Best Car Chases

kaimera · 07-09-2002 3:18pm #1

The Italian Job - one of the best. Who will ever forget 3 minis racing around a city!

I've still yet to see Ronin & The Bourne Identity - both claim to have classic car chases.

Cant say I've seen Bullet w/Steve McQueen.

I'll add more as I think of them...

leeroybrown · 07-09-2002 3:23pm

Bullitt would probably be my number one. A classic then and still one now.

The scene where Gene Hackman races the El-Train is pretty cool too.

The chase in Ronin was decent too. Films had been lacking good chases for the while.

ykt0di9url7bc3 · 07-09-2002 3:36pm

Bullit has a class car chase...
Ronin (Audi S4 Versus 406)
T2 had some good chases

Mr E · 07-09-2002 4:02pm

I have to say that the one in the Bourne Identity is excellent. Very very well done, and edge-of-the-seat stuff.

- Dave.

Dont be at yourself · 07-09-2002 4:28pm

Best car chase ever = Blues Brothers.

Makaveli · 07-09-2002 5:25pm

The one at the end of Bad Boys.
911 Turbo vs Dodge Viper GTS I think
vrooom vrooom

kaimera · 07-09-2002 5:35pm

Bad Boys - 911 v Cobra no?
doesn't look like a viper

BUTT very good scene indeed.

T2 - bike vs tow truck was gr8

BLITZ_Molloy · 07-09-2002 5:38pm

The Bourne Identity had the best car chase I've seen in absolutely ages.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 07-09-2002 5:51pm

Kenny & Cartman on the Battery powered toy truck being chased by the Police ala OJ.

Gone in Sixty Seconds, last chase is about five minutes of pure adrenalin.

The French Connection had some good stuff in it too.

kaimera · 07-09-2002 5:55pm

Trust SouthPark to have one of the best chases..:rolleyes:

Gone in 60 seconds I had forgotten about alright.
The end chase is class even if tho car ends up in a heap
Poor elanore! (sp?)

Makaveli · 07-09-2002 5:56pm

AC Cobra it is.
Just pulled out the DVD there out of curiosity.
Also 911 Turbo 36 I think it says on the back of the Porsche.

BabyEater · 07-09-2002 6:30pm

Must say Ronin the camera at the front of the cars were class

pauldeehan · 07-09-2002 8:14pm

Blues Brothers, sheer mayhem. Also, French Connection.

sceptre · 07-09-2002 9:29pm

Blues Brothers - pretty much most of the movie. Especially the chase in the mall.

Winters · 07-09-2002 10:16pm

Ronin had to be an amazing car chases...
Blues Brothers was great and so was bullitt. Havent seen Bourne Identity yet ... might wait til lit comes out on DVD before watching it.

The south park car chase was so funny. "That crazy son of a bitch" .. i laughed for ages when I saw that one.

Frank Grimes · 08-09-2002 9:07am

I'd say Bullitt followed by Ronin.

mike65 · 08-09-2002 12:51pm

After Bullitt and The French Connection producer
Philip D'Antoni came up with a brilliant chase in a flick called The Seven-Ups which flopped but is worth checking out, or just set your VCR to start at 55 mins in!

http://www.varaces.com/info.php?id=41

Mike.

GoneShootin · 08-09-2002 1:00pm

saw THE BOURNE IDENTITY last night

great car chase. plus as i drive a citroen zx, 1994, it was even more interesting for me.

gone tests his zx ala paris police

btw was THE BOURNE IDENTITY done before ?

GoneShootin · 08-09-2002 1:03pm

just found this GREAT site

http://www.varaces.com/

car chase index...

Robbo · 08-09-2002 1:40pm

Vanishing Point. Basically, the entire film is a car chase, guided by a blind soul DJ and fuelled by ampetamines.

As the genius behind page 183 on Aertel says: "Great film. Primal Scream names an album after it"...

Kali · 08-09-2002 1:54pm

aye Vanishing Point or Ronin.

Kali · 08-09-2002 2:01pm

Originally posted by Makaveli
Also 911 Turbo 36 I think it says on the back of the Porsche.

oh dear, that 36 is probably added for stupid americans. why i don't know since every 911 turbo has a 3.6 litre engine (its bored up from the standard 911s 3.4)..

Mr E · 08-09-2002 2:06pm

Originally posted by Gone Shootin
btw was THE BOURNE IDENTITY done before ?

Yep, it was. It was a 1988 made-for-tv movie starring Richard Chamberlain as Bourne, and Jaclyn Smith as Marie.

I think its more faithful to Ludlum's original book than the remake (Bournes original assassination attempt was for Carlos the Jackal, methinks...... in the new one, he was after that Wombosi guy).

I wonder if they'll finish the trilogy with Matt Damon? Ludlum did two other Bourne books (The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy).

- Dave.

DiscoStu · 08-09-2002 2:24pm

The French Connection, no contest.

Caesar_Bojangle · 08-09-2002 3:03pm

Bullitt kicks ass

Asuka · 08-09-2002 3:41pm

Ronin, tbh.

A

Makaveli · 08-09-2002 3:50pm

Originally posted by Kali

oh dear, that 36 is probably added for stupid americans. why i don't know since every 911 turbo has a 3.6 litre engine (its bored up from the standard 911s 3.4)..

Or maybe it's like the 36th one built. :rolleyes:
He does say something about it being a limited edition at the beginging of the film yadda yadda yadda.
Nice car though.

Makaveli · 08-09-2002 3:55pm

Just had a look at that varaces.com site and they say it's a Porsche 930.

http://www.varaces.com/info.php?id=27

[edit]
A 930 is the factory name for a 911 Turbo.
here
"Turbo 3.6" must have been what was on the back of the car.
[/edit]

spooky donkey · 09-09-2002 9:50pm

well id have to say RONIN.
The chase with the realist feel id have to say, i saw it in the flicks and it blew me away, sound and all and i done even have it on dvd, i dident have palyer when i baught it so i only have it on video.

Though i did like the car chase in Basic Instint the howling sound out of those Louts esprit V8`s. the white one and black one. You lads all rember that one dont you?
or is there only one image stuck in youre head after seeing that film?

Phryxus · 09-09-2002 10:09pm

i just got back from the bourne identity, great chase in the mini, i think it was only cool because it's a mini, i like mini's, they give style to the chase.

Winning Hand · 09-09-2002 10:59pm

Ronin, although I still dont get how an audi S8 hooked up on nitrous can barely keep up with a Citroen XM

BJJ · 10-09-2002 3:18am

The Ronin car chase was great in some respects but I didn't really like it, No big Crashes, no Bystanders getting splatted by the speeding mercedes...

But I still rank it as number 3

*Not exactly a film but any Car Chase from the Game DRIVER or GTA ( You just can't beat them!! )

*Taxi--- fantastic dark French comedy

*Ronin

*The Fast N Furious ...great cars!!

*Bullitt - classic

*Doberman..Pure Evil

*The French Connection..maybe the best

*The Bourne identity

*MI2 motor bike Chase

*Vanishing Point

spooky donkey · 10-09-2002 8:47pm

yeah driver in survival mode, id love to see that in a film!

Borzoi · 11-09-2002 11:19am

To go against the grain, I thought the car chase in Ronin to be so comical to be on a par with the Blus Brothers.

As it happens I watched Bullitt last night on DVD, what a scene. Amazing noise from the Mustang. Class film.

Italian job is class too.

lynchie · 11-09-2002 12:36pm

Ronin has to be the best

The two car chases with Nicolas Cage in Gone in 60 seconds ('67 GT500) and The Rock (ferrari after a Hummer) were quite good too.

My name is Mud · 11-09-2002 12:53pm

Dunno if anybody said this before, but

The Blues Brothers!

One of the 1st car chases to go through a shopping mall, and they wrecked sooo many cars too!

Spiffing · 11-09-2002 1:56pm

The Rock?

DiscoStu · 11-09-2002 2:04pm

has anyone seen any of those getaway in stokholm films? there are 2. one with an ruf modified porchse 911 and a second one with an escort cosworth and a supra. there real and quite good.
its basically 2 very stupid people running from the cops at dawn in stokholm.

Kim Tae-Woo · 04-10-2002 6:50pm

The French Connection---the best
Thunderbolt--Jackie Chan the Whole films a car Chase
Gone in Sh*tty Seconds

Worst Car Chase...Vinne Jones Mr Soccer Nazi spastic

kaimera · 04-10-2002 8:07pm

Originally posted by DiscoStu
has anyone seen any of those getaway in stokholm films? there are 2. one with an ruf modified porchse 911 and a second one with an escort cosworth and a supra. there real and quite good.
its basically 2 very stupid people running from the cops at dawn in stokholm.

I havent actually but I do know the vids you're on about. Me thinks some pop corn and some cans would make them gr8 viewing!

They'd be on par with those illegal bare knuckle fite vids

memphis · 04-10-2002 9:32pm

I thought the car chase in Gone in 60 seconds was a pretty cool one.

Just my opinion!!!!

banbutcher · 12-10-2002 12:30am

yep i too vote for taxi the french film the guy had a peugot (*spelling) supped up to the balls it looked shít hot! great chace scene against to merc's!

the bourne identity was also a good chase scene (beep beep little mini!!)

Makaveli · 12-10-2002 12:35am

In Taxi 2 it has retractable wings and he can glide it in the air.

kaimera · 12-10-2002 10:55am

*WOOT*! Yeaa...canent wait for the re-make of the Italian Job.

Picture the new BMW mini's racing around. Sweet

sceptre · 12-10-2002 12:56pm

Originally posted by spooky donkey
Though i did like the car chase in Basic Instint the howling sound out of those Louts esprit V8`s. the white one and black one. You lads all rember that one dont you?
or is there only one image stuck in youre head after seeing that film?

Michael Douglas at a disco in a Pringle pullover? Yeah, that image has put me off clubbing for life.

banbutcher · 12-10-2002 2:13pm

are they doin a remake of the itailian job??

sceptre · 13-10-2002 10:15pm

Originally posted by banbutcher
are they doin a remake of the itailian job??

Yeah, with a few changes.

Robbery is in LA from what I've heard (they were filming on Hollywood Boulevard last week, car chase and helicopters) but they are also filming in Genoa so presumably it'll at least have something to do with Italy.

Ed Norton, Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron are involved. Ed doesn't particularly want to do it, see here.

It's out here 12 September 2003.

jonno · 14-10-2002 5:42pm

1. Ronin
2. Bullitt
3. The Bourne Identity
4. Bad Boys (that 911 is a quick one and Will "Now that's how you drive, . . . . . . . . from now on thats how you drive" Smith)

GreenHell · 15-10-2002 10:39am

French Connection.

DrizztIE · 19-10-2002 11:26am

Originally posted by jonno
1. Ronin
2. Bullitt
3. The Bourne Identity
4. Bad Boys (that 911 is a quick one and Will "Now that's how you drive, . . . . . . . . from now on thats how you drive" Smith)

i agree with ya but... I'll put:-

Gone in 60 seconds and TripleX onto your list... Bad Boys is still my fave car chase...

azezil · 19-10-2002 11:33am

Cannon ball run, nuf said

Best Car Chases

Comments