History Film / Speed2CruiseControl

* TelevisuallyTransmittedDisease: Geiger, a computer programmer, claims that he contracted copper poisoning from his prolonged time around computers. Given that he "treats" this condition by sticking ''leeches'' on his chest, it's obvious that he's as granola as California - a nut, a fruit, and a flake.

* SequelGoesForeign: The movie takes place in the Caribbean.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The cruise liner slows down faster when it's just running down yachts than it is when it crashes into the island.

* TheBadGuyWins: Granted, it's something of a PyrrhicVictory, but Annie and Alex are so busy being lovey-dovey at the end of the second film that they fail to realise that [[spoiler:the bad guy technically achieved virtually everything he set out to do. There was no way the cruise ship would be seaworthy again after crashing nearly a mile inland, he blew up the freighter and killed several people he had a grudge against, including the captain. If not for the slight matter of [[HoistByHisOwnPetard him getting blown up with the freighter]] and [[MacGuffin the diamonds]] falling into the sea and being salvaged by a third party, Geiger would have achieved a perfect scorecard]]. And considering Geiger was dying from a terminal illness, the only downside for him is he didn't get to live it up during his remaining time like he'd planned.

* PutOnABus: Amusingly enough, given the content of the first film, Keanu Reeves's character Jack.

* WomenDrivers: Annie had a sarcastic one-liner about how she lost her driver's license because of [[{{Irony}} speeding]] in the first film, but she was a BadassDriver regardless. [[{{Flanderization}} In this film]], in the little time she drives a car in the BookEnds (while trying pass the test to get back said license), her brand of DrivesLikeCrazy is an AttentionDeficitOohShiny [[TheDitz Ditz]] that terrifies the DMV man forced to sit at her side [[OhNoNotAgain repeatedly]].

-->'''Other woman''': "Cos I’m not wearing any underwear, Harvey."

* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: The 14-year-old deaf girl is played by Christine Firkins, who's deaf in real life.

** The reason Annie and Jack aren't together: [[RealityEnsues Relationships based on intense experiences never work.]]

Turns out that Annie's (Creator/SandraBullock) relationship with Jack didn't work out, and now she is seeing another police officer named Alex (Jason Patric). He takes her to a trip to the Caribbean, aboard the cruise ship Seabourn Legend. Unfortunately, the easy-going vacation comes to a halt as a disgruntled computer programmer named John Geiger (Creator/WillemDafoe) takes control of the ship, and sets it up with explosives.

* LinkedListClueMethodology: Geiger hiding his detonators in a set of golf clubs. Alex gets suspicious when he notices Geiger isn't paying attention to a pro golf tournament on TV.
** ...[[ConvictionByContradiction because as everyone knows]], one who enjoys ''playing'' a sport always enjoys ''watching'' it.

* WomenDrivers: Annie had a sarcastic one-liner about how she lost her driver's license because of [[{{Irony}} speeding]] in the first film, but she was a BadassDriver regardless. [[{{Flanderization}} In this film]], in the little time she drives a car in the BookEnds (while trying pass the test to get back said license), her brand of DrivesLikeCrazy is an AttentionDeficitOhShiny TheDitz that terrifies the DMV man forced to sit at her side [[OhNoNotAgain repeatedly]].

* TheBadGuyWins: Granted, it's something of a PyrrhicVictory, but Annie and Alex are so busy being lovey-dovey at the end of the second film that they fail to realise that [[spoiler:the bad guy technically achieved virtually everything he set out to do. There was no way the cruise ship would be seaworthy again after crashing nearly a mile inland, he blew up the freighter and killed several people he had a grudge against, including the captain. If not for the slight matter of [[HoistByHisOwnPetard him getting blown up with the freighter]] and [[MacGuffin the diamonds]] falling into the sea and being salvaged by a third party, Geiger would have achieved a perfect scorecard]].

* PlayingDrunk: Geiger walks onto the bridge pretending to be a lost drunken passenger, falls over and secretly plants a bomb while getting up off the floor.

* RecycledPremise: A vehicle cannot stop due to the bombs that the villain planted on it, just like in the previous film.

* ContinuityNod: The guy whose Jaguar (license plate: TUNEMAN) gets wrecked in the first movie appears again to have his boat (the Tune Man) commandeered by Alex.

%%* SlasherSmile: Geiger gives one.

* TelevisuallyTransmittedDisease: Geiger, a computer programmer, claims that he contacted copper poisoning from his prolonged time around computers. Given that he "treats" this condition by sticking ''leeches'' on his chest, it's obvious that he's as granola as California - a nut, a fruit, and a flake.

* FauxActionGirl: Annie turns into this, which is one of its many complaints. Annie is a vital part to everyone's survival in the first movie as she's driving the bus, but without that premise in this film, she just turns into a wisecracking, frazzled heroine without much to do.

* LighterAndSofter: Rated PG-13 instead of the R rating that the first film got. Made all the more obvious by the evident touches of campiness seen throughout the movie, in both the performances of most of the cast and the dialogue. This was perhaps was not for the better, given the first film's more serious nature.

* LighterAndSofter: Rated PG-13 instead of the R rating that the first film got.
** Made all the more obvious by the evident touches of campiness seen throughout the movie, in both the performances of most of the cast and the dialogue; this perhaps was not for the better though given the first film's more serious nature.

* SlasherSmile: Geiger [[http://cinemade.startlogic.com/Speed_2-dafoe.gif gives one]].

** ...[[SarcasmMode because as everyone knows]], one who enjoys ''playing'' a sport always enjoys ''watching'' it.