Plot hole: Dafoe and Bullock leave the ship a long time before it hits the tanker and there is a lot more time before it crashes into the town and even more before Alex gets on that speedboat. No matter how fast he could have gone, there is no way he would have caught up with them.
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Jan de Bont
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Temuera Morrison
Geiger takes Annie as his hostage and flees the ship on a motorboat, setting the ship to crash into an oil tanker. Alex chases after them but fails to get to Geiger in time. Giuliano saves him from falling into the water and they tamper with the ship's anchor to slow it down and steer it away from the oil tanker. The two ships nearly collide. The cruise ship crashes into St. Maartan and destroys several city blocks before coming to a stop. Alex commandeers another motorboat and pursues Geiger and Annie. Geiger and Annie board a seaplane but Annie manages to escape. Geiger crashes into a large pole on top off another oil tanker. Right after the tanker is evacuated Geiger's plane explodes, as does the tanker. Annie and Alex continue their vacation.
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Alex Shaw: I gotta get my girl.
Question: After the ship was turned from hitting the oil tanker and then they returned to the bridge, they saw the ship was going to hit land. Why didn't they just go down again and turn the ship out to sea?
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Answer: The ship has no way to stop or steer. By hitting land it would bring the ship to a stop (at a considerable cost) where as if they go out to sea, they would just continue to keep going until out of fuel or hit something they can't avoid and risk everyone drowning. A risk that is not present if they hit land.
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