Author Topic: Best Movie Car Chases (Read 720 times)

Mathman · « **on:** July 27, 2003, 10:06:04 PM »

In no particular order (except the last one, which is, IMO, the greatest of them all)

The Rock - Hummvee crunches a Bug, trolley smashes a yellow Ferrari, great stuff

Ronin - tunnels, against traffic, Robert DeNiro.. very cool

Bourne Identity - The Mini in action (don't know how Italian Job compares, haven't seen it)

French Connection - one of the all-time greats, set a standard

Die Another Day - Bond car vs. imitation Bond car. Excellent 007 action.

And the greatest of all time. This car chase defined what a car chase should be. Run at full speed (no speed up of the film a la Gone in 60 seconds) and driven by the actors. Every car chase (and those taking place in San Francisco in particular) were based upon this one. The cars involved: 68 Fastback Mustang and 68 Dodge Charger. The over the top cool factor: Steve McQueen. The movie: Bullit

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:10:03 PM »

Bullet. Set the standard and still the best.

Ronin was good as well. I think they used french Indy car drivers or something.

Mini D · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:19:22 PM »

Bullet
The Itallian Job (the original)
Blues Brothers

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:22:58 PM »

Bullit-well, it's bullit.
Vanishing Point- loves it.
Ronin-great job on the chases, I felt there in the car. Looks simple, nothing"extraordinary"
Gone in 60 seconds-the homade original one, made by amateurs, has a cheesy taste to it, but still makes u want to buirn rubber.

SKurj · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:32:30 PM »

latest version of italian job... car chases... bah suck...

original italian job!! definitely in the top 5

SKurj

udet · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:33:52 PM »

gavor · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:37:38 PM »

ronin

rpm · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2003, 10:58:13 PM »

Bullitt - It had Steve McQueen, a hot Mustang and a Charger. I wonder how much sales on those cars rose after the film's release? (altho in real life the 'stang would have zero chance against the charger)

Blues Brothers - Most ingenious chase scenes ever caught on film.

Any Bond Film - Because it's James Bond and he has cool cars, with the exception of the Timothy Dalton episodes.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2003, 11:05:25 PM »

Tron>T2>T3

Fridaddy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2003, 11:24:18 PM »

We saw the car chase in Bullit during the driveing part of the Police Academy

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #10 on:** July 27, 2003, 11:37:05 PM »

Ronin - very 'real.' I felt that the sounds were accurate - no ridiculous stunts like jumping over ::cough:: bridges.

Octavius · « **Reply #11 on:** July 27, 2003, 11:42:01 PM »

Blues Brothers all the way.

stweedle · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2003, 12:04:39 AM »

Has to be Bullitt for me... tape recorded Mancini's score of it...
Outstanding Sound FX too..still can hear those double-clutches..

Roscoroo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2003, 12:38:56 AM »

Bullit for shure !! Then the Road warrior , and Mad Max !!

I'd better Add..
Smoky and the bandit 1
cannonball run
most of the james bond movies.
Its a mad mad mad mad mad world. (just because its funny as all hell)
Speed ...(nothing like jumping a bus)
Death race 2000 (Splat splat splat )
Lethal weapon 2 ( the station wagon )
Days of thunder .(only the rental car scene)
two lane blacktop. ( the GTO and the 55 Chev<-same one from american graffiti)
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Thunder Road (1950 i think w Robert Mitchum as a bootlegger)
The Gumball Rally
The Love Bug (herbie rules )

Leslie · « **Reply #14 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:37:10 AM »

Does anyone remember a B & W movie made back in the 60's, that had a 1958-60 Corvette with punks terrorizing a family in a station wagon on vacation? It's nagging me now, cause I can't remember the title of the movie.

The punks we're following the family around, after they stopped at a motel for the night, and the teenage daughter had gone next door to a bar or hangout. The father finally ended up in a game of chicken with the Vette, and ran it off the road as a last resort, flipping it upside down.

Wasn't all that great a movie, as car chases go. But the Vette was pretty cool because it hauled.

Les