Welcome to the Highway to Hell! A terrorist, a master of explosives, booby-traps a Los Angeles bus with a sophisticated radio-controlled bomb. If the bus slows below 50 miles (80 km/h), boom! If the weight of the bus changes, boom! He demands a ransom. Jack Traven, a top LAPD gang squad leader, takes the place of a passenger. Heading for the highway for a race against death… For his first film, Jan de Bont hits hard and keeps raising the thrill slider.
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Accompanied driving
Even if Sandra Bullockwho plays one of the passengers, wanted to get her urban transport license before filming, she is not the one driving. A stuntman, placed in a trunk below, drove blindly with just a camera return. Great art, hyper dangerous, given the maneuvers performed. Sandra was not warned about the bus’s swerves and stunts, in order to keep a certain freshness, the director specifies. She was really scared! “Of the two hours of film, 70 minutes take place on board.” By the end of filming, seven weeks in that confined space, I had become claustrophobic. “, the actress recalls.
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The Man Who Falls at the Right Time
In the role of the heroic cop, Keanu Reevesthe romantic icon of indie cinema, has discovered a passion for action. He is the one who drives the Jaguar into the moving bus. Afterwards he was full of adrenaline and wanted to do all his stunts. ” says de Bont, who admits to having had many near-heart attacks. And Reeves explains: ” What immediately hooked me was…
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