Editing Speed (1994 film) (section)

==Plot==
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[[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] [[SWAT]] [[bomb disposal]] officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple are tasked with preventing a bombing on a city elevator containing 13 people, masterminded by a vengeful extortionist, Howard Payne. After narrowly rescuing the passengers, Jack and Harry hunt down Payne where Harry is wounded. Payne seemingly blows himself up and Jack and Harry are conferred medals in a ceremony. However, Payne, who somehow survived, resurfaces as he blew up a bus and contacts Jack with a new deadly scheme: a bomb planted on a [[Transit bus|city bus]] that will activate upon reaching 50 miles per hour (80&nbsp;km/h) and detonate if the bus slows below 50 but is also set to go off sometime before noon.

Jack receives the ultimatum from Payne—$3.7 million in ransom or the bomb will go off. Racing through traffic, Jack gets a ride from a [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] owner named Maurice to warn the bus driver of the bomb. Realizing he has surpassed 50 and the bomb is already active, Jack boards the bus, but a felon’s panic leads to the driver being shot; a passenger, Annie Porter, takes over the driving. With the bomb armed and passengers aware of the threat, Jack contacts Harry for help while trying to keep the bus moving. Payne agrees to allow the wounded driver to be handed to the paramedics as a sign of good faith. Annie's seatmate, Helen, attempts to get off the bus, but Payne sets off a bomb underneath the steps, sending Helen underneath the tires and killing her.

Despite Payne’s constant surveillance, Jack maneuvers the bus through several dangerous obstacles, including a gap in the freeway, and directs it to [[Los Angeles International Airport]] to prevent traffic issues. Meanwhile, Harry discovers Payne’s identity as a former [[Atlanta Police Department]] bomb squad officer and leads a SWAT team to arrest him: however, most of the team, including Harry, is killed when Payne’s house explodes, leaving Jack to try and defuse the bomb alone. When that fails, he learns Payne is monitoring the bus through a hidden camera, allowing him to be one step ahead at every moment, seeing that Annie was sporting a [[University of Arizona]] shirt and remembering that Payne constantly called her a '[[Arizona Wildcats|wildcat]]'. A clever ruse involving looping the [[Closed-circuit television|surveillance footage]] allows the passengers to escape, and the empty bus explodes while crashing into an empty cargo plane. After Payne realizes his plan was foiled and LAPD surrounded his apartment, he kidnaps Annie and demands the ransom.

Jack chases Payne into the subway system. Payne straps an explosive vest to Annie, but his plans unravel when he discovers an exploding dye pack in the duffel bag of money and Jack fights back, resulting in Payne’s decapitation. Jack deactivates the vest, but the subway train cannot be stopped. Jack accelerates the train, causing it to derail and crash onto [[Hollywood Boulevard]]. Jack and Annie emerge unscathed and share a kiss as onlookers watch in amazement.