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For Sale Apr 3, 2026 at 4:43 AM

I hope I’m not the only one who feels this way about the ending of Speed (1994)

Posted by Outrageous_Hamster_6

I despise Jack and Annie’s forced romance. By the end, they’ve literally only known each other for a few hours, yet they’re already kissing and planning to have sex? I know they went through an “intense experience”, but I still don’t like the idea of a civilian like Annie hooking up with an active cop like Jack. He still has to do cop stuff and put his life in danger every day, and yet Annie’s just okay with starting a relationship with him? SPOILERS FOR SPEED 2, IN CASE YOU WANNA SEE IT(Though, it’s pretty bad). No wonder that this is what broke them up in Speed 2. Because, big surprise, dating an active police officer when you’re an ordinary civilian isn’t the smartest choice.
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roto_disc Apr 3, 2026 +1
>I still don’t like the idea of a civilian like Annie hooking up with an active cop like Jack. He still has to do cop stuff and put his life in danger every day Do you think that all cops are single? Or married to other cops?
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
No, obviously not. However, the fact that they’ve only known each other for a day and decide to hook up by the end is something that just never sat right with me.
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Cutsdeep- Apr 3, 2026 +1
Have you ever had a one night stand?
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
No
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Cutsdeep- Apr 3, 2026 +1
Then yeah, I can see why you think it's unrealistic.  Come back and talk to us when you do
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SWEET_LIBERTY_MY_LEG Apr 3, 2026 +1
Cops are civilians
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chrycheng Apr 3, 2026 +1
Relationships based on extreme circumstances never work out.
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Indeed, they don’t.
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WhiteLama Apr 3, 2026 +1
Cops are allowed relationships too.
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Yes, but I don’t like how quickly it develops here.
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StarmanDX_ Apr 3, 2026 +1
How old are you?
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
21
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StarmanDX_ Apr 3, 2026 +1
I would describe your viewpoint on this as naive. First of all, it's a movie. The characters make the choices the writers made for them. Test audiences at the time probably preferred an ending where the two leads become romantically entangled to one where they don't. It's not that deep. I could stop here and it would be enough. These aren't real people, they never existed, they cease to exist after the movie ends. Them kissing at the end is a Hollywood Ending. Second, even apart from that, these are two people who just spent the day trusting each other with their lives. Adrenaline is a hell of a thing. People hook up and stay together for way worse reasons than "This handsome person just saved my life" or "I just spent hours knowing this person in the kind of intimate way only a prolonged life or death situation can provide." Sex is a great way to blow off steam, believe it or not. To people who've had it, it's not some kind of great life-altering thing that binds you heart and soul. It feels good, it's fun, it's a solid team building experience for two consenting adults. I've never been in a life or death situation but even after a stressful work day, sex lets its participants unwind and disassociate from the outside world for a little while. Feels good, too. Third, police officers ARE civilians. They get married to and have sex with people who aren't also police officers every day. It's a Job. They can quit at any time and do something else. You're putting "being a cop" on a weird pedestal and I can't explain it. It sounds like you came into the movie with baggage. People having sex or getting together for the wrong reasons wasn't sitting right with you. People whose jobs are too stressful don't make good partners because sometimes they're in danger. That's you, not the movie.
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
I came into the movie relatively blind. When concerning the plot, the only thing I knew about was that the bus jumped a gap. I don’t have any baggage at all, and have truthfully never had any relationship issues. Never been in a relationship at all tbh. I understand your points. As someone who knew virtually nothing about the characters or plot going in, Jack and Annie getting together was very predictable. I called it from the moment he complimented her driving. They were obviously gonna go for the storybook Hollywood ending. I just don’t like how quickly it develops. Even taking into account everything you said, I just can’t get behind how forced and eye-rollingly predictable it feels. Though, I can’t comment on what you said about sex as I wouldn’t know what to really add. About the thing with cops being civilians, that is true at the end of the day, but when they’re on the job, they’re still people who are in dangerous situations every day, and I don’t like Annie dating someone like that. I wouldn’t’ve had a problem with it if Jack was a FORMER police officer who retired from the force after earning the medal at the start(for whatever reason), found out about the bus situation, and decided to return to his old ways because of a strong sense of justice compelling him to act. Because in that case, although he’d be putting himself at risk in that situation, he wouldn’t be a person putting himself at risk *every day* while also having the relationship to think about and deal with. Maybe I’m thinking too deep into things, though.
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BranWafr Apr 3, 2026 +1
> Never been in a relationship at all tbh. Trust us, that is very obvious.
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joecan Apr 3, 2026 +1
Am honestly curious as to what other weird dating rules OP has in their head. Can a McDonalds worker date someone who works at a Subway? Would the cold cuts be too much to overcome? Could a fisherman date a farmer? Or can they only date mermaids?
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Well, fast food employees aren’t putting their lives on the line every day like cops are.
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joecan Apr 3, 2026 +1
Most cops aren’t putting their lives on the line every day either. Fishing is considered a more dangerous occupation. Can fishers date farmers? The majority of real life cops are not married to cops. The majority of military personnel are not married to someone in the military.  Where did you come up with this nonsensical idea that cops can’t date non-cops.  Also, have you watched movies before? Are you aware that movie romances are not an accurate representation of how romance works? 
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
> Are you aware that movie romances are not an accurate representation of how romance works?  Yes, but it feels especially weird here. Even for a movie as cheesy and unrealistic as Speed. > Where did you come up with this nonsensical idea that cops can’t date non-cops.  I never said cops *can’t* date non-cops, I just think it’s not a good idea bc of how dangerous being a cop can be.
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joecan Apr 3, 2026 +1
This seems like a you problem, not a problem with the film. Cops date and marry non-cops. Im sure the significant others of cops worry about them, but they deal with it. This movie romance isn’t bad because you can’t imagine yourself dating a cop because you’d be too worried about them being hurt.  This isn’t an especially weird movie romance. The characters bonded over an extremely traumatic even. Many people hook up with people after a few drinks and a night out, they don’t even need Dennis Hopper trying to blow them up repeatedly to have sex. If that’s not something you’d do, that’s fine… but it doesn’t make that aspects of the film bad or unrealistic.  If you only like movies where the characters behave and act like you would you’re gonna have a bad time enjoying movies. As Roger Ebert once said, movies are “empathy machines.” They allow us to experience perspectives outside of our own, not mirror are own personal morals and experiences back at us.  I might be jumping to conclusions but you seem like you might be young and don’t have much experience with relationships or watching movies not made for kids/teens. It’s fine if you are, but maybe relax the judgement until you’ve had more life experience. 
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
I know movies are unrealistic, and I mostly have no problem with how unrealistic this one in particular.
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svel Apr 3, 2026 +1
sex doesn’t mean relationship. you need to separate those two concepts. sex doesn’t have to have a longer lasting impact than just that moment. 
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RebaKitt3n Apr 3, 2026 +1
They’re both hot and that’s all that counts. 🤷
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crapusername47 Apr 3, 2026 +1
This movie hits different when you find out decades later that Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock fancied each other the entire time but were both too oblivious to it.
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Yeah, I found that out months ago. Such a fun fact abt the movie.
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ixoniq Apr 3, 2026 +1
That's a bit how one night stands happen, heated moment (normally alcohol and attention and being horney). Fun while it lasts so don't be bothered too much it's what happens in real life with kids going out.
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ComfortableFree7159 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Hot take….30 years later lmao. OP must be a troll or bot. Plenty of people kiss and hook up having known each other for far less time. Ever watched the Jersey Shore, or lived life?
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Outrageous_Hamster_6 Apr 3, 2026 +1
> Ever watched the Jersey Shore No
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karanbhatt100 Apr 3, 2026 +1
It is old movie and old mentality mostly it is treated like Trophy Kiss.
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