As far as the Tom Cruise WotW, it was as much about family as SciFi. The movie starts with a hugely dysfunctional family and Tom Cruise as a modern day father with a lazy/shameful approach to fatherhood. Later in the film, there is a gripping scene where he grips tightly to his son's hand...fighting to hold onto his son....while "letting him go" to manhood.

The only need to accelerate to 88 miles per hour (141.6 km/h) to escape.