Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

Sandra Bullock's character, Alex, wasn't this annoying in number one, I don't think - she whines incessantly about past boyfriends and driving badly and serves only as potential collateral loss in a police operation - while Jason Patric, bravely stepping in where Keanu left off, plays a hero left looking ridiculous as the plot has him leap unhelpfully toward lifeboats and psychically navigate flooded ship corridors, and the writing lets down Willem Dafoe, too, playing the villain who unnecessarily kidnaps Alex when he already has what he wants, leaving this sequel feeling like it is the product of writers asked to follow up a hit at super speed and with no brakes. 

★★☆☆☆

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