car chase films

The Bollox

my brother is big into anything to do with cars, so for xmas I'm looking to get him a selection of good car chase films, I just want some advise.

I am thinking:

Vanishing Point
Gone In 60 Seconds(1974) (he has the remake)
The Italian Job (not sure to get the original or remake)

I'm looking for more suggestions, he already has the three Fast & The Furious films

Vmaxer

The Best of all Bullitt or another classic Two Lane Black Top, thats if He's into Classic American Jammers..

eamon234

Ronin - classic car chase scene one of the best - with REAL cars!

Black Swan

Transporter
Matrix II

The Bollox

eamon234 wrote: »

Ronin - classic car chase scene one of the best - with REAL cars!

can't believe I forgot about that film, it's going on the list

Dubsmax wrote: »

another classic Two Lane Black Top, thats if He's into Classic American Jammers..

never heard of it, so a quick IMDB search let me know that it deffo looks like something he'd be into

Mint Sauce

eamon234 wrote: »

Ronin - classic car chase scene one of the best - with REAL cars!

beat me to it

Karl Hungus

Beaten to Ronin aswell. How about the first 2 Mad Max films? Die Hard With A Vengeance? Maybe even Smokey and the Bandit?

The Bollox

cheers for the help fellas

I decided on my original 3 (I went for the original Italian Job) and also Two-Lane Blacktop and Ronin

kaimera

The Bource Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum

Vmaxer

Here's another one not bad either for the Year, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To7MJB83kZI

The Bollox

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Maybe even Smokey and the Bandit?

had a quick check up of that, it looks pretty good (and you can't go wrong with a Trans-Am), I might get it for myself

Lands Leaving

french connection

Dont be at yourself

+1 Ronin, Bourne Identity

Also: Blues Brothers - didn't it have the biggest/longest/most expensive car chase ever?

Also: Bad Boys 2: Not a great film, but excellent car chase.

kowloon

Another one for Ronin

There is no remake of the Italian Job, just a crap film with the same name :rolleyes:

Bullit is the dogs bollix

Road Warrior had better car scenes than the original Mad Max IMO

That said, it sounds like your brother likes the modern crap, not the classics.

Wacker

I can't believe it took 11 replies before The French Connection got mentioned! It isn't like the modern car chases, as the car mostly just has to go in a straight line, but it is packed full of drama and tension. It is quite clear that it is Gene Hackman behind the wheel too.

Batman Begins is the only one I can think of that has yet to be suggested. It was really noisy. The quality of a car chase should be measured in decibels; noisy chases being the best. Damn, that new Batmobile was slick.

It probably won't be released by Christmas, but Deathproof is worthy of consideration. I was somewhat let down by the film, but that chase (if you can call it that) was cool.

All the other good chase films that I can thinkl of have already been mentioned. I particularly love the Blues Brothers chase; it is simply ludicrous. Why do all those cop cars just flip over without hititng anything? And who were the cops shooting at when they got out of their cars? Surely Jake and Elwood were specs in the distance by then? Maybe they were trying to get rid of all the witnesses.
Another reason I love that scene: it takes place on Lower Wacker drive!

humanji

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Also: Blues Brothers - didn't it have the biggest/longest/most expensive car chase ever?

Surprised nobody else mentioned this. The entire film is a car chase. Plus it's hilarious.

That_Guy

Lands Leaving wrote: »

french connection

+1 Incredible.

mike65

The chase in thee French Connection is good but the one in the Seven-Ups is better, you may have a job finding it on DVD though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg4QtYizPKM

Mike.

ashyle

The Love Bug.

Oh but seriously +1 for Blues Bros

The Bollox

kowloon wrote: »

That said, it sounds like your brother likes the modern crap, not the classics.

I'm going to try and convert him

Wacker

Actually, it isn't a car chase per se, but Dash is fleeing through the jungle from the quasi-helicopter mounted henchmen in the Incredibles is what I think to be the greatest chase ever. Honestly. The moment when Dash laughs as he realizes that he's actually able to run on water was truly brilliant.

Geff

Watched Ronin last night.

Great car sequences.

Running Bing

Dubsmax wrote: »

Here's another one not bad either for the Year, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To7MJB83kZI

yeah considering the year threw up such turkeys as The godfather part 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Chinatown and the Taking of the Pelham. Believe it or not they could actually make films back then:rolleyes:



As for effects the 70's were the time for car movies. Everything you see was actually being doing...and it shows through in the sheer excitement....you can feel the speed.

Take it any day of the week over keanu Reeves sitting in a static car in front of a big green screen.:rolleyes:

The Bollox

Babybing wrote: »

yeah considering the year threw up such turkeys as The godfather part 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Chinatown and the Taking of the Pelham. Believe it or not they could actually make films back then:rolleyes:



As for effects the 70's were the time for car movies. Everything you see was actually being doing...and it shows through in the sheer excitement....you can feel the speed.

Take it any day of the week over keanu Reeves sitting in a static car in front of a big green screen.:rolleyes:

hear hear

ThOnda

What about over-hyped Death-Proof?
Blues Brothers for me, anytime.

Well, BMX Bandits, there is car chase! Car is chasing guys on BMXs, however it's funny as hell. Not to mention that it is Nicole Kidman's first movie.

By the way, Matrix is only one.

Gillie

Deathproof

The Bollox

ThOnda wrote: »

What about over-hyped Death-Proof?

I liked Deathproof. sure it could have done with being an hour or so shorter, but it wasn't meant to be the size we saw it. the chase scene between the Deathproof car and the dodge challenger was brilliant I thought

ThOnda

Car chase? It is hard to do with american cars that can only go straight. That is what happened to Deathproof. Good sound, good camera, but the chase is boring. But that is only my opinion.

French TAXI shows more driving, and I mean proper driving, and all those Taxi movies are only comedies.

Running Bing

ThOnda wrote: »

Car chase? It is hard to do with american cars that can only go straight. That is what happened to Deathproof. Good sound, good camera, but the chase is boring. But that is only my opinion.

French TAXI shows more driving, and I mean proper driving, and all those Taxi movies are only comedies.

Thats the whole point of the movies.

There is nothing like the site of a 1970 dodge challenger tail out tyres screeching skidding around a corner.


Yank cars from the 70's may have been pieces of **** to drive but they were made for the big screen.

The Bollox

ThOnda wrote: »

French TAXI shows more driving

that's a great film, I went to see it in the IFC when I was in TY

opelmanta

kaimera wrote: »

The Bource Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum

here here...some very real car chases in them...wud definately also vote for RONIN

Pigman II

I enjoyed the Sugarland Express. Slowpaced chase movie but a chase movie nonetheless. You might as well have a look at "Duel" whilst we're on the subject.

User45701

Blues brothers, there is no better car chace, even to this day what is it? 20 odd years later? still no movie has had a better car chace.

what a movie and the only musical i would watch besides that time i watched dark side eof oz

Morlar

I would go with

Vanishing Point,

french connection,

Bullitt,

Ronin,

the bourne identity/supremacy

or top of the list

'To Live and Die in LA'.