Sandra Bullock’s star charisma raises this mediocre computer-age paranoia fantasy to the level of watchable entertainment.
The Speed(1994) heroine plays Angela Bennett, a lonely hacker who uncovers a criminal conspiracy, but how she copes with the threat of cyberspace annihilation from an unknown assassin turns an already slow-moving thriller into a predictable game of hide-and-seek that relies on major lapses in logic and coincidence for a happy ending.
The neat electronic visuals can’t hide the contrived and confusing direction by Irwin Winkler.
Angela Bennett
Sandra Bullock Jack Devlin
Jeremy Northam Dr Alan Champion
Dennis Miller Mrs Bennett
Diane Baker Imposter
Wendy Gazelle Bergstrom
Ken Howard Dale
Ray McKinnon WNN anchor
Daniel Schorr Public defender
L Scott Caldwell Ben Phillips
Robert Gossett Nurse
Kristina Krofft Nurse
Julia Pearlstein Resort desk clerk
Juan Garcia Mexican doctor
Tony Perez Mrs Raines
Margo Winkler Stan Whiteman
Gene Kirkwood
Director
Irwin Winkler
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