[[Seabourn Legend]]''.

Aboard the ship, deranged passenger John Geiger, a former employee of the cruise company, [[security hacker|hacks]] into the ship's computer system, sabotages the communication systems, and kills Captain Pollard. After blowing up two of the ship's engines, Geiger calls the [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]] to notify the [[Chief mate|first officer]], Juliano, of Pollard's death and order him to evacuate the ship. While passengers evacuate, Drew, a young girl who is deaf, becomes trapped in an elevator, and a group of people also become trapped behind locked [[fire door]]s in a hallway filling with smoke. As Annie and Alex attempt to board the last [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]], Geiger programs the ship to continue sailing. When the winch lowering the lifeboat jams, Alex jumps back onboard to rescue the passengers from falling overboard, while Annie and Juliano utilize the ship's gangplank to get them back on deck.

Realizing that Geiger has hijacked the ship, Alex accompanies Juliano to the cabin, but Geiger remotely detonates explosives inside the room. Annie and Dante, the ship's photographer, notice the people trapped behind the fire doors, utilizing a [[chainsaw]] to cut the door open and facilitate their escape. Meanwhile, Alex orders the [[navigator]], Merced, to flood the ship's decks and decelerate it by opening the [[Ballast tank|ballast]] doors. As the ship floods, Alex notices Drew on a monitor after she climbs out of the elevator and enters the ballast room to rescue her. Noticing Geiger fleeing from the vault, Alex ambushes him, but Geiger escapes by shutting the fire door in front of him. Using the ship's intercom, Geiger explains that he designed the ship's autopilot system and is pursuing his revenge plot against the cruise line after being dismissed when he contracted [[copper poisoning]]. He escapes from Alex by attaching a grenade to a door.

As the crew notices that Geiger has programmed the ship to crash into an [[oil tanker]] off the coast of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]], Alex decides to prevent the crash by diving underneath the ship and jamming the propeller with a steel cable. Geiger jams the cable winch while Alex is underwater, causing it to break off the ship and free the cable. He then abducts Annie and absconds with her on a lifeboat.

To avert a collision, Alex and Dante venture into the ship's [[bilge]] pump room and maneuver the [[bow thruster]]s, steering it away from the oil tanker. The ship screeches down the side of the tanker and heads into a marina before crashing into a Saint Martin town and grinding to a halt. Alex hijacks a speed boat to pursue Annie, whom Geiger has dragged onto a [[seaplane]]; he employs a harpoon gun to tether himself to the plane from the boat and reels himself in through the water. Eventually, he climbs onto the plane and retrieves Annie, and both escape on one of the plane's [[float (nautical)|floats]], which lands on the ocean surface. Geiger attempts to escape over the oil tanker but loses control of the plane, which becomes impaled on the tanker's foremast; in the ensuing explosion, both vehicles are destroyed and Geiger perishes. The members of the tanker crew, however, launched their lifeboat just prior to the destruction. As the couple return to shore in the speed boat, Alex gives Annie an engagement ring, proposing marriage, and she happily accepts.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Sandra Bullock]] as Annie Porter
* [[Jason Patric]] as [[LAPD]] Officer Alex Shaw
* [[Willem Dafoe]] as John Geiger
* [[Temuera Morrison]] as Juliano
* [[Brian McCardie]] as Merced
* [[Jeremy Hotz]] as Ashton
* [[Bo Svenson]] as Captain Pollard
* Royale Watkins as Dante
* [[Tamia|Tamia Hill]] as Sheri Silver
* [[Kimmy Robertson]] as Liza
* [[Christine Firkins]] as Drew
* [[Lois Chiles]] as Celeste
* [[Francis Guinan]] as Rupert
* [[Mike Hagerty|Michael G. Hagerty]] as Harvey
* [[Colleen Camp]] as Debbie
* [[Joe Morton]] (uncredited cameo) as [[LAPD]] Lieutenant Herb 'Mac' McMahon
* [[Tim Conway]] as Mr. Kenter
* [[Glenn Plummer]] as Maurice
* [[Patrika Darbo]] as Ruby Fisher
}}

==Production==

===Background===

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''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' was released in June 1994, starring [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Sandra Bullock]]. The film's plot features the story of a runaway bus armed with a bomb that will explode if its speed drops below {{convert|50|mph|kph}}.<ref name="shipsout" /> It was a critical and commercial success,<ref name="success">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-28-fi-22792-story.html|title=Fox Is Betting Big That 'Speed&nbsp;2' Is a Runaway Success|date=January 28, 1997|access-date=July 3, 2013|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Speed (1994) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_1994 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514123039/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_1994/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was the 8th-highest-grossing-film worldwide in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1994/|title=1994 Worldwide Box Office|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=October 4, 2023}}</ref>

Due to positive [[word of mouth]], studio [[20th Century Fox]] began discussing plans for a ''Speed'' sequel a month prior to its release,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Entertainment news for May 13, 1994: Lightning Speed|first=Melina|last=Gerosa|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/05/13/entertainment-news-may-13-1994-2/|date=May 13, 1994|issue=222|access-date=October 17, 2012|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103509/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302227,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and officially announced a sequel would be produced following the film's box office success after its first week in theaters.<ref name="mame">{{cite news|title=Hawn sets her sights on 'Mame{{'-}}|first=Bill|last=Zwecker|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=June 17, 1994|page=4}}</ref> Although he felt the film was a "one-time story" with no sequel potential,<ref name="cantcruise">{{cite journal|title=De Bont can't cruise as Fox accelerates 'Speed{{'-}}|last=Grove|first=Martin A.|journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 18, 1997|page=8}}</ref> ''Speed'' director [[Jan de Bont]] was contractually obligated to direct a sequel,<ref name="reelsoon">{{cite magazine|title=See You Reel Soon?|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/11/18/see-you-reel-soon/|date=November 18, 1994|issue=249|access-date=October 17, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062242/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304524,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and would be paid a reported $5–6 million salary.<ref name="shipsout" /><ref name="success" /> Reeves and Bullock had no contractual obligation to star in the sequel;<ref name="murray">{{cite journal|title=Murray as in 'Veeck{{'-}}|first=Michael|last=Fleming|date=December 13, 1994|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]}}</ref> however, by late 1994, Fox executive [[Tom Sherak]] had begun negotiations with the actors and hoped to produce a follow-up film with their two characters as a married couple.<ref name="reelsoon" />

===Writing===

Hundreds of ideas for a sequel were submitted to De Bont, all of which he turned down in favor of his own idea, based on a recurring nightmare he experienced about a cruise ship crashing into an island.<ref name="demons" /><ref name="uptospeed">{{cite news|title=Is Jason up to Speed?|work=Sunday Mail|date=April 27, 1997|first=J.|last=Jameson|page=69}}</ref>   Randall McCormick was hired to write the sequel in 1994 and received a story writing credit along with De Bont.<ref name="murray" />  The [[screenplay]] was credited to McCormick and [[Jeff Nathanson]], who began writing the film with its ending based on De Bont's nightmare.<ref name="rams" />

Director [[John McTiernan]] of the [[Die Hard (film series)|''Die Hard'' series]] claimed in 2001 that "the studio used most of the material we'd developed" for a potential ''Die Hard'' sequel and turned it into ''Speed&nbsp;2'', including "the ocean liner going on the beach."<ref name="DieHard">{{cite web|url=http://movieline.com/2001/08/01/the-extreme-sport-of-being-john-mctiernan/2/|title=The Extreme Sport of Being John McTiernan|work=[[MovieLine]]|date=August 1, 2001|access-date=April 17, 2021|page=2}}</ref>  The third film in the series, ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]'' (1995), was originally based on a [[spec script]] from 1990 titled ''Troubleshooter'', whose premise involved fighting terrorists aboard a cruise ship.  This concept for a sequel was later abandoned by the filmmakers due to its similarities to the film ''[[Under Siege]]'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-strange-history-of-the-die-hard-movies/|title=The Strange History of the Die Hard Movies|first=Ryan|last=Lambie|work=[[Den of Geek]]|date=December 1, 2019|accessdate=October 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-01-ca-1596-story.html|title=OFF-CENTERPIECE : 'Die Hard 3' Blown Out of the Water by 'Siege'|first=Jeffrey|last=Wells|date=November 1, 1992|accessdate=October 4, 2023|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

''Speed'' writer [[Graham Yost]] and producer [[Mark Gordon (film)|Mark Gordon]] claimed that neither of them were asked to participate in the sequel, although both of their names are listed in the film credits; Yost was given a writing credit for the film's characters and Gordon was credited as [[executive producer]].<ref name="speeddvd">{{cite AV media|people=[[Graham Yost|Yost, Graham]]; [[Mark Gordon (film)|Gordon, Mark]]|title=[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]|medium=DVD audio commentary|date=2002}}</ref>  In an interview in 2010, Yost stated he had two ideas for a sequel: a [[Vietnam War]]-era military ship set to explode if its ammunition comes in contact with water, and an aircraft forced to fly at a low altitude over the [[Andes Mountains]].<ref name="sinkin">{{cite journal|title=That Sinkin' Feeling|journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=June 2010|issue=252|page=107}}</ref>

===Casting===

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Bullock initially declined to star in the sequel,<ref>{{cite news|title=Sandra catches up with Speed|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=January 12, 1996|page=7}}</ref> but later agreed in order to secure financial backing for the drama film ''[[Hope Floats]]'' (1998); she was paid a reported $11–$13 million to reprise her role as Annie.<ref name="amc">{{cite web|url=http://www.amc.com/talk/2008/06/hope-floats-sandra-bullock|title=How Sandra Bullock Used ''Speed&nbsp;2'' to Fuel Her Passion Project ''Hope Floats''|date=June 10, 2008|first=Nick|last=Nadel|work=AMC |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809091556/https://www.amc.com/talk/2008/06/hope-floats-sandra-bullock|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uptospeed"/> Reeves was offered $12 million to reprise his role as Jack Traven, but turned it down because he did not like the script, was financially secure from the success of ''Speed'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Keanu not sequel to the task|first=Jamie|last=Portman|date=September 13, 1996|work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]|location=Montreal|page=C3}}</ref> and felt he was not "ready to mentally and physically" star in another action film after having completed ''[[Chain Reaction (1996 film)|Chain Reaction]]'' (1996). He passed on ''Speed 2'' in order to star in the  film ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997), which was filmed at the same time, then subsequently toured with his band, [[Dogstar (band)|Dogstar]]. Reeves said that Fox was "furious" with his decision and released "propaganda" against him, falsely claiming that he turned down the role to tour with his band.<ref>{{cite news|title=Keanu fires up Career speeds ahead, but at his own pace|first=Peter|last=Howell|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=November 7, 1997|page=D1}}</ref> De Bont said that the character in the sequel was not specific to Reeves and could be played by any young actor, as long as he had chemistry with Bullock.<ref name="fullspeedforbullock" />

Many actors were considered to replace Reeves including: [[Simon Baker]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Simon's career speeds up|first=Michael|last=Idato|work=[[The Sunday Telegraph]]|date=July 7, 1996}}</ref> [[Jon Bon Jovi]],<ref name="white">{{cite journal|title=White tornado cleaning up|first=Sheila|last=Johnson|date=July 24, 1996|journal=[[The Times]]}}</ref> [[Julian McMahon]], [[Patrick Muldoon]],<ref name="seenheard" /> [[Johnathon Schaech]],<ref name="footsteps"/> [[Christian Slater]],<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|title=''Speed 2'' finds a new lead actor |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/07/19/speed-2-finds-new-lead-actor/|first=David|last=Poland|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=October 17, 2021|date=July 19, 1996|issue=336|archive-date=April 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427121829/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293404,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[William Zabka]] and [[Billy Zane]].<ref name="footsteps">{{cite news|title=In Reeves' footsteps|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|date=June 10, 1996|first=Liz|last=Smith|page=B10}}</ref> Bullock initially suggested [[Matthew McConaughey]],<ref name="seenheard">{{cite news|title=Seen, heard, said|first=Janine Dallas|last=Steffan|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=June 21, 1996|page=F1}}</ref> who passed on the role,<ref>{{cite news|title=Everyone's eyes are upon this Texan|first=Beth|last=Pinsker|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=July 21, 1996|page=1C}}</ref> prompting her to suggest Jason Patric, with whom she had wanted to work since seeing his performance in ''[[After Dark, My Sweet]]'' (1990). De Bont was skeptical of featuring a relatively unknown actor such as Patric, but was reminded by the studio that Bullock and Reeves were also relatively unknown prior to ''Speed'',<ref name="cruisingatfullspeed">{{cite news|title=Cruising at full speed|first=Barry|last=Koltnow|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=June 13, 1997|page=F6}}</ref> and chose Patric based on his role in ''[[Sleepers (film)|Sleepers]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite press release | title=Big time box-office | date=July 8, 1996 | publisher=[[United Press International]]}}</ref> Patric was paid a reported $4.5–$8 million for his role in ''Speed&nbsp;2'' and used his salary to finance a 1998 drama, ''[[Your Friends & Neighbors (film)|Your Friends & Neighbors]]''.<ref name="shipsout">{{cite magazine|title=Speed Ships Out|first1=Judy|last1=Brennan|first2=Chris|last2=Nashawaty|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=376|date=April 25, 1997|access-date=October 18, 2021|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/04/25/speed-2-ships-out/|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062236/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287627,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="amc" /> After accepting the role, Patric stated that he never saw ''Speed'' or had any intentions of seeing it;<ref name="fullspeed2">{{cite news|title=Full 'Speed&nbsp;2' ahead Jan De Bont weathers hurricanes and high seas|first=Andy|last=Seiler|date=June 12, 1997|work=[[USA Today]]|page=1D}}</ref> Reeves said he was looking forward to seeing Patric star in the sequel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Back in Action! Up to Speed|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|location=Glasgow|date=October 24, 1996}}</ref> After Reeves declined to appear in ''Speed&nbsp;2'', the screenplay was rewritten to remove his character from the story, which De Bont wanted to deal with early in the film.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Reeves exits 'Speed II{{'-}}|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=John|last=Brodie|date=June 3, 1996|page=1}}</ref> His absence is explained in the first scene, where Annie talks about how her relationship with Jack did not work out, and mentions her current relationship with Alex (Patric), before his character is introduced in the film.<ref name="fullspeedforbullock">{{cite journal|title=Full 'Speed&nbsp;2' Ahead for Bullock|journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=February 1997|pages=26–27|volume=10|issue=6}}</ref>

[[Gary Oldman]] turned down the role of the villain, Geiger, to star as another villain in ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite news|date=August 11, 1996|title=Oldman puts the brakes on Speed&nbsp;2|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oldman+puts+the+brakes+on+Speed+2.-a061178211|work=[[Daily Mirror|Sunday Mirror]]|access-date=March 17, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004147/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oldman+puts+the+brakes+on+Speed+2.-a061178211|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Willem Dafoe]] was cast as Geiger after he wanted to star in a "big movie" and once again play a villain.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Willem Dafoe on his new film, 'Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control{{'-}}|series=[[Weekend Today|Sunday Today]]|airdate=June 15, 1997|network=[[NBC]]|credits=[[Jodi Applegate|Applegate, Jodi]] (anchor)}}</ref> De Bont cast New Zealand actor [[Temuera Morrison]] as Juliano based on his role in ''[[Once Were Warriors (film)|Once Were Warriors]]'' (1994).<ref name="kiwi">{{cite news|title=Kiwi actor gets star billing in Speed&nbsp;2|first=Louisa|last=Cleave|date=September 21, 1997|work=[[Sunday News (New Zealand)|Sunday News]]|location=Auckland|page=29}}</ref> Although he did not like the script, [[Brian McCardie]] accepted the role as Merced as his agents assured him it would be good for his career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shoosh? I'm a thespian... ya auld craw|first=Steve|last=Hendry|work=[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail]]|location=Glasgow|date=September 10, 2006|page=41}}</ref>

Comedian Royale Watkins was hired by De Bont for the part of Dante after discovering Watkins performing at a comedy club.<ref>{{cite news|title=Improv comic's humor shapes 'Built to Last{{'-}}|first=Gail|last=Pennington|date=July 23, 1997|page=8E|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]}}</ref> [[Glenn Plummer]] was cast as a character named Maurice whose boat is hijacked by Alex, reprising his role from ''Speed'' as a [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] owner whose car is hijacked by Jack.<ref name="defieslogic" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/02/28/ocd-speeds-tuneman|title=OCD: Speed's Tuneman|date=February 28, 2008|access-date=October 9, 2012|first=Nick|last=Hadley|publisher=[[IGN]]|archive-date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106015959/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/02/28/ocd-speeds-tuneman|url-status=live}}</ref> To add [[comic relief]], De Bont cast comedian [[Tim Conway]] as Annie's driving instructor, and hoped it would be a [[Comeback (publicity)|comeback]] role for him.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Fast Track|first=David|last=Poland|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=357|date=December 13, 1996|page=15|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/12/13/tim-conway-appear-speed-2/|access-date=October 17, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062248/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295372,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Director applauds Clooney's grace|work=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=December 22, 1996|page=4E|first=Eric E.|last=Harrison}}</ref> Singer [[Tamia]] was cast as Sheri, an entertainer on the ship, because De Bont wanted a singer who could also act.<ref name="makingof" /> She did not plan on doing any film acting that early in her career, as she had yet to release her [[Tamia (album)|debut album]], but said the part was "too perfect for [her] to resist."<ref>{{cite news|title=Blues Brothers to take the field at half time|first1=Marilyn|last1=Beck|first2=Stacy|last2=Jenel Smith|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|page=L2|date=January 21, 1997}}</ref> [[Joe Morton]] reprised his role from ''Speed'' as SWAT lieutenant Herb "Mac" McMahon in an uncredited [[cameo appearance]] in the beginning of the film.<ref name="defieslogic">{{cite news|title={{-'}}Speed&nbsp;2' defies all logic|first=Chris|last=Hicks|work=[[Deseret News]]|url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/6/15/19317834/speed-2-defies-all-logic|date=June 15, 1997|page=E11}}</ref>

===Filming===

''Speed 2'' was produced by De Bont's [[production company]], Blue Tulip, and was one of the film's three co-producers along with Steve Perry and Michael Peyser.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Jan De Bont's Blue Tulip Productions expands deal with Fox producer Michael Peyser Partners|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date=October 8, 1996}}</ref> The director began working on [[pre-production]] prior to the release of his previous film, ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'' (1996).<ref name="blownaway">{{cite news|title=Behind the scenes: Blown away|first=Mal|last=Vincent|work=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|date=May 9, 1996|page=E1}}</ref> For the cruise ship on which the film would be set, De Bont visited ships from various cruise lines and chose ''[[Seabourn Legend]]'' for its luxurious amenities and sleek design.<ref name="auditioning">{{cite news|title=Seabourn speeds into film|first=Wallace|last=Immen|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=June 14, 1997|page=F4}}</ref> While ''Speed'' was produced for $30 million,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/14/movies/hurtling-to-the-top-a-director-is-born.html|title=Hurtling to the Top: A Director Is Born|first=Bernard|last=Weintraub|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 14, 1994|access-date=July 3, 2013|archive-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526103644/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/14/movies/hurtling-to-the-top-a-director-is-born.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the sequel was [[green-lit]] at "just under $100 million" due to the larger production and higher cast salaries.<ref name="success" /> He started [[location scouting]] in the [[Caribbean]] in May 1996, and chose [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]] as the primary filming location because he felt it was least likely to be subjected to a hurricane.<ref>{{cite journal|title={{-'}}Twister' could funnel up $100 million in 11 days|date=May 15, 1996|journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="fullspeed2" /> Prior to production, details about the film were kept secret, and De Bont refused to confirm rumors about the film taking place on a ship,<ref name="blownaway" /> although he did state that the sequel would be "funnier",<ref>{{cite news|title=Shooting the breeze|first=Matthew|last=Gilbert|date=July 20, 1996|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|page=12 (supplement)}}</ref> while ''Speed&nbsp;2'' star [[Jason Patric]] said the sequel is a "very complex movie" and would have "bigger sequences."<ref>{{cite news|title=Speed&nbsp;2 plot big secret|agency=Southam News|work=[[The Ottawa Citizen]]|page=C11|date=August 16, 1996|publisher=Postmedia News}}</ref>  It was later reported that the film had gone over-budget and costs had ballooned to as much as $160 million. De Bont acknowledged that they had gone over budget but that the cost would be close to $100 million.<ref name="waterwhirl">{{cite news |last=Dutka|first=Elaine|title=Water Whirl|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 16, 1997|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-16-ca-29118-story.html |access-date=January 1, 2021|quote=De Bont acknowledges that the movie came in over budget but shoots down reports that the original $100 million has soared into the $135-million to $160-million range. The movie is on schedule, he says. It's not out of control. When the movie wraps at the end of this month, it should come in "close to $110 million"--providing nothing untoward erupts.|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221035958/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-16-ca-29118-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] took place from September 23, 1996, to late February 1997.<ref name="onwing">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ON+WING,+PRAYER+FOR+BOX-OFFICE+SUCCESS+%3A+VALENCIA+HOSTS+BLOCKBUSTER...-a083857559|title=On wing, prayer for box office success: Valencia hosts blockbuster shoot studio wraps up plane chase for 'Speed' sequel at area set|work=[[Daily News of Los Angeles]]|first=Mary|last=Schubert|date=February 27, 1997|access-date=April 16, 2011|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023171058/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ON+WING,+PRAYER+FOR+BOX-OFFICE+SUCCESS+:+VALENCIA+HOSTS+BLOCKBUSTER...-a083857559|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film crews moved to West Palm Beach and Miami, Florida in July 1996 anticipating shooting in each location for several weeks later that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-07-19/news/9607180520_1_thorpe-shuttleworth-studio-s-chief-executive-film|title=Big-money Flick Speeds Into Studio|first=Tracy|last=Kolody|work=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|date=July 19, 1996|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180344/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-07-19/news/9607180520_1_thorpe-shuttleworth-studio-s-chief-executive-film|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1996/07/01/newscolumn3.html|title=Bad Boys change plans, but Speed 2 is coming|date=July 1, 1996|first=Felicia|last=Levine|access-date=June 26, 2013|work=[[South Florida Business Journal]]|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221035930/https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1996/07/01/newscolumn3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, due to scheduling issues with Patric, production did not take place in West Palm Beach and there were "just a few days" filming in Miami.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1996/08/19/newscolumn1.html|title=Miami rapper's video moves from bimbos to himbos|date=August 19, 1996|first=Felicia|last=Levine|journal=[[South Florida Business Journal]]|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102035239/http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1996/08/19/newscolumn1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://search.library.northwestern.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1286148761&context=PC&vid=01NWU_INST:NULVNEW&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=null,exact,Entertainment%20Industry%20Magazine%20Archive:%20Cinema,%20Film%20%26%20Television%20(Part%201),AND&mode=advanced|title=Star power doesn't faze Miami locals|first=Felicia|last=Levine|date=May 19, 1997|access-date=November 11, 2022|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The Miami production took place in a gymnasium and boat hangar at the [[Dinner Key]] marina complex, rented by Fox. After spending over $55,000 on repairs to the facilities, Fox refused to pay the $35,000 in rental fees to the City of Miami.<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie company won't pay city rent|date=January 30, 1997|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|page=2B}}</ref> The city sued for the rent since Fox did not seek approval for the repairs, and a compromise was reached when the city credited some repair costs, resulting in Fox paying around $26,000 rent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miami gets $26,000 from film company|date=February 6, 1997|page=2B|work=[[The Miami Herald]]}}</ref>

[[File:Le paquebot de croisière MS Seabourn Legend (1).jpg|thumb|left|''Speed&nbsp;2'' is set aboard ''[[Seabourn Legend]]'', which was used for six weeks of filming during production.|alt=A white cruise ship in the water, docked along a coast with mountains in the background.]]

''Seabourn Legend'' was rented for six weeks at a reported cost of $38,000 per day;<ref name="uptospeed"/> the ship served as the film's primary setting and provided accommodation for the cast and crew.<ref name="scrapes">{{cite journal|title=Scrapes with death just part of job for 'Speed' cast|first=Elizabeth|last=Snead|journal=[[USA Today]]|page=6D|date=April 2, 1997}}</ref><ref name="makingof">{{cite episode|title=The Making of ''Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control''|credits=Thomas Grane (director)|airdate=June 1997|season=4|number=2|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]] and [[HBO]]|series=HBO First Look|series-link=HBO First Look|network=[[HBO]]}}</ref>  The evacuation sequence was among the first scenes filmed on the ship, and was shot in Key West, Florida over a two-week period. Approximately 30 hoses and the ship's [[fire sprinkler system]] were used to simulate heavy rainfall in the scene.<ref name="prod">{{cite press release|title=''Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control'' Production Notes|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|year=1997}}</ref> Severe weather conditions from [[Hurricane Lili (1996)|Hurricane Lili]] delayed production activity on the ship for several days, and caused [[seasickness]] among the cast and crew for the remainder of the production at sea.<ref name="prod"/> To make the ship appear faster, all exterior shots were filmed from a moving vehicle.<ref name="needforspeed">{{cite news|title=Need for 'Speed': Director insists sequel has compelling story|first=Bob|last=Strauss|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=June 8, 1997|page=7}}</ref> Scenes on the bridge were filmed in a [[mockup]] dubbed the "bridge ship", a large-scale reconstruction of the [[bow (ship)|bow]] and bridge built atop the [[hull (watercraft)|hull]] of a [[cargo ship]].<ref name="workboat">{{cite news|title=Hollywood takes a bow to workboat|first=Simon|last=Barker-Benfield|date=October 18, 1996|work=[[The Florida Times-Union]]|page=C-8}}</ref> Additional ship interiors were filmed at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] and Warren Entertainment in Los Angeles County, California. Full-scale replicas of the ship's atrium, cabins, and engine rooms were constructed on [[sound stage]]s where production took place for over a month. The scene where Alex rescues Drew while the ship is being flooded was filmed by [[camera operator]]s wearing [[wet suits]] inside a sound stage tank, which was constructed with plywood and a hydraulic lift to give the effect that the water level was rising.<ref name="nopixels" />

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For the climactic scene when the ship crashes into an island, De Bont wanted to create and destroy an actual town. He opted against miniature [[scale model]]s or [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) to provide a sense of realism for the actors and the audience. A $5 million, 35-building set was constructed in [[Marigot, Saint Martin]] based on the town's local architecture, which temporarily housed production offices.<ref name="rams" /><ref name="makingof" /><ref name="bigstunt">{{cite news|title=How they did the big stunt in Speed&nbsp;2|work=[[Palm Beach Post]]|first=Thom|last=Smith|date=June 11, 1997|page=1D}}</ref> Despite De Bont's reason for choosing Saint Martin for filming, a hurricane struck the town and destroyed the set during construction. It had to be rebuilt with [[hurricane-proof building]]s.<ref name="costly" /> Exteriors of the bow mockup on the bridge ship were used in the first part of the scene when the ''Seabourn Legend'' is crashing into sailboats in the harbor; the bridge ship was used in place of the actual ''Seabourn Legend'', as the latter could not navigate the harbor's shallow waters.<ref name="prod" /> The captain of the bridge ship had great difficulty hitting the sailboats during filming, despite cameras placed on the boats for the captain to view.<ref name="demons"/>  A second mockup was constructed for the latter part of the scene, which featured a {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} replica of the ''Seabourn Legend''{{'s}} bow. This mockup, referred to as the "rail ship",<ref name="makingof" /> weighed {{convert|300|ST|MT}}, and sat atop a set of wheels along a {{convert|1000|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} track built {{convert|60|ft|m}} underwater.<ref name="rams">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/movies/next-the-cruise-ship-rams-the-village.html|title=Next, the Cruise Ship Rams the Village|first=James|last=Ryan|date=May 4, 1997|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-date=January 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112005000/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/movies/next-the-cruise-ship-rams-the-village.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Filming the final scene with the rail ship was initially delayed because it could not be hoisted onto the track because of large waves caused by the hurricane.<ref name="fullspeed2" /> The scene was filmed using 14 cameras,<ref name="costly" /> with the rail ship traveling {{convert|50|ft|m}} at a time into the set, with debris from the destruction cleared between each [[take]].<ref name="believable">{{cite news|title=Real ship, fake town help 'Speed&nbsp;2' look believeable {{sic}}|first=Craig|last=Kopp|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|date=June 12, 1997|page=8}}</ref> The mockup was powered by four [[diesel engine]]s and pulled by a large chain at a speed of {{convert|18|mph|km/h}}.<ref name="bigstunt" /> The scene's three planned collisions were aided by [[explosive material|explosives]] and [[hydraulic machinery|hydraulics]] to ensure the set's structures collapsed precisely. Concrete was also removed from the buildings and replaced with sand-coated [[balsa wood]] so the buildings would "crumble" more effectively after being hit by the rail ship.<ref name="bigstunt" /> In the scene's final shot, it had to stop successfully within a {{convert|6|in|cm|adj=on}} area  on the first take.<ref name="bigstunt" /> The five-minute scene cost $25 million to produce, roughly one quarter of the film's entire budget,<ref name="rams" /> and set records as both the largest and the most expensive stunt ever filmed.<ref name="makingof" /><ref name="nopixels">{{cite news|title=Look, Ma, No Pixels: Plastic Triumphs On the Set|first=James|last=Ryan|date=May 4, 1997|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/movies/look-ma-no-pixels-plastic-triumphs-on-the-set.html|access-date=July 13, 2013|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030711/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/movies/look-ma-no-pixels-plastic-triumphs-on-the-set.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The underwater scene where Alex swims underneath the ship was filmed in the [[Tongue of the Ocean]] off the coast of [[New Providence]] in [[the Bahamas]]. The location was chosen due to its water clarity, however, after viewing dailies of the scene, De Bont felt the water was too clear, so it was reshot with divers above the camera dusting the area in front of the lens with sediment to alter the clarity of the footage.<ref name="stuartcove">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuartcove.com/DiveBahamasMgmt.aspx?id=6&pageId=43|title=Underwater Conditions|publisher=Stuart Cove's Underwater Productions|access-date=November 11, 2022|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003122645/http://stuartcove.com/DiveBahamasMgmt.aspx?id=6&pageId=43|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The scene was filmed underneath a propeller-less [[barge]] that was designed to resemble the ''Seabourn Legend''. To provide a sense of velocity in the scene, the barge was towed by [[tugboat]]s at one and a half [[knot (unit)|knots]]. The production crew did not have a winch system available for the underwater shoot as depicted in the scene, so a pulley system was created by feeding Patric a rope that was attached to the [[axle]] of a car that drove along the barge.<ref name="cruising">{{cite journal|title=Speed 2: Cruising Speed|first=Ellen|last=Wolff|issue=71|pages=141+|journal=[[Cinefex]]}}</ref>

[[File:Ducati916SPS 1998 ScuderiaAssindia.jpg|thumb|left|Patric rode a [[Ducati 916]] in the film's opening chase scene, and almost died while performing a stunt on the motorcycle during filming.|alt=A red motorcycle parked on a street.]]

Instead of using [[stunt double]]s, De Bont persuaded Bullock, Patric, and Dafoe to perform their own stunts, so the scenes would appear more realistic; the lead actors were required to engage in [[physical exercise]] sessions before and during filming.<ref name="nightmare" /> Stunt coordinator Dick Ziker was very impressed with Patric's stuntwork, and said that he "is so physical he probably could be one of the top stunt men in the world."<ref name="prod" /> His stunts included being dragged by a seaplane through the water, jumping onto collapsing buildings, and scuba diving while pulled by a moving ship. He was also required to [[treading water|tread water]] for multiple hours at a time.<ref name="demons">{{cite news|title={{-'}}Speed' Demons|first=Bob|last=Strauss|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=June 11, 1997|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60SPEED%27+DEMONS%3B+STARS+BULLOCK+AND+PATRIC+FOLLOW+DIRECTOR+DE+BONT%27S...-a083869625|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213171155/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60SPEED%27+DEMONS%3B+STARS+BULLOCK+AND+PATRIC+FOLLOW+DIRECTOR+DE+BONT%27S...-a083869625|url-status=live}}</ref>  During a motorcycle stunt on a [[Ducati&nbsp;916]] on the second day of filming, Patric flew off the bike {{convert|30|ft|m|sigfig=1}} into the air and landed on a small bush; Bullock said the incident was so serious that Patric "should be dead."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/22/style/it-s-love-at-first-roar.html|title=It's Love at First Roar|date=June 22, 1997|first=Edward|last=Lewine|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="scrapes"/> After surviving a traumatic surfing incident as a teenager, Bullock had to overcome her [[aquaphobia|fear of water]] to perform necessary stuntwork in the film.<ref name="fullspeed2" /> During production at sea, Bullock was smacked into the ship on multiple occasions, and was saved by Patric from dangerous situation by the ship's [[rudder]] in one scene.<ref name="scrapes" /> Bullock and Patric also had a scene filmed in an underwater tank where they had to kiss underwater with Bullock's hands tied together. [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEALs]] with [[scuba diving|scuba]] gear were present inside the tank during shooting, as the actors had to hold their breath during the scene.<ref name="makingof" /> According to Bullock, she performed all of her own stuntwork "except for a quarter of one stunt";<ref name="onboard">{{cite news|title=On Board: 'Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control{{'-}}|first=Betsy|last=Pickle|work=[[The Knoxville News-Sentinel]]|date=June 13, 1997|page=T11}}</ref> her stunt double worked for only three days during production.<ref name="prod" /> Of all the stunt-related incidents during production, De Bont said the most frightening was when a stunt woman was hit in the face by a boat cable and required reconstructive surgery.<ref name="costly">{{cite news|title=Speed&nbsp;2 a costly exercise for director Jan De Bont|first=Jamie|last=Portman|work=[[Waterloo Region Record]]|date=June 12, 1997|page=D1}}</ref> Following the production at sea, De Bont said that filming on water "was 100 percent more difficult than [he] imagined."<ref name="nightmare">{{cite news|title=Filming Speed 2 was a nightmare|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=May 3, 1997|page=I3}}</ref>

===Music===

====Score====

Composer [[Mark Mancina]] wrote the film score for ''Speed&nbsp;2'' having previously composed the scores for ''Speed'' and ''Twister''. He started composing the music in March 1997 and it was recorded at the end of April. He began by creating themes and melodies, then worked them into the film where he felt they would fit.<ref name="fastagain"/> The score includes a reworking of the [[20th Century Fox Fanfare|20th Century Fox fanfare]], in which the final [[chord (music)|chord]] is [[sustain]]ed and "slithers down" into the opening theme, while the studio logo fades into a traveling shot of the ocean on screen. Fox was initially hesitant to feature an altered version of their fanfare, but allowed the alteration after being convinced by De Bont and hearing it performed by an orchestra.<ref name="need">{{cite AV media notes|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control&nbsp;– Original Motion Picture Score|first=Daniel|last=Schweiger|date=2010|publisher=La-La Land Records|id=LLLCD 1138|others=[[Mark Mancina]]|chapter=The Need for More Speed}}</ref>

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Specific action cues were scored on the piano down to each second of film. Noting how the film was set in the Caribbean and had a different, slower pace than ''Speed'', Mancina gave the score a "[[Music of Jamaica|Jamaican]]/[[Music of Latin America|Latin]] feel" by incorporating reggae music between action sequences.<ref name="reelthing" /><ref name="fastagain" /> The reggae music was written to give the feel of being on vacation and serve as a love theme for the characters.<ref name="need"/> Some themes from ''Speed'' were included in the score between sections of the newly written material. He wrote new themes for Annie and Alex because he felt the original themes written for Reeves' character would not work well with Patric. After viewing the scene where Geiger attaches [[leech]]es to his body to [[bloodletting|cleanse his blood]], Mancina felt the scene was "so gross" that he wrote a "slimy theme" for the character, which is distinctively different from the rest of the music.<ref name="fastagain" /> He mixed the score at the same time the film was being edited,<ref name="reelthing">{{cite magazine|title=The Reel Thing|first=Catherine|last=Applefeld Olsen|date=June 7, 1997|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|access-date=April 19, 2011|volume=109|issue=23|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819064224/https://books.google.com/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|url-status=live}}</ref> which meant the music had to be constantly re-edited into the film. During the scoring of ''Speed&nbsp;2'', Mancina said in an interview that keeping up with the editing of the film was the "hardest thing [he had] ever done."<ref name="fastagain" />

Over 100 minutes of score are present in ''Speed 2'', more than Mancina wrote for ''Speed'' and ''Twister'' combined.<ref name="fastagain" /> After the score was written, he created a [[demo (music)|demo]] of the entire score on a [[synthesizer]] to play for De Bont. While the score for ''Speed'' only used [[string instrument|strings]], [[French horn]]s, and [[percussion instrument|percussion]], ''Speed&nbsp;2'' used a wider variety of instruments including [[trombone]]s, large [[woodwind instrument|woodwinds]], [[bass clarinet]]s, and [[contrabassoon]]s. The score was recorded by a 96-person orchestra, including Mancina, who performed on a [[classical guitar]] on several cues. The reggae music featured a band with [[steel drum]]s, in addition to Cuban drums and [[Latin percussion]]. De Bont wanted 16 steel drum players, but due to a lack of available players, Mancina used eight drums which were [[double tracking|double-tracked]].<ref name="need" />

Mancina's score was not initially released on CD to avoid competition with sales of the soundtrack album. De Bont made a deal with Virgin Records that it could not be released until at least six months after the release of the soundtrack.<ref name="fastagain">{{cite journal|title=Mark Mancina: Going Fast Again|journal=[[Film Score Monthly]]|date=July 1997|volume=2|issue=5|first=Daniel|last=Schweiger|pages=23–26}}</ref> The score was not officially released until June 2010, when it was sold by La-La Land Records as a 3000-unit limited edition album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/new/daily/article.cfm?articleID=6504|title=Film Score Friday 6/11/10|first=Scott|last=Bettencourt|date=June 11, 2010|work=[[Film Score Monthly]]|access-date=October 9, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064011/http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/new/daily/article.cfm?articleID=6504|url-status=live}}</ref> The album features 70 minutes of music across 14 tracks and, according to La-La Land, it also features a "notable amount of music" that was not used in the film, due to the constant re-edits prior to its release date.<ref name="need" /> Daniel Schweiger of ''Film Music Magazine'' said that Mancina's score was "arguably a better one than ''Speed''", praising the album's "thrilling themes", "epic orchestrations", and "Jamaican-style grooves."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=5689|title=CD Review: June Soundtrack Picks|first=Daniel|last=Schweiger|date=June 21, 2010|work=Film Music Magazine|publisher=Global Media Online|access-date=April 6, 2011|archive-date=December 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231102830/http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=5689|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Filmtracks.com]] gave the release four out of five stars, saying the album was "perhaps [La-La Land's] finest offering of a previously unreleased score", although it also stated that "some of the action and suspense material in the latter half of the score becomes a bit generic."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/speed2.html|title=Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control (Mark Mancina)|first=Christian|last=Clemmensen|publisher=[[Filmtracks.com]]|date=July 6, 2010|access-date=April 6, 2011|archive-date=November 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122195601/http://filmtracks.com/titles/speed2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Soundtrack====
{{main|Speed 2: Cruise Control (soundtrack)}}
[[File:Carlinhos Brown 2007.07.35 003.jpg|thumb|left|Brazilian reggae musician [[Carlinhos Brown]] was selected to appear in the film and on the soundtrack for his lively, energetic music.|alt=A side view of Carlinhos Brown performing drums.]]

To complement the film's Caribbean setting, the [[soundtrack]] consists of mostly [[reggae]] music.<ref name="takiff">{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-15/news/25547142_1_summer-flicks-ub40-reggae|title=On Track With Summer Flicks Will Smith Leads This Year's Invasion Of Movie Music|first=Jonathan|last=Takiff|date=July 15, 1997|access-date=June 15, 2011|work=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165548/http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-15/news/25547142_1_summer-flicks-ub40-reggae|url-status=dead}}</ref> De Bont wanted musicians to appear in the film as entertainers on the cruise ship. A cameo appearance for reggae band [[UB40]] was written into the script after the filmmakers heard a [[demo (music)|demo]] of their song "Tell Me Is It True", and wanted them to perform it in the film.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Tell Me Is It True? From the Film 'Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control{{'-}}|journal=Everybody's|publisher=Herman Hall|issn=1072-3099|volume=21|issue=5|page=38|first=Patricia|last=Boothe}}</ref> Brazilian reggae musician [[Carlinhos Brown]] was also chosen to be featured as a performer on the ship because De Bont wanted music that was "lively" and felt that Brown's music was "full of energy."<ref name="makingof" /> Tamia worked with De Bont and producer [[Quincy Jones]] to choose a song for her character to perform in the film, and selected "Make Tonight Beautiful",<ref name="makingof" /> which was written by [[Diane Warren]].<ref name="tamia">{{cite magazine|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles|editor-first=Larry|editor-last=Flick|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=54|date=May 24, 1997|volume=109|issue=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|access-date=June 1, 2011|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609022112/https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to UB40 and Brown, the soundtrack features reggae music from: [[Jimmy Cliff]], [[Common Sense (band)|Common Sense]], [[Maxi Priest]], [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]], [[Rayvon]], and [[Betty Wright]].  Mark Mancina wrote a [[techno]] track for the soundtrack based on his film score,<ref name="fastagain" /> titled "Speed TK Re-mix", performed by Japanese musician [[Tetsuya Komuro|Tetsuya "TK" Komuro]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Komuro produces soundtrack for U.S. movie|publisher=Japan Economic Newswire|date=April 3, 1997}}</ref> Other songs recorded specifically for the soundtrack include Priest's cover of "[[The Tide Is High]]" and Cliff's re-recording of his 1972 song "[[You Can Get It If You Really Want]]".<ref name="priest">{{cite news|title=Confessions from Priest|date=July 31, 1997|first=Lenny|last=Stoute|work=[[Toronto Star]]|page=G6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Summer sounds: In case you've lost track...|first=Richard|last=Harrington|page=B8|work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|date=July 29, 1997}}</ref>  The ''Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control'' [[soundtrack album]] was released by [[Virgin Records]] on May 20, 1997, about one month before the film's release. The album features 12 songs, all of which are featured in the film; five of them were released as [[single (music)|single]]s.<ref name="reelthing" />

==Reception==
===Critical response===
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|scope=row| ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' || {{sort|01|1st}}<ref name="complex"/>
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|scope=row| ''Far Out'' || {{sort|02|2nd}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-10-worst-movie-sequels-of-all-time/|title=The 10 worst movie sequels of all time|work=Far Out|date=November 23, 2022|access-date=August 12, 2023|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123150240/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-10-worst-movie-sequels-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope=row| ''[[Total Film]]'' || {{sort|05|5th}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/30-worst-movie-sequels/speed-2-cruise-control-1997|title=30 Worst Sequels|work=[[Total Film]]|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=October 9, 2012|archive-date=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106163609/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/30-worst-movie-sequels/speed-2-cruise-control-1997|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope=row| ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' || {{sort|09|9th}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/12/22/worst-movie-sequels-ever/|title=The 25 Worst Sequels Ever|date=December 22, 2007|first=Chris|last=Nashawaty|access-date=October 17, 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807092728/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1169126_18,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope=row| [[Moviefone]] || {{sort|09|9th}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2007/06/21/worst-movie-sequels/|title=Worst Movie Sequels of All Time|date=June 21, 2007|access-date=August 19, 2011|publisher=[[Moviefone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109120029/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/06/21/worst-movie-sequels/|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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|scope=row| {{sort|Independent, The|''[[The Independent]]''}} || {{sort|10|Top 10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/10-of-the-worst-movie-sequels-ever-made-1959396.html?action=gallery&ino=3|title=10 of the worst sequels ever made|first=Laura|last=David|date=May 10, 2010|access-date=June 25, 2013|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-date=December 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217162342/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/10-of-the-worst-movie-sequels-ever-made-1959396.html?action=Gallery&ino=3|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope=row| [[MSN]] || {{sort|10|Top 10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/movies/galleries/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=19206655&page=10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219192325/http://movies.msn.com/movies/galleryfeature/worst-sequels/?photoidx=10|title=Terrible Twos: The 10 Worst Movie Sequels|publisher=[[MSN]]|archive-date=February 19, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=October 9, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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|scope=row| ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' || {{sort|10|Top 10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/05/20/worst_sequels_all_time/slide_show/6|title=The worst sequels of all time|first=Matt|last=Zoller Sietz|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=July 5, 2013|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|archive-date=September 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916173005/https://www.salon.com/2011/05/20/worst_sequels_all_time/slide_show/6/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope=row| [[Virgin Media]] || {{sort|10|Top 10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/movies/movieextras/top10s/worst-movie-sequels.php?ssid=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106172747/http://www.virginmedia.com/movies/movieextras/top10s/worst-movie-sequels.php?ssid=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2008|title=Worst movie sequels ever|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|access-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>
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|scope=row| ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' || {{sort|25|Top 25}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/24/the-worst-movie-sequels-of-all-time|title=The worst movie sequels of all time|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2012|first1=Mark|last1=Daniell|first2=Marianne|last2=Dowling|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|agency=[[QMI Agency]]|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113092712/http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/24/the-worst-movie-sequels-of-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope=row| [[Comcast]] || {{sort|42|42nd}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-worstsequels/15/|title=Worst Sequels of All Time|publisher=[[Comcast]]|access-date=June 25, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430210159/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-worstsequels/15/|archive-date=April 30, 2015}}</ref>
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''Speed 2: Cruise Control'' did not receive the same positive feedback as its predecessor, and was widely lambasted by critics.<ref name="WorstSequel" /> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 4% based on reviews from 76 critics, with an average rating of 3.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "''Speed&nbsp;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."<ref name="rt">{{cite web |title=Speed 2 - Cruise Control (1997) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_2_cruise_control/ |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807152727/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_2_cruise_control |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref name="mc">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/speed-2-cruise-control |title=Speed 2: Cruise Control reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=December 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509025153/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/speed-2-cruise-control |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B−" on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 |access-date= 2019-05-26 }}</ref>

''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine stated that Patric's character was "fundamentally uninteresting", but blamed De Bont and the screenwriters for "not providing their actors with stuff to act."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cinema: Totally Out of Control|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986583,00.html|first=Richard|last=Schickel|date=June 23, 1997|access-date=May 29, 2011|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-date=February 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209162436/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986583,00.html}}</ref> Many critics stated that a major issue with the film was the lack of thrills due to the setting on the slow-moving ship. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' heavily criticized the lack of story and said the film is "as slow-moving as a [[garbage scow]]."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Movie Review: Speed 2 (1997) |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/06/20/speed-2/ |first=Lisa |last=Schwarzbaum |author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum |issue=384 |date=June 20, 1997 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926144657/https://ew.com/article/1997/06/20/speed-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', even children who saw the film felt it was strange that it took place on a ship "not capable of going more than a few knots per hour [sic]", and claimed that ''Speed'' was "much more logical."<ref>{{cite news|title=Hasty Conclusions About 'Speed&nbsp;2' Do Hold Water|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-26-ca-6977-story.html|first=Mark Chalon|last=Smith|date=June 26, 1997|access-date=May 29, 2011|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107013840/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-26/entertainment/ca-6977_1_speed-water-didn|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''Los Angeles Times'' stated, "Even the film's big-ticket closing stunts are more impressive for their size than for any excitement they generate."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-13-ca-2814-story.html|title=A Quiet Getaway Turns Into Romance and Wreckage|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Kenneth|last=Turan|date=June 27, 1997|access-date=October 17, 2021|archive-date=December 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209155004/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-13/entertainment/ca-2814_1_movie-cruise-ship|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is also considered to be one of the worst film sequels of all time, and many publications have placed ''Speed&nbsp;2'' on their lists of the worst film sequels. ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' ranked the film first on a list of The 50 Worst Sequels of All Time, calling it "one of the worst 'event' movies ever conceived", while praising Reeves' choice not to return for the sequel, and referring to Patric as "wooden and woefully miscast."<ref name="complex">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/05/the-50-worst-movie-sequels-of-all-time/speed-2-cruise-control|title=The 50 Worst Movie Sequels Of All Time|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|date=August 19, 2011|first=Matt|last=Barone|access-date=December 10, 2012|archive-date=January 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102215715/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/05/the-50-worst-movie-sequels-of-all-time/speed-2-cruise-control|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' film critic [[David Edelstein]] featured an article on ''Speed&nbsp;2'' that described it as the "Worst Sequel of All", mainly due to the film's explanation for the absence of Reeves' character.<ref name="WorstSequel">{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/movies/2010/03/speed_2_the_worst_sequel_of_al.html|title=''Speed 2'' the Worst Sequel of All? Yes, Really|date=March 9, 2010|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|first=David|last=Edelstein|author-link=David Edelstein|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126141907/http://nymag.com/daily/movies/2010/03/speed_2_the_worst_sequel_of_al.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to being ranked among the worst sequels, ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' ranked the film at number 24 on its list of The 50 Worst Movies Ever.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/features/50-worst-movies-ever/default.asp?film=24|title=The 50 Worst Movies Ever|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025174438/http://www.empireonline.com/features/50-worst-movies-ever/default.asp?film=24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bullock later regretted starring in the film, and stated that the script was to blame for the film's negative reception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ivillage.com/interview-sandra-bullock/1-a-33761|first=Gerri|last=Miller|title=Interview with Celebrity Sandra Bullock on Jesse James, The Lake House and More|date=June 16, 2006|work=[[iVillage]]|access-date=October 7, 2012|archive-date=September 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904185532/http://www.ivillage.com/interview-sandra-bullock/1-a-33761|url-status=live}}</ref> She admitted to having been skeptical about its success during production and "knew it was going to be a big flop" once she saw the final product.<ref>{{cite news|title=For Sandra Bullock, hope floats eternal|work=[[The Vancouver Sun]]|date=May 30, 1998|page=C4|first=Jamie|last=Portman}}</ref> Patric also admitted "it wasn't a good movie" and said that its lack of success was due to de&nbsp;Bont's direction, while praising Bullock and the rest of the film's crew.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Jason Patric bonds with sociable sociopath in 'Your Friends{{'-}}|journal=[[The Morning Call]]|first=Amy|last=Longsdorf|date=August 16, 1998|page=F1}}</ref> Mark Gordon and Graham Yost stated they felt "bitter and happy" after initially not being asked to be involved in ''Speed&nbsp;2'', then seeing that the film was unsuccessful.<ref name="speeddvd" />

The film did receive some positive feedback. [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'' and [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' both gave ''Speed&nbsp;2'' three out of four stars,<ref name="ebert">{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-2-cruise-control-1997|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=June 27, 1997|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=July 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723055317/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-2-cruise-control-1997|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/13/speed-2-full-of-fresh-thrills/|title={{-'}}Speed 2' Full Of Fresh Thrills|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 13, 1997|access-date=June 11, 2013|first=Gene|last=Siskel|author-link=Gene Siskel|archive-date=January 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112063617/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-06-13/entertainment/9706130077_1_speed-oil-tanker-busy|url-status=live}}</ref> two of the film's three positive reviews included on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref name="rt"/> On their film review TV series ''[[Siskel & Ebert]]'', they collectively gave ''Speed&nbsp;2'' a positive rating of "Two Thumbs Up", calling it a "truly rousing ocean liner adventure story", although Ebert criticized Bullock's more limited role in the sequel while Patric "stole all the action sequences."<ref>{{cite episode|series=[[Siskel & Ebert]]|first1=Roger|last1=Ebert|author-link1=Roger Ebert|author-link2=Gene Siskel|first2=Gene|last2=Siskel|publisher=[[Buena Vista Television]]|season=11|number=40 |date=June 14, 1997 }}</ref> Since his original review, Ebert claimed that he enjoyed ''Speed&nbsp;2'' more than Bullock,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/miss-congeniality-2000 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |via=RogerEbert.com|title=Miss Congeniality|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=December 22, 2000|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715210551/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/miss-congeniality-2000|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/miss-congeniality-2-armed-and-fabulous-2005|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|title=Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=March 24, 2005|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708220629/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/miss-congeniality-2-armed-and-fabulous-2005|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-proposal-2009|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|title=The Proposal|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=June 17, 2009|access-date=May 24, 2011|archive-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603120502/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-proposal-2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and wrote an article in 2013 that his favorable review of the film "inspired more disbelief" than any other he had written and was frequently cited as an example of him being a poor film critic.<ref name="speed3">{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/speed-3-winner-of-my-1999-contest|title={{-'}}Speed 3'--Winner of My 1999 Contest|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=January 17, 2013|access-date=June 11, 2013|archive-date=May 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517084351/http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/speed-3-winner-of-my-1999-contest|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[Conference on World Affairs]] in 1999, Ebert spoke about the difficulty of making films such as ''Speed&nbsp;2'' and defended his review by offering a "Speed&nbsp;3" contest for anyone to create a five-minute [[short film]] that takes place on something that cannot stop moving.<ref name="speed3" />

''Speed 2'' was listed on [[About.com]]'s Top 9 Cruise Ship or Ocean Liner Movies, and said it had "good shots of the ship and a spectacular ending", but also described the plot as "lame."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cruises.about.com/od/travelgearandgadgets/tp/cruise_movies.htm|title=Top 9 Cruise Ship or Ocean Liner Movies|publisher=[[About.com]]|first=Linda|last=Garrison|access-date=May 29, 2011|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927230639/http://cruises.about.com/od/travelgearandgadgets/tp/cruise_movies.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control|first=Eleanor|last=Ringel|date=June 13, 1997|page=14|journal=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|title={{-'}}Speed 2: Cruise Control' helps rev up idle summer|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60SPEED+2%3A+CRUISE+CONTROL%27+HELPS+REV+UP+IDLE+SUMMER.-a083870184|journal=[[Los Angeles Daily Times]]|first=Amy|last=Dawes|date=June 13, 1997|access-date=December 11, 2012|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031027/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60SPEED+2%3A+CRUISE+CONTROL%27+HELPS+REV+UP+IDLE+SUMMER.-a083870184|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]''<ref>{{cite journal|title=Familiar ingredients make 'Speed 2' a tub of fun|first=Joe|last=Baltake|author-link=Joe Baltake|date=June 13, 1997|page=TK20|journal=[[The Sacramento Bee]]}}</ref> each gave favorable reviews, while stating that the film was not as good as ''Speed''. ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''{{'s}} Andrew Collins gave the film  3 out of 5 stars, while commenting "...top-billed Sandra Bullock, formerly an accidental heroine, is insultingly sidelined here to boyfriend's little helper and hostage-in-waiting. Patric is the film's actual seaborne legend, and a watchable one, but the pair's gooey relationship sorely lacks ''Speed''{{'}}s thrown-together dynamic."<ref>https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=119913 {{dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref>

===Box office===
{{Anchor|Box office}}
''Speed 2: Cruise Control'' premiered at the [[Cineplex Odeon Corporation|Cineplex Odeon]] in [[Century City]], [[Los Angeles]] on June 9, 1997, and was released into theaters on June 13.<ref name="isle">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-11-ls-2099-story.html|title=A Caribbean Isle Paradise in Century City|first=Bill|last=Higgins|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 11, 1997|access-date=July 12, 2013|archive-date=December 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211001510/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-11/news/ls-2099_1_century-city-caribbean|url-status=live}}</ref>  The release date was rescheduled twice—originally set for July 2 and pushed up to June 6 to avoid competition with ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' and ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (which was then scheduled for July), then moved back one week to avoid competition with ''[[Con Air]]''.<ref name="turning">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/business/turning-rough-takes-into-summer-s-big-hits.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Turning Rough Takes Into Summer's Big Hits|first=Trip|last=Gabriel|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 5, 1997|access-date=July 12, 2013|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305235550/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/business/turning-rough-takes-into-summer-s-big-hits.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/34348/fox-postpones-speed-2|title=Fox Postpones 'Speed&nbsp;2{{'-}}|first=Elizabeth|last=Johns|date=April 10, 1997|access-date=February 11, 2014|work=[[E!]]|archive-date=April 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425035203/http://www.eonline.com/news/34348/fox-postpones-speed-2|url-status=live}}</ref>

During its opening weekend, ''Speed 2'' was shown on 2,615 screens and grossed $16.2 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-speed-sequel-tops/133490668/ |title='Speed' sequel tops the box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015174252/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-speed-sequel-tops/133490668/ |date=June 17, 1997 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |page=72 |publisher=[[The Kansas City Star]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It ranked at number one in the box office, grossing just $500,000 more than ''Con Air'' in second place.<ref>{{cite news |last=Horn |first=John |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-despite-armada-of-naysay/133491165/ |title=Despite armada of naysayers, 'Speed 2' debuts in first
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015175338/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-despite-armada-of-naysay/133491165/ |date=June 18, 1997 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |page=51 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-17-ca-4045-story.html|title={{-'}}Speed 2' Edges 'Con Air' for No. 1|first=Susan|last=King|date=June 17, 1997|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193218/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-17/entertainment/ca-4045_1_con-air|url-status=live}}</ref> Box office sales for ''Speed&nbsp;2'' dropped 54% the following weekend, grossing only $7.8 million and ranking at number five behind ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'', ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'', ''Con Air'' and ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-holy-box-offi/133491532/ |title=Holy box office! Dynamic Duo soars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015175925/https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-holy-box-offi/133491532/ |date=June 25, 1997 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |page=51 |publisher=[[Sun Sentinel|South Florida Sun Sentinel]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/06/24/ent_210323.shtml|agency=[[Associated Press]]|title={{-'}}Batman and Robin' tops box office; 'Speed 2' sinks|work=[[The Augusta Chronicle]]|date=April 24, 1997|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406161121/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/06/24/ent_210323.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film grossed $48 million in the United States, and had a total gross of $164.5 million worldwide.<ref name="BO">{{cite web|title=Speed&nbsp;2: Cruise Control (1997)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=speed2.htm|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 24, 2011}}</ref> [[Moviefone]] and ''Time'' have both ranked the film among the biggest [[box office bomb]]s of all time, with estimated losses for the studio ranging from $40–70 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2009/08/28/top-10-disappointing-blockbusters/slide/speed-2-cruise-control/#speed-2-cruise-control|title=Top 10 Disappointing Blockbusters|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=October 9, 2012|date=August 28, 2009|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010144009/http://entertainment.time.com/2009/08/28/top-10-disappointing-blockbusters/slide/speed-2-cruise-control/#speed-2-cruise-control|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2007/11/15/biggest-box-office-bombs/|title=Biggest Box-Office Turkeys of All Time|date=November 15, 2007|access-date=June 30, 2013|publisher=[[Moviefone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827104308/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/11/15/biggest-box-office-bombs/|archive-date=August 27, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Awards===
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
The film received eight [[Razzie Award]] nominations out of 12 possible categories at the [[18th Golden Raspberry Awards]], and had the second-highest number that year following ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' (1997), which had 11 nominations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-putting-knocks-o/124985244/ |title=Putting knocks on the worst |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519222558/https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-putting-knocks-o/124985244/ |date=February 27, 1998 |access-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |page=14 |publisher=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''Speed&nbsp;2'' won the award for "[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel#Worst Remake or Sequel (1994–1995, 1997–1998, 2000–2005)|Worst Remake or Sequel]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/gloucester-county-times-postman-receiv/169475303/ |title='Postman' receives Raspberry salutes
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403132245/https://www.newspapers.com/article/gloucester-county-times-postman-receiv/169475303/ |date=March 23, 1998 |access-date=April 3, 2025 |archive-date=April 3, 2025 |page=2 |publisher=[[Gloucester County Times]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> but lost the award for "[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]" to ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]'' (1997).<ref name="razzies">{{cite web|url=http://www.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37|title=1997 Archive|date=August 8, 2000|first=John|last=Wilson|author-link=John J. B. Wilson|work=Razzies.com|publisher=[[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award Foundation]]|access-date=November 11, 2022|archive-date=December 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228231342/http://www.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]], the film was nominated for three awards. It won Worst Sequel but lost, both Worst Director and Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M to ''Batman & Robin''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Stinkers 1997 Ballot |url=http://www.thestinkers.com/1997.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818030700/http://www.thestinkers.com/1997.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 August 2000 |website=The Stinkers |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Nominations and wins<ref name="razzies" />
|-
!  class="unsortable"| Ceremony
! span="col" | Award
! span="col" | Nominee
! span="col" | Result
|-
| rowspan="8"|[[Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzies]]
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]
| [[Jan de Bont]], Steve Perry, Michael Peyser
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]]
| [[Sandra Bullock]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]
| [[Willem Dafoe]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple|Worst Screen Couple]]
| Sandra Bullock, [[Jason Patric]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel#Worst Remake or Sequel (1994–1995, 1997–1998, 2000–2005)|Worst Remake or Sequel]]
| ''Speed 2: Cruise Control''
| {{Won}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]]
| Jan de Bont
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]
| Randall McCormick, [[Jeff Nathanson]], Jan de Bont
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Song]]
| "My Dream" (written by  [[Orville Burrell]], Robert Livingston, Dennis Haliburton)
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers]]
| span=row|Worst Director
| Jan de Bont
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math
| rowspan="2"|[[20th Century Fox]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| span=row|Worst Sequel
| {{Won}}
|}

==Home media and rights==
[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] released the film on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] in the United States on December 2, 1997.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-therell-be-aliens/154476265/ |title=There'll be 'Aliens' all over the video stores next week
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902201507/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-therell-be-aliens/154476265/ |date=November 28, 1997 |access-date=September 2, 2024 |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |page=151 |publisher=[[The Kansas City Star]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film would be released for the first time on [[DVD]] on November 3, 1998. It was once again released on DVD on July 30, 2002, along with its predecessor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=George M. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-sales-of-dvds-slow/125373880/ |title=Sales of DVDs slowly pushing videocassettes closer to the finish
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527012502/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-sales-of-dvds-slow/125373880/ |date=July 19, 2002 |access-date=May 27, 2023 |archive-date=May 27, 2023 |page=82 |work=Knight Ridder Newspapers |publisher=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> This [[THX]] certified DVD release features animated menus that resemble Geiger's computer. Bonus features include a half-hour [[HBO]] special called "The Making of Speed 2: Cruise Control" and three trailers. These are a single trailer for ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' and two others for its sequel. There is also a [[DTS, Inc.|DTS]] 5.1 audio track on this release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvdmg.com/speed2.shtml|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)|website=www.dvdmg.com}}</ref> In Australia ([[DVD region code|Region 4]]) it was released on DVD in 2001 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment South Pacific,<ref>Copyright notice on Region 4 DVD packaging for ''Speed 2'', 2001.</ref> while in the United Kingdom ([[DVD region code|Region 2]]) it was bundled together with ''Speed'' on a January 2004 DVD release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/3405391/Speed-REGION-2|title=Speed (REGION 2)|website=Sanity}}</ref> In 1998, the film also received LaserDisc releases in Japan and Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lddb.com/search.php?search=speed+2&sort=title|title=LaserDisc Database - Search - speed 2|website=www.lddb.com}}</ref> On May 6, 2014, ''Speed 2: Cruise Control'' was released on [[Blu-ray]] as part of the ''Speed'' Collector Pack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/todd-doogan/gripe-soda/item/696-doogans-queue-050614|title=Doogan’s Queue for May 6, 2014|first=Todd|last=Doogan|website=thedigitalbits.com}}</ref>

On March 20, 2019, [[Rupert Murdoch]] sold most of [[21st Century Fox]]'s film and television assets to [[The Walt Disney Company]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/media/disney-fox-deal|title=Disney says its Fox takeover will take effect on March 20 &#124; CNN Business|first=Brian|last=Stelter|date=March 12, 2019|website=CNN}}</ref> and ''Speed 2: Cruise Control'' was one of the films included in the deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parkcircus.com/film/115947-Speed-2%3A-Cruise-Control|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control|website=Park Circus}}</ref><ref>Copyright notice in the credits for ''Speed 2: Cruise Control'', 1997.</ref>

== Cancelled video game ==
A video game was being developed as an original IP titled ''Muzzle Velocity'' by developer [[Bits Studios]] featuring a story in which player character Jack, a member of the LAPD SWAT team during a mission in Los Angeles, is battling crime wave gone out of control out of control that the LAPD cannot stop it on its own. After the studio partnered with [[Fox Interactive]], development of the game shifted to an alternate IP under the ''Speed'' series titled after and based on the film itself ''Speed 2: Cruise Control''. The game would have been primarily set on a boat, though a bus level was also conceived as a nod to the [[Speed (1994 film)|original film]]. This game was then planned to release in January 1999 for [[Nintendo 64]] and [[Personal computer|PC]]. However, the movie was both a critical and commercial failure after its release and both companies decided to switch the project once more to the ''Die Hard'' franchise thus becoming ''[[Bits Studios#Unreleased/Cancelled Games|Die Hard 64]]''.  After work for the previous title could not be finished sometime in 2000, it was moved to the [[GameCube]] and would later become ''[[Die Hard: Vendetta]]'', which was released in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2019/04/10/die-hard-n64-cancelled/|title=Die Hard 64 [N64 – Cancelled]|website=unseen64|date=10 April 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>

==Legacy==
''Speed 2: Cruise Control'' has been referenced and parodied in pop culture. A 1998 episode of the Irish [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Father Ted]]'' titled "[[Speed&nbsp;3]]" involves a bomb planted on a [[milk float]] that will explode if the float travels under {{convert|4|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. While the plot is a parody of ''Speed'', writers [[Graham Linehan]] and [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]] got the idea for the episode after asking themselves if it was possible to come up with a "worse idea for a sequel than ''Speed 2''."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Linehan|first1=Graham|author-link1=Graham Linehan|last2=Mathews|first2=Arthur|author-link2=Arthur Mathews (writer)|title=Father Ted: The Complete Scripts|publisher=[[Boxtree]]|year=2000|location=London|isbn=0-7522-7235-7|page=284}}</ref>  The ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Bye Bye Nerdie]]" (2001) features a scene on a racing school bus where character [[Milhouse Van Houten]] says "It's like ''Speed&nbsp;2'', only with [[Speed (1994 film)|a bus instead of a boat]]!"<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Bye Bye Nerdie |episode-link=Bye Bye Nerdie  |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=[[Lauren MacMullan|MacMullan, Lauren]] (director) |network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company]] |airdate=March 11, 2001 |season=12 |number=16 |transcript=Transcript|transcript-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219021656/http://www.snpp.com/episodes/CABF11}}</ref> The ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Blind Ambition (Family Guy)|Blind Ambition]]" (2005) includes a parody of the film's finale where a cruise ship crashes into a pier and through a city before stopping in the middle of an airport.<ref>{{cite AV media|people=[[Seth MacFarlane|MacFarlane, Seth]]; [[David A. Goodman|Goodman, David]]; [[Chris Sheridan (writer)|Sheridan, Chris]]|title=''"Blind Ambition".'' Family Guy Volume 3|publisher=[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]|medium=DVD audio commentary|date=2005}}</ref> Both ''The Simpsons''  and ''Family Guy'' were produced by [[20th Century Fox Television]], the television division of the film's producer 20th Century Fox. 

A frame of Dafoe from the film has become a popular [[internet meme]].{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==Potential sequel==
In September 2013, Keanu Reeves stated that he believed that an opportunity for his return in a sequel had passed.<ref name="sequel_Yahoo!">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/movie-talk/keanu-reeves-jokes-reuniting-sandra-bullock-speed-3-001316931.html|work=Yahoo! Entertainment|title=Keanu Reeves on Reuniting With Sandra Bullock for 'Speed': 'That Bus Has Left'|author=Deming, Mark|date=September 10, 2013|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> By September of the following year however, the actor stated that he would be open to reprising his lead role in a sequel.<ref name="Sequel_CB">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Here-Keanu-Reeves-Thoughts-Speed-3-67354.html|work=Cinemablend|title=Here Are Keanu Reeves' Thoughts On Speed 3|author=Wakeman, Gregory|date=September 23, 2014|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Sequel_Nerdist">{{cite web|url=https://archive.nerdist.com/exclusive-is-speed-3-happening-with-keanu-reeves/|work=Nerdist|title=EXCLUSIVE: Is Speed 3 Happening with Keanu Reeves?|author=Casey, Dan|date=September 23, 2014|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> In May 2019, Reeves once again expressed his interest in a potential third movie.<ref name="Sequel_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/keanu-reeves-speed-3-john-wick-chapter-3-1203216561/|work=Variety|title=Keanu Reeves Pitches Another 'Speed' With Sandra Bullock|author=Malkin, Marc|date=May 16, 2019|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> By November 2020, Jan de Bont stated that a third film may be developed, while acknowledging that he would want the original cast to return.<ref name="Sequel_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/the-haunting-jan-de-bont-interview-speed-twister/|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|title='The Haunting' Director Jan de Bont on Swapping Projects with Steven Spielberg and the State of Action|author=Taylor, Drew|date=November 5, 2020|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> In December 2021, Reeves expressed his desire to work again with Bullock in the future, and said "never say never" while acknowledging that the realization of a third installment may become a reality.<ref name="Sequel_Extra">{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2WMes3IdRE|work=Extra|title=Keanu Reeves REACTS to Speed 3 Rumors with Sandra Bullock|author=Hoffman, Matthew|date=December 20, 2021|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> By March 2022, Bullock expressed interest in reprising her role while joking about how much older they both are at this point in time.<ref name="Sequel_TLSwSC">{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCVLp8rnxgw|work=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|title="We Should Be Really Old, In An RV" - Sandra Bullock Pitches Plots For A Hypothetical "Speed" Sequel|author=Colbert, Stephen|date=March 15, 2022|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> Later that month she stated that though she was taking a hiatus from acting, she would like to make a third ''Speed'' film alongside Reeves. During the interview, she and [[Daniel Radcliffe]] brainstormed comedic ideas for the potential project.<ref name="Sequel_Fox">{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXXwR0QKr-Q|work=Fox 5 New York|title=Sandra Bullock and Daniel Radcliffe|publisher=Fox News|date=March 24, 2022|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref>

In March 2023, Reeves stated that he would reprise his role under the condition that the story justifies the movie with a great script.<ref name="Sequel_AH">{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuYaLnO9zk|work=Access Hollywood|title=Keanu Reeves Would Be Down For a 'Speed' Sequel w/ Sandra Bullock|author=Evans, Scott|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> By April, [[Graham Yost]] expressed interest in returning to serve as screenwriter.<ref name="Sequel_CB.com">{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/speed-3-pitch-script-story-joke-graham-yost-keanu-reeves-reaction/|work=[[ComicBook.com]]|title=Speed Writer Reveals His Hilarious Pitch for Speed 3 (Exclusive)|author=Cavanaugh, Patrick|date=April 17, 2023|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Mojo title|speed2|Speed 2: Cruise Control}}
* {{IMDb title|0120179|Speed 2: Cruise Control}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|id=speed_2_cruise_control|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control}}

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