My favourite Thriller film of all time is the 1994 hit 'Speed' directed by Jan De Bont. Even since i first watched it a couple of years ago it has become one of my favourite films off all time. The reasons for my love for this film are as follows.
Firstly the suspense that is built up right from the start when the bomber played by jeff Daniels is in a lift shaft and is looking very suspicious. The suspicions towards him are brought to a dramatic climax when he brutally murders the engineering man with a screwdriver in the lift shaft with a cold brutality.
The main reason Speed is my favourite thriller is that the main part of the film is set on a bus full of people and the bomber who murdered the man earlier has planted a bomb underneath the bus which will go off if the bus doesn't stay over 50mph. This means that the driver and the policeman have to use cunning and bravery and take huge risks throughout to keep the bus over the specified speed. The thriller is brought to an amazing climax when the policeman (Keanu Reeves) has to get the people off the bus onto the vehicle parallel to it via a metal slab while its going at 50mph otherwise they will die. He manages to do it, just in time, whilst driving around an airport and avoiding airplanes. The film is intense and gripping throughout which is why it is my favourite thriller of all time.
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