[martieg]

This is the top 10 movie car chase ever, according to many.
Which one do you think is the best one ever?

Bullitt (1968)
Steve McQueen
Ford Mustang vs Dodge Charger

Vanishing Point (1971)
Barry Newman
Dogde Challenger

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Burt Reynolds
Pontiac Transam

Ronin (1998)
Robert DeNiro
BMW 5 Series vs Peugeot 306

Thunder Road (1958)
Robert Mitchum
Ford Custom

The French Connection (1971)
Gene Hackman
Pontiac LeMans

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
H.B. Halicki
Ford Shelby 500 GT

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Nicolas Cage
Ford Shelby 500 GT

The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Paul Walker & Vin Diesel
Dodge Charger vs Toyota Supra

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mel Gibson
(a whole bunch of old/future cars and bikes)

[335iheLLraiseR]

what happened to Transporter part 1?

[Andrew@ET]

that movie with the minis was pretty good

[E92Jeemz]

Although I couldn't find the full chase scene between a R32 Skyline and a FTO, Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt is one of my favorite car movies.

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[FirstClass]

You have the Fast and the Furious aka worst car movie ever but you don't have the second Matrix? The chase mentioned below is pretty damn good too.

Originally Posted by miamibusta69

that movie with the minis was pretty good

The Italian Job.

[spacedogg]

Ronin was a modern classic...spawned a whole new generation of good car chases. Guys who worked on Ronin apparently were used in a whole slew of car chases scenes in other movies.

However car chases are getting more and more involved as digital effects are being added. No longer is it enough to have two cars chasing each other and a single car following as the chase camera. You need helicopters for aerial shots, multiple chase cameras mounted in crash cars with full roll cages, disposable cameras in boxes along the shoot scene meant to collide with the vehicles, hydraulics to flip cars over at high speed...all intergrated with digital effects.

In my opinion, the pinnacle of car chases was most recently achieved by Michael Bay in Bad Boys II:

Say what you will about the film or the director...but the chase scene was very well constructed along with some humour...

[spacedogg]

Other memorable chases:

The Rock:

The Peacemaker

Transporter:

Transporter 2:

Matrix Reloaded:

The Island

[Digital.James]

Bullitt FTW. The original and still the best. Really the Citizen Cane of car chase movies. Often duplicated but never good as the original.

[KL2DC]

Bullitt of course set the standard (and defined the car chase), but fast forward to modern times, Ronin still takes the cake for me, the car chases are just insane (with spectacular driving, cinemagraphy and settings).

[martieg]

Originally Posted by FirstClass

You have the Fast and the Furious aka worst car movie ever but you don't have the second Matrix? The chase mentioned below is pretty damn good too.

The Italian Job.

You're right, this is a good one too. Here it is:

[martieg]

I remember a movie whre 3 or 4 black BMW 3-series (with the bad guys) where either chasing or performing a "job" - anybody recalls this movie? They were probably E46.

[Andrew@ET]

i like the new movie better but yeah.

[504Boy]

Originally Posted by lecatrache

I remember a movie whre 3 or 4 black BMW 3-series (with the bad guys) where either chasing or performing a "job" - anybody recalls this movie? They were probably E46.

Mr. and Ms. Smith had 3 BMWs in a chace scene but I think they were 5-series.

[hotsand5]

I would say that Ronin would be my favorite all time....but with digital CGI in all movies now, I say that Bad Boys 2 and matrix 2 (both were highway scenes) were surreal! I could watch those parts on my home theatre over and over.

[san~man]

One of the Bourne movies had a good scene (I think it was Ultimatum)

[SunnyD]

Ronin FTW! That M5 was so hot

[Papa13]

Bullitt no question

And The new Gone in 60 seconds at a close 2nd

[martieg]

Originally Posted by 504Boy

Mr. and Ms. Smith had 3 BMWs in a chace scene but I think they were 5-series.

You're right - that's the one

Here it is:

[footie]

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry.

I'm surprised no one thought of this one.

[martieg]

Originally Posted by footie

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry.

I'm surprised no one thought of this one.

Good one. Reminds me of the Dukes of Hazzard:

[JetskiMark]

Good idea for a thread.

There are so many good chases. It is hard to decide.

When I have more time I will watch the various chases and vote then.

[OverDrive]

how about the movie Taxi with Queen Latifah,
that movie had a 760Li and a E46 convertible
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