Episodes
It's the last minute of credits, thankfully. This one seems to be mostly broken down into the subway crew and the elevator crew, which seemed to be separate from the rest of the movie. We also get some driving folks in this minute, which makes sense. Finally we get the second unit and the thank yous, before concluding with the usual logos. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email -...
Published 04/28/23
Published 04/28/23
It's our third minute of credits, focusing mostly on music, sound effects and mixing, and foley work. We also get the construction crews (not the ones in the subway tunnel) and the visual effects folks. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email - [email protected] Bentley - @bentleywho - Twitter - Instagram - Fiverr Logo by: Kevin Zeigler - Instagram -Website --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 04/27/23
The second minute of credits starts with mostly camera operators and continues through more technical cast and crew -- costumes, makeup, gaffers and grips, and then moving into special effects. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email - [email protected] Bentley - @bentleywho - Twitter - Instagram - Fiverr Logo by: Kevin Zeigler - Instagram -Website --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 04/26/23
With the crisis finally over, Annie and Jack celebrate with some heavy petting. The tourists from the van arrive on the scene, surprised by many things they see. Jack recalls Annie's relationship advice from the last time they came to rest after exiting the bus, but she is not concerned and promises lots of sex. The romance of the scene is somewhat diminished by the dozens of onlookers and the persistent shower of broken glass. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us...
Published 04/24/23
The subway car keeps climbing up a ramp heading for a brand-new station that it's about to create in the middle of the road. It leaves an impressive swath of destruction in its wake. Finally it bursts through the "Safety First" sign -- we see what you did there, Jan de Bont -- crashes onto the ground, and flips on its side, which fortunately yanks the standee pole from its mooring and releases Annie from captivity. The subway car grinds to a halt, doing an impressive job of staying in its...
Published 04/21/23
Bentley, Roger and Mark discuss the subway car, as it continues to accelerate as it rounds the corner, giving the construction crew quite a surprise. Jack gets his wish -- the train is going too fast and jumps the half-finished track. It then begins crashing its way through the unfinished tunnel as Jack and Annie hold onto each other for dear life. The momentum of the subway turns it sideways just long enough to be bisected by a concrete pillar, and then it crawls slowly up an incline.Thank...
Published 04/20/23
Bentley, Mark and Roger discuss Annie pleading with Jack to jump off the subway himself. Ever the selfless hero, Jack pushes the throttle to the max as the subway heads towards a sharp curve. Derailment, here we come! Realizing that their fates are now bound to each other and the subway car, Annie and Jack huddle together. We get our second tender moment of the movie as Annie puts her handcuffed arms around Jack's neck. Hmm, that could be exciting later!? An unsuspecting work crew does some...
Published 04/19/23
Roger, Bentley and Mark really talk some shop today becvause with no key, Jack and Annie try several homemade techniques to get her out of the handcuffs. Ripping out the standee pole doesn't seem to work.  Neither does pulling hard on her wrists to somehow get her hands to slither through the hole in the cuffs. That's why they make handcuffs like that. Then Jack decides to employ the bus plan -- anything works better if you just speed it up, so says the title of the movie. Thank you all for...
Published 04/18/23
Guest Mark Hofmeyer joins Bentley and Roger this week. Jack manages to defuse the bomb vest with a simple jerking out of the wires -- gee why wasn't the bomb on the bus that easy? After removing the bomb vest, Jack gets a call from Mac with the final crisis of the movie. Does the LA Public Works Office every finish their projects? Jack tries some percussive maintenance on the emergency brake, which responds by dying in a shower of sparks. And the bigger problem is that Jack has no key to...
Published 04/17/23
Payne seems to have the upper hand on Jack, whacking him a few times with the trigger and then smashing his head against the subway car roof. We get an almost Pop Quiz moment as Payne taunts Jack while he is semi-conscious. But having the high ground works against Payne, as he is decapitated by the red warning light. Fortunately, Jack grabs the trigger before Payne exits the movie. Jack rushes back down to join Annie and the two begin trying to extricate her from the bomb vest. Thank you all...
Published 04/14/23
Payne realizes his plan has been foiled once again, and resorts to his only remaining opportunity for success -- killing Jack. He shoots several dozen holes in the ceiling, but misses the target. Payne takes off running to catch up with Jack on the roof of the subway car. When he reaches him, the two begin a very odd hand-to-hand fight, made weirder by the setting and also that one of Payne's hands needs to be clutching the bomb trigger. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us...
Published 04/13/23
Payne finishes explaining how he plans to elude the police, concluding with a very graphic description, followed by some uncomforting words, about Annie's eventual demise. Meanwhile Jack has decided to attack the problem from above, crawling along the roof of the subway car. He rolls out of the way of Chekov's warning light, and the noise alerts Payne to his presence. He still seems very smug until he discovers that his payoff has been ruined by a paint bomb. This sends him into a...
Published 04/12/23
Jack races to catch up to Payne, Annie, and the subway by shooting his way through a door and adding more mayhem to an understandably alarmed crowd of civilians. He races down the steps and finds a subway already beginning to leave the station. As with the bus, he seems to find the most perilous way to get on board. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email - [email protected] Bentley - @bentleywho -...
Published 04/11/23
Payne seems very satisfied with himself, until he sees the conductor attempting to communicate using the radio. He gives Annie the trigger, along with a safety lesson about hand grenades. He then solves the conductor problem with a few well-placed bursts from his machine gun. RIP conductor. Annie, traumatized by the shooting, begins to fall apart and Payne hastily reclaims the trigger to prevent any combustive accidents. He then gives us some low-grade sexism. Jack looks to find a way to...
Published 04/11/23
Payne concludes his cynical diatribe about the futility of working as a demolitions expert for the police, before reminding us that he is now $3 million richer -- or so he thinks. He then gives a lot of one-word commands to both Annie and Jack before fleeing into the station with Jack in pursuit. With a brief machine gun salvo, Payne clears the scene and boards a subway with Annie, who he then handcuffs to the standee pole. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop...
Published 04/07/23
Payne arrives on the scene to gloat once again over having one-upped Jack. After refusing Jack's demand to release Annie, he forces her to transfer the money into Payne's carrying bag. Jack repeats his demand to release Annie, first plaintively, then angrily. Payne threatens to release the trigger and detonate the bomb, and then explains to us the virtues of bomb-making. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email...
Published 04/06/23
Turns out that Payne had the jump on the police the whole time, rigging up the trashcan so that the money would fall through into the subway tunnels. Jack follows him through the hole, catching up quickly in the emergency exit tunnel. We get our fourth and final pop quiz of the movie, but he discovers to his and our horror that the person he has apprehended is Annie, and that she has a bomb vest strapped to her chest. Man this day is going to require some therapy for her. Pop Quiz Hot Shot ...
Published 04/05/23
Now we see Payne's backup plan, which seems to involve impersonating a police officer and taking Annie hostage. Mac and Jack express confusion and disbelief that Payne has not showed up yet to collect the money. Norwood is nonplussed, but Jack realizes that something is up. The homing beacon reveals that the money is somehow on the move. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email - [email protected] Bentley...
Published 04/04/23
With the money in place, Payne looks around and sees that the police have set a trap for him -- not a very subtle one at that. He strolls around his apartment jauntily, until he notices that the bus camera has been doctored with, sending him into a rage. Looks like it's time for him to execute his backup plan, which seems to involve Annie. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email -...
Published 04/03/23
Mac holds an impromptu briefing in, of all places, a barbershop. Annie's tragic flaw, her impatience, ultimately forces her out of the ambulance as well. Nothing bad could happen, right? This place is crawling with cops. Some undercover policemen posing as garbage men drop the money in the trashcan to set the trap. Payne looks on from a window up high. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Grant's Escape Room -...
Published 03/31/23
The movie seems to be entering the coda, but Norwood arrives unexpectedly with a call from Payne about the money. Mac is about to tell him where he can stick his money, but Jack realizes that they have the element of surprise on Payne, who does not know of the rescue. The police immediately put together a plan to catch Payne at the scene, and we switch to Pershing Square. Police arrive in droves on the scene. So do Jack and Annie for some reason, and Jack decides not to take the day off and...
Published 03/30/23
Jack seems to interpret Annie's comment as an invitation to actually get mushy, and Annie gives him some much-needed relationship advice. There's still 30 minutes of movie left, though, so fortunately Mac arrives to break up these two crazy lovebirds. Actually, he sort of seems to want to play mensch. What a guy. Thank you all for listening! You can interact with us below! Pop Quiz Hot Shot  / Bus 2525 on Facebook / Twitter  Email - [email protected] Bentley - @bentleywho - Twitter...
Published 03/29/23
The fallout -- literally -- from the bus and plane collision continues as debris rains down and a mushroom cloud slowly drifts up into the sky. The evacuated passengers from Bus 2525 look on in a mixture of wonder, amazement, and horror at the destruction. Jack and Annie share a tender moment, although it is also shared with a bunch of dirt and the little gray tray. Now that the ordeal is over, Annie finally has the impact of the trauma wash over her like the waves at Bells Beach. Annie makes...
Published 03/28/23
The first big hero moment of the movie happens as Annie, Jack, and the little gray tray slide away from the bus. Wow that plan worked out pretty great! Also convenient that our two romantic leads have to assume a full-body cuddle position to make it happen. Nothing says romance like sliding through a dirty field and crashing through several dozen caution markers. Meanwhile the bus appears to be possessed by a ghost, driving expertly through an empty hanger in search of the biggest target that...
Published 03/27/23