Editing Speed 2: Cruise Control (section)

{{Short description|1997 film by Jan de Bont}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Speed 2: Cruise Control
| image          = Speed two cruise control.jpg
| alt            = The faces of Jason Patric and Sandra Bullock and shown among streaks of diagonal lines in blue and orange.  The top reads "From the director of 'Speed' and 'Twister{{'-}}" and right side reads "Rush Hour Hits the Water".  The bottom features Sandra Bullock's and Jason Patric's names, followed by "Speed 2" and "Cruise Control" in red text, with film credits underneath.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jan de Bont]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Jan de Bont
* Steve Perry
* Michael Peyser
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Randall McCormick
* [[Jeff Nathanson]]
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Jan de Bont
* Randall McCormick
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|Characters created|[[Graham Yost]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sandra Bullock]]
* [[Jason Patric]]
* [[Willem Dafoe]]
* [[Temuera Morrison]]
* [[Glenn Plummer]]
}}
| music          = [[Mark Mancina]]
| cinematography = [[Jack N. Green]]
| editing        = Alan Cody
| studio         = Blue Tulip Productions<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61479|title=Speed 2: Cruise Control|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=July 26, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020064933/http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61479|url-status=live}}</ref>
| distributor    = [[20th Century Fox]]<ref name=afi/>
| released       = {{Film date|1997|06|13}}
| runtime        = 126 minutes<ref name="afi" />
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $110–160 million<ref name="waterwhirl" />
| gross          = $164.5 million<ref name="BO"/>
}}

'''''Speed 2: Cruise Control''''' is a 1997 American [[action thriller film]] produced and directed by [[Jan de Bont]] from a screenplay by Randall McCormick and [[Jeff Nathanson]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994) and stars [[Sandra Bullock]] (reprising her role from the original film), [[Jason Patric]] and [[Willem Dafoe]]. Its plot follows Annie Porter (Bullock) and Alex Shaw (Patric), a couple who go on vacation to the [[Caribbean]] aboard a luxury [[cruise ship]], which is hijacked by John Geiger, a terrorist (Dafoe). While trapped aboard the ship, Annie and Alex work with the ship's first officer to try to stop it after they discover it is programmed to crash into an [[oil tanker]].

De Bont had the idea for the film after having a recurring nightmare about a cruise ship crashing into an island. ''Speed'' star [[Keanu Reeves]] was initially supposed to reprise his role as Jack Traven for the sequel, but decided not to commit and was replaced by Patric before filming. The writers had to rework the script to accommodate the addition of a new character. Production took place aboard ''[[MV Seabourn Legend|Seabourn Legend]]'', the ship on which the film is set. The final scene, in which the ship crashes into the island of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]], cost almost a quarter of the budget, and set records as the largest and most expensive stunt ever filmed. Many interior scenes aboard the ship were shot on [[soundstage]]s in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The soundtrack featured mostly [[reggae]] music. [[Mark Mancina]] returned to compose the [[film score]], released as an album 13 years after the film's release.

Released by [[20th Century Fox]] on June 13, 1997, the film received largely negative reviews from critics, who criticized the story, characters, absence of Reeves, and its setting on a slow-moving cruise ship. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] defended the film, calling it a "truly rousing ocean liner adventure story". The film was also a [[box-office bomb]], earning $164.5 million worldwide against a production budget as high as $160 million. It was nominated for eight [[Golden Raspberry Awards]], winning the [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel|Worst Remake or Sequel]] category.