FILM CHOICE

Speed STV, 10.45pm

KEANU Reeves portrays LA bomb squad member Jack Traven, who plays a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the deranged Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper). The latter plants a device on a bus that will detonate if the vehicle drops below 50mph. While Jack tries to figure a way of getting the passengers off the vehicle, keeping it on the road is left to feisty Annie (played by Sandra Bullock), who ends up at the wheel when the driver is shot. The whole thing never lets up for a second, and just when you think the stunts can’t get any bigger, director Jan de Bont ups the ante once again. Reeves delivers a solid performance, while Bullock is perfectly cast in the role that rocketed her to international fame.