10 Disappointing Action Movies You Should Die Before You See
3. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1998)
Sure, it cost $110m, stars a future Oscar winner and was directed by Die Hards cinematographer, but all this unnecessary sequel to the 1994 smash is prove, once again, that you cant bottle lightning. It also proves what a Godlike Genius Chuck Norris is, because this is the kind of movie he couldve made more cheaply a decade earlier, except it wouldve been fun to watch. It ticks all the boxes of a Norris vehicle: its as ambitious (and credible) as a straight-to-DVD Scooby Doo movie, the hero is an indestructible cop on the Suicide Club and the repartee between the leads is pretty cheesy. Well, actually its toe-curlingly awful, and the longer it goes on, the more you want to shout hurry up and die. Filling in for Keanu Reeves, Jason Patrick does what he can with The Script From Hell (co-written by Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls Jeff Nathanson nuff said), but Sandra Bullocks character has been transformed into an 80s action starlet: all she does is whine, perform unfunny slapstick and get herself kidnapped. Bullock later joked that the movie was the biggest piece of crap ever made.and signed on for Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
