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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985 - William Friedkin)
Going the wrong way on the freeway Billy Friedkin even outdid his own magnificence under the El in The French Connection, which is saying an awful lot. The chase that is the centerpiece of To Live and Die in L.A. is woefully underrated, as is the entire movie. A great, mean, pessimistic cop flick, man.
After those two, I'd say The Blues Brothers, Freebie & The Bean and the original The Italian Job as a top five. Bullitt, The Seven-Ups and Vanishing Point would be just off my list there as honorable mentions, and the stuff in the Bourne Identity remake is good too for one from recent years.
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The car chase in Ronin is ridiculously good I would even consider it better than the chase in The French Connection. Matrix Reloaded also has a superb car chase.
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Oh man before I even got into this thread I was going to say:
To Live and Die in L.A.
Unlike most chase sequences where its just a series of neat sequences which are generally unsurprising or even expected. This one was genuinely thrilling, suspenseful and had a number of suprises.
To Live and Die in L.A.
Unlike most chase sequences where its just a series of neat sequences which are generally unsurprising or even expected. This one was genuinely thrilling, suspenseful and had a number of suprises.
Originally Posted by Dazed&Confused
The car chase in Ronin is ridiculously good I would even consider it better than the chase in The French Connection. Matrix Reloaded also has a superb car chase.
It was done first and done better more than a decade before Ronin.
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Originally Posted by Holden Pike
Many of the moves and the very idea of going against traffic on a major highway that is the heart of the Ronin chase is lifted right out of To Live and Die in L.A.
It was done first and done better more than a decade before Ronin.
It was done first and done better more than a decade before Ronin.
Holden has already mentioned the greats, but I just gotta mention the ONE scene that was worth a **** in that craptapular mess called Gone in 60 Seconds where the car is hammered through a wall. Pretty cool. Of course, it didn't make up for the other 90 minutes of garbage, but at least it was a start.
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My favorite is Bullitt.
The common link between The French Connection, The Seven-Ups, Vanishing Point , and Bullitt is stunt driver Bill Hickman.
Others not mentioned;
The Man With the Golden Gun, featuring a ramp to ramp corkscrew jump.
The Driver
Smokey and the Bandit
The worst car chase is in McQ, John Wayne in a Trans Am chasing a bread truck?!
Another craptapular film by H.B. Halicki is The Junkman.
It holds the Guinness World Record for most number of vehicles/planes wrecked in one movie.
The common link between The French Connection, The Seven-Ups, Vanishing Point , and Bullitt is stunt driver Bill Hickman.
Others not mentioned;
The Man With the Golden Gun, featuring a ramp to ramp corkscrew jump.
The Driver
Smokey and the Bandit
The worst car chase is in McQ, John Wayne in a Trans Am chasing a bread truck?!
Originally Posted by LordSlaytan
Holden has already mentioned the greats, but I just gotta mention the ONE scene that was worth a **** in that craptapular mess called Gone in 60 Seconds where the car is hammered through a wall. Pretty cool. Of course, it didn't make up for the other 90 minutes of garbage, but at least it was a start.
It holds the Guinness World Record for most number of vehicles/planes wrecked in one movie.
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This may not rate as a car chase as such, anyho, the one in Blind Date where the guy is driving the car and a monkey puts its hands over his eyes and he runs into a paint shop. 
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My favourite Car Chases are:
Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me
Licence To Kill
Die Another Day (because it's original)
The French Connection I
Bullit
Taxi (the original french version)
Taxi 2
Gone In 60 Seconds (the 1974 version)
Ronin
Brannigan
The Driver (Why has nobody mentioned this film, it's brilliant
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Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me
Licence To Kill
Die Another Day (because it's original)
The French Connection I
Bullit
Taxi (the original french version)
Taxi 2
Gone In 60 Seconds (the 1974 version)
Ronin
Brannigan
The Driver (Why has nobody mentioned this film, it's brilliant
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Ronin definetly, a quality car chase
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Originally Posted by Loner
Another craptapular film by H.B. Halicki is The Junkman.
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Originally Posted by Dr West
The Driver (Why has nobody mentioned this film, it's brilliant )
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Originally Posted by Loner
The Driver
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btw Holden when I said Taxi I meant the 1998 version. The only reason I have even seen/heard of the remake is because they played it on a transatlantic flight and I wasn't impressed.
Originally Posted by Dazed&Confused
btw Holden when I said Taxi I meant the 1998 version. The only reason I have even seen/heard of the remake is because they played it on a transatlantic flight and I wasn't impressed.
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Originally Posted by Holden Pike
Thank goodness. The original flick is so much fun, everything most Hollywood action flicks aren't these days. The remake is a smoldering turd and a perfect example of the mind-numbing dullness coming out of the mainstream of late.