

Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
Stunts
They really jumped a bus. No CGI. Insane.
Practical Effects
Every explosion is real. Jan de Bont didn't trust computers.
Acting
Sandra Bullock panic-driving is Oscar-worthy chaos.

Director
Jan de Bont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The bus jump was done with a ramp and a real bus. They destroyed 12 buses total and the driver was genuinely terrified.
The 'pop quiz, hotshot' line became instant '90s lexicon and basically spawned a decade of imitator 'Die Hard on a [thing]' movies.