Speed 2: Cruise Control Speed 2: Cruise Control Speed 2: Cruise Control is a 1997 American action thriller film produced and directed by Jan de Bont, and written by Randall McCormick and Jeff Nathanson. It is a sequel to "Speed" (1994). The film stars Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, and Sandra Bullock—the last reprising her role from "Speed". The film was released by 20th Century Fox on June 13, 1997. "Cruise Control" follows couple Annie (Bullock) and Alex (Patric) vacationing in the Caribbean aboard a luxury cruise ship, hijacked by a villain named Geiger (Dafoe). As they are trapped aboard the ship, Annie and Alex
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