去年夏天,好莱坞惊险动作片《速度》(港译《生死时遁》)在美国乃至世界影坛引起了不小的轰动。这部由简·德·邦特首次执导的作品讲述了一个叫杰克的特警使出浑身解数,终于将乘客从被罪犯安装了炸弹的公共汽车上解救出来的故事。这部险象环生、扣人心弦的影片上映后很快成为美国夏季的热门话题,在94年十部卖座片中它排在第七位,收入超过一亿两千万美元。《速度》的叫座自然与它巧妙的情节安排和令人眼花缭乱的技巧密不可分,不过男主角杰克的扮演者基努·里夫斯受到广大观众、特别是女性观众的喜爱也是一个重要原因。二十世纪福斯公司发行部门负责人介绍说“我们曾将这部影片拿去试映,结果证明基努·里夫斯深受女性观众的欢迎。” 几年前,基努·里夫斯在美国还是个没有什么名气的演员,国外对他则更为陌生,九十年代前他大多是在一些不怎么出名的影片中扮演角色。如今他成为一颗耀眼的 Last summer, Hollywood thriller “speed” (Hong Kong translated “life and death escape”) in the United States and the world film caused quite a stir. The first film, directed by Jane De Bonton, tells the story of a police special called Jack spar it out to finally rescue passengers from buses where criminals have bombed. The spectacular and exciting movie soon became a hot summer in the United States, ranking seventh in the top ten in 1994 and earning more than 120 million U.S. dollars. “Speed” of the call naturally with its clever plot and dazzling skills are inseparable, but actor Keanu Reeves, the actor, by a large audience, especially the female audience is also an important reason. Twentieth Century Forth’s head of distribution said, “We took this video to the test, and proved that Keanu Reeves was very popular with the female audience.” Keanu Reeves In the United States is still a notorious actor, foreign to him more unfamiliar, before the nineties he mostly play in some less famous movie role. Now he becomes a dazzling