Speed (1994)
Action / Thriller | 1h 56m
7/10
Bechdel: Passed
Said 2×
every 58 minutes
on average
2 different characters
say the title
News Anchor #1
first to say it
Jack Traven
last to say it
News Anchor #1 & Jack Traven
most drops (1×)
The Title Drops
2 spoken-title moments across the runtime — click a marker to jump to it
News Anchor #1
00:44:21
...The bus apparently came onto the freeway at the Lincoln on-ramp. It began picking up speed, swerving and hasn't slowed down since. Minutes ago, a Los Angeles police officer boarded the bus by jumping onto it from a moving car. He doesn't seem to have been able to stop the bus...
Jack Traven
01:46:55
There's a curve ahead. I'm gonna speed it up, make it jump the track.
The Scorecard
My take, and how it fares on the Bechdel Test
My Rating
7/10
“I think it was called... 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.'”
Just my two cents — one movie lover to another.
Bechdel Test
Two women with names?
They talk to each other?
About something besides a man?
TEST PASSED!
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