As I recall, the original was a bit edgier, but nowhere near Bad Lieutenant territory. I mostly remember the bad guy being different (and more interesting). I left the job by the time the Whedon thing happened, but I do wonder if he was brought in to fix some the bad non-Yost rewrites. I think Graham's original…

In '93 I worked (in a lowly capacity) for the production company that produced Speed and Graham's original script was amazing. Plus, he was always super nice to me. It's so gratifying to see one of the good guys win at Hollywood.