so he jams the cable winch while Alex is underwater, causing it to break off the ship and free the cable. Geiger takes Annie hostage and escapes with her on a boat from the ship's stern. To avoid collision with the oil tanker, Alex and Dante go into the ship's bilge and use the bow thrusters to turn it. The ship screeches down the side of the tanker, but manages to withstand the damage, and heads straight into a marina. It then crashes into a Saint Martin town and eventually stops. Alex jumps off, hijacks a speed boat, and pursues Geiger to a seaplane. Alex shoots at it from the boat with a speargun and reels himself in through the water. He climbs onto the plane, rescues Annie, and both escape from the plane on one of its floats, which falls onto the ocean. Geiger attempts to fly over the oil tanker, but the plane becomes impaled on the ship's foremast, causing both to explode. The tanker crew however are safe, having launched their lifeboat just in time, leaving Geiger for prey in the ensuing explosion. Annie and Alex travel back to shore in the speed boat, and he gives her an engagement ring, asking her if she will "wear this for a while", and she accepts. Cast Main cast Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter Jason Patric as Officer Alex Shaw Willem Dafoe as John Geiger Seabourn Legend crew Temuera Morrison as Juliano Brian McCardie as Merced Jeremy Hotz as Ashton Bo Svenson as Captain Pollard Royale Watkins as Dante Tamia Hill as Sheri Silver Kimmy Robertson as Liza Cruise passengers Christine Firkins as Drew Lois Chiles as Celeste Francis Guinan as Rupert Michael G. Hagerty as Harvey Colleen Camp as Debbie Additional cast Joe Morton (uncredited cameo) as Lieutenant Herb 'Mac' McMahon Tim Conway as Mr. Kenter Glenn Plummer as Maurice Patrika Darbo as Ruby Fisher Production Background and writing Speed was released in June 1994, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. The film's plot features the story of a runaway bus armed with a bomb that will explode if its speed drops below . It was a commercial and critical success. Director Jan de Bont felt the film was a "one-time story" with no sequel potential, and its studio, 20th Century Fox, included no obligation for the actors to appear in a follow-up film in their contracts. Due