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So then, let the debate begin. Whats the best ever car chase to be commited to film?
I propose Ronin
DarrenSV650S
08-01-07, 11:06 PM
Dunno bout cars but this is my favorite bike chase :wink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHK6y_p1fOI
Sid Squid
08-01-07, 11:08 PM
French Connection
Bullitt
Can't decide which is better, then there's the on 'ped scene at the beginning if Taxi, that's a good'un too.
21QUEST
08-01-07, 11:08 PM
So then, let the debate begin. Whats the best ever car chase to be commited to film?
I propose Ronin
I don't watch films much but yeah, I'll back you up :roll: :thumbsup:
Ben
fizzwheel
08-01-07, 11:09 PM
Bullitt
Give the man a prize, we have a winner.
*Locks thread as its pointless discussing the matter any further*
So then, let the debate begin. Whats the best ever car chase to be commited to film?
I propose Ronin
Undisputed king of car chases
northwind
08-01-07, 11:27 PM
The Blues Brothers :)
So then, let the debate begin. Whats the best ever car chase to be commited to film?
I propose Ronin
Undisputed king of car chases
Audi RS4 IIRC - awesome.
Ill probably agree with Ronin. Classically, how about original Italian Job?
squirrel_hunter
09-01-07, 12:31 AM
Not a car chase, but Steve McQueen running from the Germans jumping the fence on that bike at the end of the Great Escape.
I want me one of those...
Haven`t seen Ronin, Bullit is awesome but gotta go with Blues Brothers and would like to throw Bourne identity in as i love the film
sorry missed a `t` out :oops: and sorry to thread steal but does the Blues Brothers still hold the record for most cars trashed in a chase scene?
So then, let the debate begin. Whats the best ever car chase to be commited to film?
I propose Ronin
Undisputed king of car chases
Audi RS4 IIRC - awesome.
S8... the later 360BHP 4.2V8 Quattro.
With Xenons - unusually for the year the film was made. Pricey option.
Also, interestingly - at one point a few years ago an Audi technician I knew well (used to build engines for the Group B Quattros) told me that there were only 28 bodyshops in Europe allowed to repair crashed A/S8's due to their all-aluminium monococque. That was one of the reasons the insurance was so mental, even on the base model 2.8s.
Alpinestarhero
09-01-07, 08:40 AM
Bullit
The Duel!
Matt
Ronin or Bullit for proper gritty fast hard driving.
Italian Job or Blues Brothers for scale/flamboyance/wrecked police cars.
Italian Job for best chase music, Get a bloomin move on !
Luckypants
09-01-07, 09:12 AM
Never seen Ronin - is this the car chase? chase (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQa-RSSRrVM) If so, didn't see any Audi's (unless crashing in the background)
Not as good as Bullitt.
DanDare
09-01-07, 09:26 AM
Any Movie involving Luc Besson! 8) 8) 8) 8)
The french film Taxi was pretty good if I remember and Transporter had a few good moves in the beginning.
I've not seen the film, but the Steve Mclean (?sp, before my time) one where he's chasing through San Francisco is mean to be the best ever?
Original Italian Job.
2 Fast 2 Furious jsut for the idea of hundreds of modified cars coming out of warehouses and running over police cars (even if the films are as pants as BHS home branded with stains).
Bullit
The Duel!
Matt
not seen that, any good?
Never seen Ronin - is this the car chase? chase (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQa-RSSRrVM) If so, didn't see any Audi's (unless crashing in the background)
Not as good as Bullitt.
Think that's a bit later on in the film after the S8's been trashed.
Peter Henry
09-01-07, 10:15 AM
**** Dastardly Vs. Penelope Pitstop. :P
d*ck Dastardly Vs. Penelope Pitstop. :PWas thinking the same ting :D
Bullit end of story :roll: It has even been voted on :wink:
I've not seen the film, but the Steve Mclean (?sp, before my time) one where he's chasing through San Francisco is mean to be the best ever?
Steve McQueen ! #-o :lol: Yes that's Bullit.
I think you need to be educated about the King of Cool, may I suggest you have a watch of the following:
On any Sunday
Le Mans
Bullit
The Gettaway (bonus Ali MacGraw :love: )
The Sand Pebbles (no cars or bikes, just a cracking film)
The Magnificent Seven (see above)
The Great Escape (obviously, even though Steve didn't do the final jump, that was Bud Elkins)
:D :wink:
The Great Escape (obviously, even though Steve didn't do the final jump, that was Bud Elkins)
:D :wink:
bud elkins didn't make the jump either. he crashed into all that barbed wire 8)
Unquestionably Ronin. Best ever, end of.
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Unquestionably Ronin. Best ever, end of.
.ooo, Now thats surprised me :lol:
Ronin, but that's probably cos I ain't seen Bullitt. Must get round to it sometime.
The Bourne Supremacy had a good chase in it as well.
Oh come on now people - Bullitt, every time - though I'll grant that if Steve 'Greater God' McQueen had never graced this earth then Ronin would cinch it.
There was a gret 'Homage' to the Bullitt chase done with someone chasing a remote controlled car that was either a bomb or the triggering device for a bomb. Awesomely well done - so good in fact that I can't actually remember the rest of the film of hand! :oops:
I'm glad that no-one has mentioned the travesty of a chase sequence that was the Matrix sequel's CGI'd melodrama. :roll:
The Bond one (Living Daylights I believe) with the trashed out Renault deserves a mention, as does the Pearce Brosnan 'Bond' bike sequence (though possibly because of the idea of having such a capable pillion :wink: ).
There was a gret 'Homage' to the Bullitt chase done with someone chasing a remote controlled car that was either a bomb or the triggering device for a bomb. Awesomely well done - so good in fact that I can't actually remember the rest of the film of hand! :oops:
Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry in "The Dead Pool" :D
Oh and Bullit gets my vote! :D
Steve H
09-01-07, 01:34 PM
I am a massive fan of Steve Mcqueen and agree that the chase scene in Bullitt is good
However....................
The DRIVER 1978 starring Ryan O'neill and Bruce Dern has no peers. :D
The original Vanishing Point is also worth a watch.
Steve H
09-01-07, 01:40 PM
Tricky, don't forget PAPILLON, Mcqueen should have got an Oscar for that.
(Bearing in mind some of the sh*t performances they give them out for nowdays! :wink: )
The DRIVER 1978 starring Ryan O'neill and Bruce Dern has no peers. :D
The original Vanishing Point is also worth a watch.
A man of discerning taste obviously! I have both if those on DVD! I love the red Chevy stepside that Ryan O'neill uses at the end when chasing the Firebird - so cool! 8)
I also have "Carquake" with David Carradine (or "Cannonball - not to be confused with Cannonball Run!) on DVD - it gets slated everywhere but the car scenes are worth the watch alone! :D
DanDare
09-01-07, 01:47 PM
Ooohhh! ME SiR mE!
Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine and Sly Stallone! 8) 8) 8) 8)
You've not lived until you've watched that pile of p**
Luckypants
09-01-07, 01:48 PM
Tricky, don't forget PAPILLON, Mcqueen should have got an Oscar for that.
(Bearing in mind some of the sh*t performances they give them out for nowdays! :wink: )Agreed, but so should Dustin Hoffman.
Tim in Belgium
09-01-07, 06:40 PM
Vanishing Point with Kowalski at the wheel.
Don't want him to deliver my car though...
Caddy2000
09-01-07, 06:50 PM
The Blues Brothers :)
:winner:
northwind
09-01-07, 07:03 PM
Bulliitt loses marks for the 10 million upshifts, and the green Beetle.
I can't believe nobody's said it yet:
http://news.caradisiac.com/IMG/jpg/cote-13.jpg
MAD MAX 2!
http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/mad-max-2/mad-max-2-04.jpg
There's been many great car chases, but not so many combined with western train robbery scenes.
I've not seen the film, but the Steve Mclean (?sp, before my time) one where he's chasing through San Francisco is mean to be the best ever?
Steve McQueen ! #-o :lol: Yes that's Bullit.
I think you need to be educated about the King of Cool, may I suggest you have a watch of the following:
On any Sunday
Le Mans
Bullit
The Gettaway (bonus Ali MacGraw :love: )
The Sand Pebbles (no cars or bikes, just a cracking film)
The Magnificent Seven (see above)
The Great Escape (obviously, even though Steve didn't do the final jump, that was Bud Elkins)
:D :wink:
Seen the GE and LeMans. Not a word spoken in LeMans is there?
King of Cool in my young years was Micheal Knight or any of the A-Team :lol:
AS siad, can't believe I missed any of the Mad Maxes....
Bluepete
09-01-07, 09:15 PM
I just wish I could post some of the videos I have myself from REAL car chases. Honestly, there's nothing like doing it yourself! 120mph in the 30's is quite a head rush with stolen stuff in front :D :D :D
Jester666
09-01-07, 10:08 PM
Ronin closely followed by Bullitt closely followed by The Blues Brothers
Sid Squid
09-01-07, 11:16 PM
Wrong.
Still Bullitt.
I just wish I could post some of the videos I have myself from REAL car chases. Honestly, there's nothing like doing it yourself! 120mph in the 30's is quite a head rush with stolen stuff in front :D :D :D
I was told by a bike copper that he wouldn't do much more than 55 in a 30 with siren on - who's telling porkies? and who's being a little bit dangerous?
Back on topic - definitely Matrix with people jumping on cars to destroy them :D Taking bikes off car transporter (why would it be there in the first place?) etc. etc. Excellent
K :P
Wrong.
Still Bullitt.
No, no, no. It's Ronin, The Driver, and thirdly, Vanishing Point. Bullitt was good, no question, but definitely not as good as its iconic status suggests. And anyway, the sound was overdubbed and wasn't that of a Ford Mustang but rather a GT40 (apparently).
As an alternative, and perhaps it doesn't fully qualify as it isn't technically a chase, there is Claude Lelouch's "Rendezvous" from 1976:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcG9IznD_FE
Ferrari 275 GTB, Paris, dawn, and not a single edit, all one take: amazing. This is how all cars should sound. Fabulously politically incorrect, and the better for it.
(9 mins long, don't miss it!)
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As an alternative, and perhaps it doesn't fully qualify as it isn't technically a chase, there is Claude Lelouch's "Rendezvous" from 1976:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcG9IznD_FE
Ferrari 275 GTB, Paris, dawn, and not a single edit, all one take: amazing. This is how all cars should sound. Fabulously politically incorrect, and the better for it.
(9 mins long, don't miss it!)
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That's a stonking bit of driving......the words "blind" and "faith" come to mind :D
In addition to those listed.......how about the car chase in the Bourne Identity?
(waits for verbal slaying) :oops:
[ In addition to those listed.......how about the car chase in the Bourne Identity?:
It was certainly good, but IMO not quite in the same class as the exalted company above.
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tinpants
10-01-07, 09:49 AM
I just wish I could post some of the videos I have myself from REAL car chases. Honestly, there's nothing like doing it yourself! 120mph in the 30's is quite a head rush with stolen stuff in front :D :D :D
I was told by a bike copper that he wouldn't do much more than 55 in a 30 with siren on - who's telling porkies? and who's being a little bit dangerous?
Back on topic - definitely Matrix with people jumping on cars to destroy them :D Taking bikes off car transporter (why would it be there in the first place?) etc. etc. Excellent
K :P
If you have indeed seen the film then you would have had no need to ask this. Its simple. Trinity decides she needs a bike to get away from those two guys that used to work with Carol Vorderman and the guy on the other end of the phone (not plugged into the matrix) supplies one. Simple as.
BTW. There really is only one car chase to watch. Bullitt. It was the one that started them all off. I don't care if it wasn't the engine of a mustang, (jonboy you spotter!) I don't even know the difference in sound between a mustang and a GT40! Nor do I care. Just a great bit of cinema.
What I do know, from reading the McQueen biography, is that McQueen did all the driving for that scene himself in one take :shock: 8)
What I do know, from reading the McQueen biography, is that McQueen did all the driving for that scene himself in one take :shock: 8)There was s thing on the bulitt chase, or at least the mustang on some freeview channelt he toerh night. They where speaking to the director about McQueens driving. He said to Steve "We've run out of film" to which he replied, "Good, I've run out of brakes"
Excellent
Bulitt still holds a specail place, and it is a very close fight with the main case in Ronin, Bu with the better editing, Ronin wins, but only by a smidgen.
northwind
10-01-07, 10:29 AM
Mission Impossible- that bike/pickup chase sets new standards.
Not good standards, obviously.
Heartbeat. series 2 episode 4.
Luckypants
10-01-07, 11:09 AM
:laughat: Heartbeat. series 2 episode 4. :smt046
:lol: That made me laugh (MI2)... Front endo, sping the back end round 180 degrees, all with 1 hand, whilst firing a machine gun.
I just laughed at that bit :lol:
:lol: That made me laugh (MI2)... Front endo, sping the back end round 180 degrees, all with 1 hand, whilst firing a machine gun.
I just laughed at that bit :lol:What! Yo mean you cant do that? Pah :lol: :wink:
Heartbeat. series 2 episode 4.
:winner: without question, proper cars proper performance not dubbed over American gutless squeeling blamanges (spelling?) :lol:
And last, but not least, dare we forget the chase in Only Fools and Horses, when Rodney and Neris (?) get chased in the Reliant van? Bullitt? Pah, go on my son! :lol:
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Filipe M.
10-01-07, 06:47 PM
Anything by The Knight Rider.
.................taxiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Reckless Rat
10-01-07, 08:46 PM
As an alternative, and perhaps it doesn't fully qualify as it isn't technically a chase, there is Claude Lelouch's "Rendezvous" from 1976:
Ferrari 275 GTB, Paris, dawn, and not a single edit, all one take: amazing. This is how all cars should sound. Fabulously politically incorrect, and the better for it.
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Wasn't that a fake... with all the speed sensation created by a dubbed on sound track?
not even sure it was a Ferrari!
RR
Sshhh. Not a fake, just (it turns out) driven in a Mercedes with the Ferrari soundtrack dubbed on afterwards. Hasn't been speeded up, was driven by an unnamed F1 driver of the day, and the producer was arrested (though no charges were ever brought). No matter, it's still stunning, daring, and decidedly dangerous — great stuff!
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Mission Impossible- that bike/pickup chase sets new standards.
Not good standards, obviously.
Is that the one where the bikes swap between road tyres and off road mud pluggers at will? :shock:
[As an alternative, and perhaps it doesn't fully qualify as it isn't technically a chase, there is Claude Lelouch's "Rendezvous" from 1976:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcG9IznD_FE
Ferrari 275 GTB, Paris, dawn, and not a single edit, all one take: amazing. This is how all cars should sound. Fabulously politically incorrect, and the better for it.
(9 mins long, don't miss it!)
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Is probably good but either Youtube or my computer doesn't do it justice. I only get about 1 or 2 frames per second. Is that normal for youtube? what does everyone else get?
The Basket
10-01-07, 10:01 PM
Blues Brothers...what a film.
Held or holds the record for the most crashed cars...ran out of cars so some cars were fixed up so they could be crashed again :D
Crashing through a shopping mall....love it. :evil:
Is probably good but either Youtube or my computer doesn't do it justice. I only get about 1 or 2 frames per second. Is that normal for youtube? what does everyone else get?
Nope, full frame rate, pretty good quality.
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northwind
10-01-07, 11:12 PM
Is that the one where the bikes swap between road tyres and off road mud pluggers at will? :shock:
That's the one. Also between triples and inline 4s :) Plus Infinite Gearbox Syndrome, but most especially it suffers from having the Triumphs getting outrun by a pickup truck. I suppose it'd not have made for a very interesting chase otherwise.
My favourite is when they do the wheelie jousting- The both pin it towards each other for about 6 full seconds, after that time they should have covered over a quarted of a mile and when they hit each other, they'd be going at about 180mph relative :)
BernardBikerchick
11-01-07, 10:00 AM
So then, let the debate begin. Whats the best ever car chase to be commited to film?
I propose Ronin
italian job
Ceri JC
11-01-07, 10:46 AM
Any good bike chases bar T2/Matrix 2? I can't think of any. I'd like to see a Bourne Identity style realistic chase through crowded city streets on bikes. I think it'd look fantastic (really high speed filtering, bumping over kerbs and going along footpaths, etc.)
:-k
Steve H
11-01-07, 12:32 PM
I seem to remember a particularly exciting episode of Noddy
where Noddy and Big Ears were being chased by a car load of wicked elves.
Man that red and yellow car can shift. :shock:
I really should leave that stuff alone! :wink:
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