What is your ultimate car chase scene? - Blu-ray Forum

bonehica · 08-04-2021, 04:31 AM

It's a simple question. If you had two cars (more if necessary) to see duke it out in a film, what would they be? I know I have been thinking about my titanic duel ever since I was a teenager with a subscription to Car and Driver. There have been faster cars, but these two fascinated me like no two others back in the day. Complete polar opposites. A German pure bred. It was a psychotic death trap that, in the wrong hands, would kill you. Stay off that accelerator in the corners! Then their is the American. A buffed up muscle car straight out of a time machine. It defied logic, as well as many GM execs, who were less than enthused that Buick built a car that could smoke their precious Vette (a behind the scenes no-no at the time).

BONUS: Name the song or music you would like to be playing during the chase!

The belligerents:

1987 Buick GNX

VS

1986 Porsche 911 Turbo

Song: "Lady Strange" by Def Leppard

CyberpunkCentral · 08-04-2021, 04:42 AM

Queen's Don't Stop Me Now.

Dark City Denizen · 08-04-2021, 04:45 AM

The truck from Duel vs the bus from Speed to the tune of Benny Hill.

DR Herbert West · 08-04-2021, 08:33 AM

The truck from Maximum Overdrive vs. Ecto 1.

Set to this:

SilverFox84 · 08-04-2021, 08:46 AM

Short Time (1990)

DuaneB · 08-04-2021, 10:52 AM

Bandit and his '77 Trans Am versus the Duke boys in their '69 Charger.

CSM101 · 08-04-2021, 11:32 AM

Michael Knight & K.I.T.T vs Max Rockatansky & Interceptor set to O Fortuna.

TheSpruceMoose · 08-04-2021, 04:01 PM

Rutger Hauer as the hitcher, chasing Rutger Hauer as the blind man. One driving the delorean, the other riding Kaneda's bike from Akira. The song is raining steel.

bonehica · 08-04-2021, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverFox84

Short Time (1990)
Short Time Car Chase (1990) - YouTube

This is by far one of the funniest car chases ever, especially when you know the context behind his actions. Dabney Coleman at the top of his game. This seriously needs a blu ray release!!

Some pretty clever stuff so far!

jess1581 · 08-04-2021, 08:28 PM

The Terminator... every car chase scene.

Honorable mention for the T3 Crane chase which was destructive bliss.

Rzzzz · 08-04-2021, 08:41 PM

VS

Set to this song....

Zivouhr · 08-04-2021, 08:43 PM

The original Gone in 60 Seconds wasn't a great film in terms of story and acting, but featured a 40 minute chase scene with a classic yellow muscle car as the cops were in hot pursuit. Reminds me of the game Driver from PS1.

The Terminator series highway chases are often some of the best in terms of crashes and carnage. Really epic stuff in T1, T2, T3.

Ronin had a cool chase in the wrong direction.

The Matrix Freeway chase was epic.

The Raid 2 has a really good, epic car chase.

Mission Impossible 5 with the motorcycles was fun.

Some Jackie Chan movies have some epic car chases.

The freeway pursuit in Winter Soldier was cool, leading into that street battle. The chase where Samuel L. Jackson had to get his SUV too was great.

Duel, one of Spielberg's first movies is a slow but interesting chase movie.

The Transporter films with Jason Statham have some good car chases.

Mad Max films have some interesting chases.

And more...

Biggest disappointment ever for a car chase movie? Quentin Tarentino's Deathproof. That chase felt flat and not very exciting compared to other classic car chases.

Lee A Stewart · 08-04-2021, 11:13 PM

Ironhorse75 · 08-04-2021, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Zivouhr

And more...

Bourne Identity and Supremacy had some solid sequences.

Zivouhr · 08-05-2021, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironhorse75

Bourne Identity and Supremacy had some solid sequences.

Good point.

The 007 James Bond movies are also known for some epic vehicle chases.

There are so many but I know I'm forgetting something important.

Drive had a decent car chase scene after the robbery.
The Italian Job (original film) had an epic chase.

40 minute chase scene has to be one of the longest in cinema history?
Original Gone in 60 Seconds

AreaFive · 08-05-2021, 01:34 AM

I'll have to think about my ultimate car chase scene.

As for existing films, my favorite is, without a doubt, the car chase from Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (as seen below in its english dub form)

My second favorite is the film Redline, followed by Mad Max: Fury Road.

Canada · 08-05-2021, 04:24 AM

08-04-2021, 04:31 AM	#1
bonehica Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Nov 2018 Location:Flint, MI 4K collection:1179 Blu-ray collection:4744 DVD collection:319 Trading Score:1	What is your ultimate car chase scene? It's a simple question. If you had two cars (more if necessary) to see duke it out in a film, what would they be? I know I have been thinking about my titanic duel ever since I was a teenager with a subscription to Car and Driver. There have been faster cars, but these two fascinated me like no two others back in the day. Complete polar opposites. A German pure bred. It was a psychotic death trap that, in the wrong hands, would kill you. Stay off that accelerator in the corners! Then their is the American. A buffed up muscle car straight out of a time machine. It defied logic, as well as many GM execs, who were less than enthused that Buick built a car that could smoke their precious Vette (a behind the scenes no-no at the time). BONUS: Name the song or music you would like to be playing during the chase! The belligerents: 1987 Buick GNX VS 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo Song: "Lady Strange" by Def Leppard

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Dark City Denizen Special Member Member since:Jul 2020 4K collection:43 Blu-ray collection:276 DVD collection:13	The truck from Duel vs the bus from Speed to the tune of Benny Hill.

08-04-2021, 10:52 AM	#6
DuaneB Active Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 4K collection:243 Blu-ray collection:1602 DVD collection:264	Bandit and his '77 Trans Am versus the Duke boys in their '69 Charger.

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CSM101 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2012 4K collection:1699 Blu-ray collection:5453 DVD collection:507 Digital collection:8 iTunes collection:20 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:6	Michael Knight & K.I.T.T vs Max Rockatansky & Interceptor set to O Fortuna.

08-04-2021, 08:28 PM	#10
jess1581 Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2016 Location:Fairhaven, Massachusetts 4K collection:553 Blu-ray collection:2336 Blu-ray reviews: 73	The Terminator... every car chase scene. Honorable mention for the T3 Crane chase which was destructive bliss.

08-04-2021, 08:43 PM	#12
Zivouhr Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Dec 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:127	The original Gone in 60 Seconds wasn't a great film in terms of story and acting, but featured a 40 minute chase scene with a classic yellow muscle car as the cops were in hot pursuit. Reminds me of the game Driver from PS1. The Terminator series highway chases are often some of the best in terms of crashes and carnage. Really epic stuff in T1, T2, T3. Ronin had a cool chase in the wrong direction. The Matrix Freeway chase was epic. The Raid 2 has a really good, epic car chase. Mission Impossible 5 with the motorcycles was fun. Some Jackie Chan movies have some epic car chases. The freeway pursuit in Winter Soldier was cool, leading into that street battle. The chase where Samuel L. Jackson had to get his SUV too was great. Duel, one of Spielberg's first movies is a slow but interesting chase movie. The Transporter films with Jason Statham have some good car chases. Mad Max films have some interesting chases. And more... Biggest disappointment ever for a car chase movie? Quentin Tarentino's Deathproof. That chase felt flat and not very exciting compared to other classic car chases.

08-04-2021, 11:13 PM	#13
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