15 Movies with thrilling hostage situations 

Speed (1994)

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In the film Speed, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock feature in a movie where a cop and a passenger are trapped on a city bus rigged with a bomb. Every moment the bus drops below 50 miles per hour, it will explode. The film's pace is relentless, as every passing minute of the high-speed chase feels like a countdown to disaster. Speed uses the on-location hostage situation to get adrenaline-pumping action, mixed with moments of incisive problem-solving; this is a quintessential action movie for the 1990s with a memorable performance by Dennis Hopper as the villain.

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