The film premiered in Hollywood on June 7, 1994, and was released in the rest of the United States on June 10, 1994. Its story revolves around a bus that is rigged by a terrorist to explode if its speed falls below 50 miles per hour. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. Speed is a 1994 American action film directed by Jan de Bont (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Graham Yost.