28 of the most intense car chases in movie history

The good cars in the movie are a pleasure to watch, but a thrilling drag racing scene is even more of a visual and auditory feast.

Perhaps it is the talent of the stuntmen and the fantastic visual effects that make every audience feel like they are on the scene, but in fact you are still sitting in a comfortable seat. Whenever a movie climaxes, we always hope that our favorite protagonists will escape danger or have a shocking ending. An eye-catching drag racing scene can always add points to the entire movie, and sometimes even make a mediocre movie a classic.

The "Fast and Furious" movie series has brought drag racing to a different level. Before the release of "Fast and Furious 8: Destiny", let's review the most intense racing scenes in movie history and prepare for "Fast 8".

28. "The Island" (1996)

Before director Michael Bay brought "nerve gas" to "Alcatraz", his Hummers are already "raging" on the streets of San Francisco. When John Mason (played by Sean Connery) tries to escape at the beginning of the movie, he jumps into a Hummer and speeds through the streets, completely ignoring traffic laws. But to be honest, Stanley Goolsby (Nicolas Cage) also showed Ferrari to its fullest.

27. "Superbody" (2014)

Unintentional ingestion of extremely dangerous synthetic drugs gave Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) powerful superpowers . After experiencing all this, Lucy began her journey of revenge to kill the culprit. In Paris, she gets a clue about a group of people behind the scenes: they are using their equipment to obtain human body data. It was during rush hour, and Lucy presented the audience with a crazy car chase scene. In the movie, they were shown speeding along the sidewalk without any damage to their bodies, but they caused traffic to come to a standstill.

26. "The Last Day" (2003)

In the original version of "The Last Day" there was a car chase scene with three Mini Coppers. In this film, Mini, the protagonist of the car chase scene, is cooler, and the chase scene itself is more exciting. In the film, actors Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, and Jason Statham drove specially customized Mini Coopers and staged this scene in a Los Angeles subway station. Car chase scene. However, due to site restrictions, the three Minis can only use electric engines and cannot use internal combustion engines. Despite the limited conditions, most of the actors still used their driving skills to the extreme.

Interestingly, F. Gary Gray, the director of "Fast and Furious 8" is also the director of "Surprise".

25. "007: The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974)

In the James Bond series of movies, car chases have become commonplace. But in 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun", while crossing a small river, Bond (played by Roger Moore) drove an AMC Hornet Landing on four wheels, this scene became a classic in the history of movies. This thrilling scene was shot by eight cameras, and what’s even more amazing is that the shot was shot successfully in one take.

24. "Fast and Furious" (2001)

This is the beginning of the car chase scene in the "Fast and Furious" series. Compared with the "Fast and Furious" movies in recent years, the racing scenes in the first movie of the series in 2001 are not much different. In a scene between Brian (played by Paul Walker) and Dominic (played by Vin Diesel), there are two stops at street lights, and then a car chase begins on the train tracks, and Just then a train was coming in front of them. Just as they were about to collide, they both drove off the tracks, but Dominic unfortunately hit a truck. To this day, this scene is still vivid in my mind.

23. "Mad Max" (1979)

In 1979's "Mad Max", director George Miller first transformed Mel The classic character Max created by Mel Gibson and the crazy speedster (played by Vince Gill) are presented to the audience. At the beginning of the movie, a speedster and his girlfriend drove a stolen police car and started a car chase in order to escape from the highway patrol. Although he got rid of a large number of police officers, he was eventually caught up by Max, but Max was not someone to be trifled with. Under Max's hot pursuit, due to the high speed, the speeding villain failed to brake in time and collided with the truck and died.

22. "Cops" (1973)

Roy Scheider played a New York Police Department police officer who used extreme methods to arrest The criminal. In one case, a wonderful car chase was staged in order to capture the villain.

The vehicle plows through extremely busy Manhattan, where even an alley is crowded with children. He ended up on top of a trailer on Knickerbocker Parkway, which had its roof lifted off, and was within a whisker of shooting the thug to death.

This is just one of the classic scenes in the career of the famous driver Bill Hickman (he has also appeared in "The King of Police" and "The French Drug Network" showing off his genius driving skills).

21. "Drive" (2011)

In director Nicolas Winding Refn's film about a super driver, Ryan ·Ryan Gosling really portrays the image of a personable driver. In the cat-and-mouse game with the Los Angeles police, Gosling has always kept a low profile and kept silent. The roar of the engine and excellent music special effects will bring the audience to enjoy the wonderful moments of the drag racing scene.

20. "Sprint to Dawn" (1974)

Peter Fonda plays a driver who aims to become a NASCAR star. He and his Friends opened a supermarket and they wanted to use the money they earned to invest in the racing industry. After participating in a drag racing event, they launched a crazy car chase with the police. In the end, they died in a collision with a train, and the funny movie came to an abrupt end.

19. "Tooth Extraction" (1978)

Nicolas Winding Refn (Nicolas Winding Refn) must have been inspired by this eerie car chase movie after watching it He was inspired to shoot "Drive". The movie stars Ryan O'Neal as an unknown racer who has his own way of getting out of trouble. As he does halfway through the movie, he's driving a Chevy pickup truck and has to fight off several thugs in a Pontiac Trans Am in order to escape.

18. "Gone in 60 Seconds" (1974)

Let's not talk about the 2000 adaptation of "Gone in 60 Seconds" starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie. , the original 1974 film, is unsurpassed by its adaptations and a plethora of other films. The most exciting part of the movie is the nearly 40-minute racing scene. In order to film this scene, 93 cars were scrapped.

17. "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004)

In this movie, Matt Damon completely destroyed a Moscow taxi. At the end of the movie, Bourne changes his usual cautious escape plan and engages in a fierce car chase with the villains. He knocked over countless vehicles and deliberately rushed into more vehicles in order to survive.

16. "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" (2003)

Although the second part was not as well received by global audiences as the first, the high-speed scene in the movie The crazy racing scenes are indeed impressive. A hail of bullets, thrilling.

15. "John Wick" (2014)

In this movie, if you think that Keanu Reeves's killing methods are limited, The ending of the movie will surprise you. Wick (Reeves) is on the hunt for a Russian crime boss who killed Wick's dog. Eventually, he killed two of the leader's followers and then everyone else.

14. "Wanted" (2008)

At the peak of her career, Angelina Jolie filmed "Wanted", one of the craziest car movies 》. The film was not well received, and the action scenes were considered almost unrealistic. During a racing scene between Jolie and James McAvoy, she leaned out of the car to fight the thugs, using only her feet to control the steering wheel.

13. "Fast and Furious 5" (2011)

It was "Fast 5" that brought the series of movies back on track, and its drag racing scene became the most popular in the series. Great racing scene. Widely discussed. At the end of the movie, the protagonists ransacked a police station, made off with a huge amount of money, and then staged a high-speed car chase on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

12. "Death Proof" (2007)

Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a " "Deathproof Car", it will be your big loss if you don't watch this movie, and there will be a huge surprise at the end of the movie. When stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) thinks that he has killed another person, he is surprised to find that the woman he once chased on the road has been following him. After a chase, Mike is knocked to the side of the road, the woman kills him, and the movie ends.

11. "Jaws" (1971)

Steven Spielberg released this film four years before he shot "Jaws" TV movies make audiences fear big trucks. Dennis Weaver plays David, a businessman who overtakes a slow-moving truck on a two-lane road, but that will turn out to be the biggest mistake of his life. The truck began to follow him, and this evil truck began to torment David invisibly. What started as a light-hearted comedy slowly evolved into a tense thriller, and this is Spielberg's mystery.

10. "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015)

George Miller's latest "Mad Max" movie, the The legendary director included a thrilling car chase scene in the movie, which was extremely luxurious and spectacular. In order to keep the women away from "Immortal Joe", Furiosa (Charlize Theron) and Max had to face various battles, including the subsequent crazy bombings and gun battles.

9. "Raiders" (1977)

Thanks to this movie, Burt Reynolds became a well-known icon in the 1970s. He played Playful illegal brewer Bo "Bandit" Darville. In the film, Bandit flies his Trans Am over a long-abandoned bridge, a scene that made the film legendary. For the shot, the vehicle was strapped to a booster rocket, and the film's director, Hal Needham, who coincidentally was Reynolds' long-time stand-in, drove the vehicle himself. actor.

8. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)

In order to get rid of the evil T-1000 (Robert Patrick), John Connor (Edward Furlong) ) drove his motorcycle and staged a chase scene with the T-1000 driving a truck. The T-1000 driving a truck rampaged without any scruples, making the movie gripping for a time. After flying over a bridge, John is still in hot pursuit. But the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) eventually shows up on a Harley and armed with a shotgun. This wonderful car chase scene has also become every movie fan's favorite.

7. "Mad Max 2" (1981)

Through this sequel, the "Mad Max" series of movies shows its true value. It is the car chase scene at the climax of the movie that makes this movie unforgettable. Max (played by Mel Gibson) drives a tanker full of gasoline to chase Humungus, the leader of the speeding gang. At the same time, Max's companions are also chasing Humungus, and the remnants of Humungus who have been tortured for a long time have fled in all directions. This gripping battle culminates in a bruising car chase that reveals a surprising secret (the tanker truck was actually filled with sand).

6. "Shattered to Bones" (1971)

The plot of the film is set during the turbulent Vietnam War. The film begins with Kowalski (played by Barry Newman), who works in a car service company Work. One night he was transporting a Dodge White Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco. On the night of departure, he made a bet with an old friend that he could reach San Francisco before 3 pm the next day. So this exciting car journey begins. Along the way, he battles wits with the police along the way, and eventually alarms the entire California Highway Patrol. As you can imagine, things didn't end well for Kowalski.

5. "The King of Fortune" (1980)

"This is 106 miles from Chicago. Full of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're still wearing Sunglasses." As Elwood Bruce (Dan Aykroyd) utters this line, we are treated to one of the funniest car chases in the history of cinema. Armed with funds to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised, Elwood and his brother Jack (John Belushi) embark on a wild car chase involving the police, a rival band, and Illinois State Nazis. Throughout the filming process, director John Landis used 60 police cars and 40 stunt drivers.

4. "The Raiders" (1985)

Director William Friedkin was driving home from a wedding because he fell asleep while driving , woke up and found that he had taken the wrong road. It was this incident that started the legendary road of his movies. It took him 20 years to try to incorporate this experience into the movie, and finally this movie was born.

When Richard Chance (played by William Peterson) and his companion John Vukovich (played by John Pankov) were chased by a gang of gangsters, Richard deliberately drove into many Parking lots filled with two-wheel trailers and dotted throughout the Los Angeles flood channel. In the end, it was precisely when he took the wrong road and drove onto the highway that they were able to get rid of their tail. In the film, bullets and vehicles will appear out of nowhere to attack the two, and this is what makes this film worth savoring.

3. "Ronin" (1998)

Director John Frankenheimer (John Frankenheimer) was once an amateur racing driver, and he loved drag racing very much. He takes part in numerous car chases in this thriller starring Robert De Niro. However, the most exciting thing is the last scene. This scene was shot entirely in Paris and nearly 300 special effects drivers were used. Robert De Niro and Jean Reno, two veterans, pursue a vehicle carrying a special suitcase throughout the film. There are few car chase scenes in movies that can give the audience such a real feeling, because the speeding vehicles in the movie are all shot in real time. At the time of filming, the vehicle's speed reached 120 mph. This also makes the movie more thrilling.

2. "The Brawler" (1968)

As much as he loves movies, Steve McQueen also loves drag racing. He once had the opportunity to do both in the classic film "Pop", which is also regarded as the first car chase movie in the modern era. In the film, McQueen plays a San Francisco police officer who is chasing a gang leader, and the person who accompanies him on his mission is a 1968 Ford Mustang GT. The best part of the film is undoubtedly the ten-minute car chase between Frank Britt (played by Steve McQueen) and a hitman. It was this scene that completely changed the car chase model in past movies.

1. "The French Cartel" (1971)

Do you think William Friedkin (William Friedkin) in the car chase scene in the movie "The Last Man" was very ambitious? exuberant? The reason why he does this is simply because he wants to do his best to make his movie the best it can be. If "The King of Police" set off a reform of car chase scenes, then "The French Drug Trafficking Network" made the results of the reform a reality. Gene Hackman's astonishing performance aside, Friedkin beats all previous car chases with a car chase shot using both a car camera and a handheld camera.

Fleeing immediately after the sniper's attack failed, crazy Jimmy chased the subway from walking to driving. A sniper threatens the lives of passengers in the subway above, and Jimmy drives in reverse under the bridge to pursue him. During the pursuit, a woman pushing a stroller was nearly injured. Eventually, Jimmy kills the sniper. When watching the movie, the immersive feeling makes the whole movie more thrilling. I'm sure that by the end of the film, you'll be as exhausted as Jimmy.

Translation: Liu Yazhou