I was thinking about Drive as well, but the first scene isn't really a chase as it is evasion. The second chase scene is good, but maybe too short to be considered in the pantheon of great car chase scenes. Hey, I got to use the word pantheon.
I wouldn't even call the opening of Drive a chase, it was more like him driving around and every now and then a cop would follow him for a few seconds. I get that they were trying for that hide and seek aspect done in The Driver, but that film actually had them being chased some of the time, which made the hiding parts stand out.
"Against all Odds" and "T2" had some great chase scenes. I met the Stunt coordinator for those two films. He said 99% is pre-planning, and multiple cameras because you don't want to try and redo it.
Bullitt is still the best for me. Probably because of its simplicity. It also starts wonderfully when the antagonists don't realize they're being followed. The moment they decide to go on the run is beautifully done because the music just immediately is cut out and the entire soundtrack is taking over by the noise of engines and screeching tires. I'd also like to give a shout out to the Raid 2, but I have to say that I think I mostly love it because of all the things that happen during the car chase, specifically, the fighting in the car itself.
I think one of the more underrated car chases in recent memory are the ones from Jack Reacher and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, both helmed by Christopher McQuarrie. :)
Aaditya Bhattacharya yeah but that's not "underrated" maybe an "underapreciated" film, but EVERYONE who I have heard from about the Raid 2 say that's a great chase scene.
hhmmmm, how about Hardcore Henry then ? that minigun chase sequence was the absolute highlight of a film that I personally already enjoyed, it has some wicked practical stunts from jumping car to car, from car to motorcycle, all while great rock soundtrack plays in the background, the first-person point of view also boosts the effect of the immersiveness, and the fact that it's so elaborate yet comparatively short makes it all the better and worthwhile. and the film was quite underrated and overlooked.
Bullitt, Gone In 60 Seconds, Duel and the Driver are my favorite classics. For modern chases Jack Reacher and John Wick 2 got the classic excitement on lock.
Great video! One other thing puts me off modern car chases, and it’s part of the safety aspect. You never get a real sense of speed. There’s a lot music and fast editing used to disguise the fact that the cars are only going 35mph. And, yes, I am specifically thinking of Spectre in this, but you see it so much.
that was beautifully written! and nice examples too. Glad you mentioned Fury Road and Vanishing Point, all masterpieces of car chase (and even Matrix Reloaded, well mentioned).
My favorite is the original 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds. But I was watching a behind the scenes on the remake and the chases in that were also good and, the director gave the viewers the same amount of time to react to oncoming cars as someone in the drivers seat would have (and he worked on "The Junkman" with H.B. Halicki)
QoS: How not to do a car chase Casino Royale, however, should've gotten some cred in this video for its semi car chase. Where Bond drives for like 30s and then wrecks his Aston Martin. They set the world record (007) for car flips too.
To live and die in LA is my favourite movie, 90% because of it's amazing car chase. The point break remake is pretty awesome too, all the stunts were done for real,.
You also forgot Jade also directed by William friedkin, rossatron which had a car chase on the streets of San Francisco and was practically a homage to bullitt and basic instinct. That was a great car chase along with to live and in LA wrong way freeway chase, and the French connection car chase.
Best chase scene is from The French Connection. There were no stunt men on the streets. It was simplistic yet super exciting. Just a cop in a car chasing a crook in a train! Blues Brother is a classic!
Everyone gushes over French Connection but for my money The Seven Ups is way better than it. It has the same rising frustration/desperation from the cop and let's just say those cars do NOT stay unscathed for long....
The display of speed on the downhill road and bridge really put me on the edge of my sofa when i saw "The Seven Ups" for the first time! You are right, unbelievable car chase! My favourite car movie tho is "Driver". I just love the way they did the sound!
Done wrong, it can make it pretty terrible. I saw a TV edit of the Matrix once where they added in extra loud and exaggerated punches and grunts, and it was pretty weird and awful
As someone who's still learning filmmaking, your videos have helped me a lot in various areas so for that I thank you and please keep doing the awesome work. CHEERS !!!
I have always maintained that the car chases in Ronin were some of the best ever filmed... I did not recognize some of the chases but some I did like Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Smokey and the Bandit and the original Italian Job. Great vid keep up the good work.
love your videos, editing, and content. You're the best thing to happen to action cinema outside of action cinema. (maybe that's an exaggeration...but those are the vibes I'm getting).
Not to hate on Rossatron, I love his videos, but in depth looks at action films aren't exactly new. He takes a lot of what action film critics and academics have been saying for a while and puts them into short, snappy videos that are easy to consume. It's a good surface level introduction is what I'm saying. Look at some of David Bordwell's articles about action filmmaking and Hong Kong. He's been exploring the genre in a serious way for years. Or even a lesser known critic like Outlaw Vern, who specializes in things like action and horror.
EvTav will do, thanks for the recommendations. I actually wasn't all that interested in action until these videos started popping up in my feed. I'm more of an art house nerd, so these were a great foray into looking at action as if it were arthouse.
Seeing this made me think of the way Nolan made the dogfights in Dunkirk, injecting practicality and weight to the planes and swerves the same way Wright did for the car chases here, Nolan and Wright certainly know their way with grounded, practical work
Dude, check out the car chase in Jack Reacher and the car/bike chase in MI5 Rogue Nation, both by Christopher McQuarrie and both with Tom Cruise doing all his own driving, they're absolutely riveting. Also, the car chase in the airport in Casino Royale, the one in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the opening chase in Skyfall, the post heist chase in MI III, the short chase in Da Vinci Code, the sandstorm chase in MI 4 Ghost Protocol, and even the Batmobile chase in BvS are must see chases.
Ignacio Borges the car chase in rogue nation is pathetic, it ends with a car reversing through a gate leading to a downward set of stairs yet it ramps up and inexplicably flips in a straight row for about 20 flips with hideous visuals. I agree though with the Casino Royal comment though.
Mad Max and The Road Warrior, despite their low budgets had some amazing car chases and crashes, and they were always really tightly connected to the drama and character's actions and motivations. You saw Gibson just seething when driving toward the intended demise of his victims in the last act of Mad Max 1. George Miller is a master of capturing that intensity, cutting it and cranking the guttural engine noises to 11 to make each scene really gripping.
Going to see this tonight. Love your channel, action film making is probably my favorite kind of film-making. I grew up on John Woo, and learned how the great action directors made action an art form. I'm happy directors like Edger Wright, the John Wick Crew, and a few other's are trying to bring back great action direction with 21st century methods.
All of the Lethal Weapon movies have great chase sequences, but the best is the one from LW 4 on the highway, it´s freaking amazing. Also: John McClane driving through New York in Die Hard with a Vengeance :D Oh and the one from Lucy...that was also great, and a nice showcase of her superhuman abilities.
I think one of the most underrated car chases of all time is in 'We Own the Night' where Jaoquin Phoenix and Robert DuVall (whilst driving in separate cars) are both attacked by thugs. I'm really surprised it doesn't pop up on more people's car chase analysis videos, because when people mention 'perilous danger', that particular chase almost instantly comes to my mind. The filmmakers use so many techniques that increase the tension of the car chase: - The chase occurs during heavy rain, so naturally the driver's vision and control of the car is impaired - The sound effect of the windscreen wiper is used in a way that mimics the sound of a fast pumping heartbeat - And lastly the fact that you see the chase through the perspective of the main character who fears not only for his own safety, but also for the safety of his father whom is being attacked ahead of him, makes it all more frightening.
Ronin is very special since they didn't use the usual "driving a desk"-rigs. They bought right-hand-drive cars, installed duplicate instruments, pedals and steering wheels on the left and had the actors on the left while the stunt crew drove from the right seat.
Hands down, my favourite car chase is the one from " The Way of the Gun"". They intentionally did everything the opposite of most studios tropes of a car chase. As for traditional car chases, tie between The French Connection and Ronin. Bourne Identity has an excellent one, as does Robocop.
@@jp3813 i've watched this five times and do not see any. Don't get me wring, loved this, but... I should watch Duel again. I watched on TV years ago, by myself. My palms were sweating.
I’m currently writing a manga and I came here for insight My manga is inspired by Initial D, an anime about street racing, but I added an extra element of action including actual rivalry and combat, and this became my goal for this manga: Classic American blockbuster hand in hand with anime
Interestingly enough, I'm doing the same. However, I'm going the extra mile and making an animated series. It's heavily inspired by chase movies of the 70's and 80's, as well as modern action films like The Transporter and John Wick. It's about a young courier named Kasumi doing small work for crime lords and a few old friends. And on her downtime, she moonlights as a notorious street racer with her shiny silver Nissan GT-R. Along the way, she does favors with old acquaintances, all of whom are linked to organized crime in some way, from biker thugs to shipping export entrepreneurs.
It was fun but it falls into the "too much CGI" category. You know, while watching, that 80% or more is actors on wires covered in ping-pong balls. (Maybe if I wore a suit covered in ping-pong balls I could identify with the action better!)
Personally, the best modern action car chase is in Jack Reacher. Every aspect of that chase is grounded in realism and to add to that, Tom did all of his own driving. The turns, the hits, crashes and dents all real and all beautiful. It’s not too long and it’s not too short, perfect length with no over the top explosions or flips or crashes. Tom messes up, the car sometimes doesn’t turn the best or drive the fastest. It’s grounded and is the gold standard for me, personally.
Hey Rossatron- big fan. I'm curious of your thoughts on the chase scene from the first Jack Reacher film. I don't remember every little moment, but I really appreciated details like the car stalling and re-starting, the wear and tear on the vehicles, and the cars not just turning on a dime whenever they need to. What did you think of it?
The Suspect (2013) 2nd car chase/getaway, I mean using a car to ram a road block and then jumping out of a car at full speed, slamming it into an oncoming car and watching it fly over and just wreck, and the way it's shot, with the sort of Paul Greengrass energy was just superb.
this was great, but I was sorely disappointed that there was no shot of Steve McQueen driving the mustang in Bullitt. The story is that he leans out of the car at one point to prove to the audience that he is the one driving in the chase scene.
I recently got back from seeing Baby Driver, and I think it's pretty amazing. Definitely the best car chase movie I've seen recently, next to Mad Max: Fury Road.
The Big Lebowski has the most realistic car chase ever put to film... The tension as "The Dude" realises he could be being followed by the high performance VW Beetle, the suspense mixed with peril that follows as he fights to control the car... and the aftermath of the resulting wreck.
Solid as usual! To Live and Die in LA and Ronin are grand. Glad you had some clips in the video. Unfortunate not to see any Drive. Also, not necessarily a car chase, but Unstoppable has some legitimate tension building train chase elements. And oh lord, how the latest Bourne was utterly awful to watch, especially the car chase.
Don't know about anyone else, but I was bit lost when watching Baby Driver chase sequences. They were indeed well edited, but composed mostly of close-ups, making them bit confusing to watch.
To Geography or to not Geography with a car scene. It's subjective within the context of the scene. Jason Bourne driving down a narrow stair case? Yes, geography matters. The entirety of the bad ass car chase in Matrix Reloaded? No geography needed except for the points mentioned in the video. Mainly of car to car geography. If you haven't done it yet, I'd love your take on "Dark City". It's one of my top 10 greatest films because it pushes every boundary it finds. Detective noir = pushed. Romance = pushed. Sci fi fantasy = super pushed. The Romance angle is so well done and the crux of the story, and the ending is filled with such sadness and hope that it's hard not to love. I was lucky enough to see it in theaters for the first time.
Great video! Though I'm surprised you didn't show any clips from Jack Reacher, the first one. The car chase in that movie had an old-school adrenaline rush to it.
Talking about chase scenes revealing things about characters, one film I think does this particularly badly is the otherwise excellent Batman Begins, where Batman smashes police cars to the point where it is difficult to imagine that the officers inside could possibly survive, then drives on. It's a real moment of cognitive dissonance and unintentionally challenges everything we have learned about the character up until that point.
Philip Salama I think Nolan must have realised that too, but after filming it, because there's a line a bit later where Alfred says "it's a miracle nobody was hurt" to try and handwave the concerns you just brought up.
@topic He wants to eat his cake and still have cake. It's an issue, but I don't see it as a big deal personally, Batman is pretty far from perfect. At-least he doesn't avoid a truck and let it destroy an entire building like Supes in Man of Steel. I mean if you think about it realistically, punching petty criminals is not a good way to fight crime long-term. As crime is caused by poverty, Batman should be spending most of his time thinking of ways to effectively redistribute his own wealth in ways that wouldn't be wasted. @UnbelievableAdumDuck You can't call Nolan a lazy hack, that's nonsense. Nolan is a brilliant filmmaker, you contrarian dipshit.
@@UnbelievabIeMontages you can think Nolan is a hack, but lazy? He never lets the second unit to shoot on their own and he always takes the role in shooting challenging stunts, like the plane heist in TDKR, or dogfights in Dunkirk. He actually flew on a plane or a helicopter to see those scenes play out. He also was diving in the water to shoot the underwater scenes for Inception and Dunkirk. A lazy filmmaker would do it all on the green screen and wouldn't go out like that.
Next time you make a video with clips from different movies, could you maybe put in some text or an annotation to tell us what movie their from? If its not too much trouble, of course.
onearmedbandit84 Most of his videos have the film titles in the captions, you just have to turn them on. I guess that this one doesn't because he names most of the films he shows in the video.
Bullitt. The scene has a lot of footage that's used multiple times, and other imperfections, but it tells a complete story. It adds to the overall story of the flick, but it stands alone as well, having more character development in a simple car chase than most movies have in their entirety. And, like music, simplicity and elegance matter more than people think; e.g.: ruclips.net/video/WJYOMFayruw/видео.html
The French Taxi movies might not be cinematic masterpieces, but they really cater to young petrol heads who love their stunt drive scenes and immature humor :D
Actually, come to think of it, Diva (1981) has an epic chase scene through the Paris Métro. If someone actually stumbles across this comment, look it up. You won't be disappointed.
The important thing about Blues Brothers and Smokey and the Bandit is that chase can add the tension to the movie and be lighthearted and comedic at the same time. It is kind of like the Jackie Chan action.
At some point, you might want to check out the recent (2013?) Korean release "Quick" - a lot of motorcycle chases and some nifty stuntwork. There's obviously a lot of wire/cgi work, but you can see from the behind the scenes clips that they did some actual crazy stunts - not quite the level of the guy in Road Warrior doing the triple forward flip, but still pretty cool, especially for the urban setting.
Funny how the suggested video at the end is about the Raid, because I thought the car chase in the Raid 2 was off the hook. Some of the camerawork was just insane, especially considering the films budget was less than $5 million. I also like how this year we've gotten movies like Logan and John Wick Chapter 2 that have incredible car chases even when the focus of the film is on other types of action. I enjoyed those sequences more any of those in the Fast and the Furious. And Fury Road was obviously a total game changer.
I remember getting sick because of that awful chase scene in Quantum of Solace. Twitchy cuts screams "we haven't filmed this chase scene right, so here a bunch of clips stiched together"
I actually quite like that scene. Watching that at home and the editing makes sense, just. Spectre is a far worse car chase (and movie imo) because there is no sense of speed or peril.
My favorite car chase scenes are from First Blood, mainly because they cut out the music for the purpose of making it more real and in the moment. You feel like you're there
Maybe I have missed some recent good ones but for me, Ronin and Fury Road are the two best car chases I can think of since the great chases of the 70's!
I love Smokey and the Bandit, they picked a gorgeous car for the Bandit role and they let you stare at it in all its glory from all angles, regardless of whether it's drifting, going off road, flying through the air, piling through mailboxes or just a dialogue scene you get to see everything. Another mention, Cannonball Run 2, another film that adores its cars, i mean the intro is delicious. ruclips.net/video/AQLbxAhg1UM/видео.html
Where does Top Gear (and the Grand Tour fit in)? (This also raises the question of TV shows put against movies). I should also mention that they directed the car chase for The Sweeney (2012). The insights from behind the scenes in the episode when they made that were also a great help in understanding car chases in cinema (when you take away their occasional obvious silliness). There’s also my favorite automotive director Ozan Biron but I should warn you, he cuts like a thresher trying to become an industrial scissors but there’s a lot of rhythm to his videos. Either that or I’m a simpleton blown away by the flashy presentation.
Excellent as always. What was your take on the car chase from The Raid 2? As far as I know it was the director's first. It felt quite fresh and innovative to me, being essentially a hybrid car chase/martial arts scene.
Some really great clip choices, but I'm disappointed that Death Proof wasn't included. I assume it's because you have a very recent video dedicated to Grindhouse. Major points for including Vanishing Point.
I'm surprised there was no mention of Drive considering how well made the chase scene in the beginning was.
I was thinking about Drive as well, but the first scene isn't really a chase as it is evasion. The second chase scene is good, but maybe too short to be considered in the pantheon of great car chase scenes.
Hey, I got to use the word pantheon.
Agreed, I loved that movie, and that opening car chase scene was very well done. It would've been nice to have Drive mentioned.
I tried to use films less seen to make my points, and I expect most have seen Drive that view my channel.
gosling's character is also based off of ryan o'neal's character.
I wouldn't even call the opening of Drive a chase, it was more like him driving around and every now and then a cop would follow him for a few seconds. I get that they were trying for that hide and seek aspect done in The Driver, but that film actually had them being chased some of the time, which made the hiding parts stand out.
"Against all Odds" and "T2" had some great chase scenes. I met the Stunt coordinator for those two films. He said 99% is pre-planning, and multiple cameras because you don't want to try and redo it.
Bullitt is still the best for me.
Probably because of its simplicity. It also starts wonderfully when the antagonists don't realize they're being followed. The moment they decide to go on the run is beautifully done because the music just immediately is cut out and the entire soundtrack is taking over by the noise of engines and screeching tires.
I'd also like to give a shout out to the Raid 2, but I have to say that I think I mostly love it because of all the things that happen during the car chase, specifically, the fighting in the car itself.
I love the fact that you added Blues Brothers. That last half hour is one of my favorite action sequences.
I think one of the more underrated car chases in recent memory are the ones from Jack Reacher and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, both helmed by Christopher McQuarrie. :)
Dormammu Car and Bike chase scene in Rogue Nation was amazing
ps Raid 2 has one of best car chase in Morden cinema
Aaditya Bhattacharya yeah but that's not "underrated" maybe an "underapreciated" film, but EVERYONE who I have heard from about the Raid 2 say that's a great chase scene.
hhmmmm, how about Hardcore Henry then ? that minigun chase sequence was the absolute highlight of a film that I personally already enjoyed, it has some wicked practical stunts from jumping car to car, from car to motorcycle, all while great rock soundtrack plays in the background, the first-person point of view also boosts the effect of the immersiveness, and the fact that it's so elaborate yet comparatively short makes it all the better and worthwhile. and the film was quite underrated and overlooked.
it's because that scene just came out of no where. they jump cut straight to it after falling through the vent and fucking with one of the bad guys.
Both great chases in Christopher mcquarrie two best movies.
Good to see Ronin getting some recognition. one of the most understated movies of all time i think.
Bullitt, Gone In 60 Seconds, Duel and the Driver are my favorite classics. For modern chases Jack Reacher and John Wick 2 got the classic excitement on lock.
For me, nothing beats Duel. My favourite film of all time.
What a masterpiece.
My favorite car chase is still the one from Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro.
That one is great, it's also the film that permanently established the Fiat 500 as Lupin's Signature car.
Come on now that's anime.
@@tricksalot2 It counts
@@Hal9000ize then why not just start adding everything from anime then eh.
@@tricksalot2 Heres the thing, it's one of the more iconic chase scenes in anime film
Great video! One other thing puts me off modern car chases, and it’s part of the safety aspect. You never get a real sense of speed. There’s a lot music and fast editing used to disguise the fact that the cars are only going 35mph.
And, yes, I am specifically thinking of Spectre in this, but you see it so much.
My favorite car chase is the one from The Raid 2
I love the part where the biker gets his face caved in with like a million bullets.
Dude I remember having my mind blown by the behind the scenes when a camera operator was disguised as a seat
that was beautifully written! and nice examples too. Glad you mentioned Fury Road and Vanishing Point, all masterpieces of car chase (and even Matrix Reloaded, well mentioned).
My favorite is the original 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds.
But I was watching a behind the scenes on the remake and the chases in that were also good and, the director gave the viewers the same amount of time to react to oncoming cars as someone in the drivers seat would have (and he worked on "The Junkman" with H.B. Halicki)
Just watch the opening chase scene in Quantum of Solace and then do the opposite of that
QoS: How not to do a car chase
Casino Royale, however, should've gotten some cred in this video for its semi car chase. Where Bond drives for like 30s and then wrecks his Aston Martin. They set the world record (007) for car flips too.
To live and die in LA is my favourite movie, 90% because of it's amazing car chase. The point break remake is pretty awesome too, all the stunts were done for real,.
Baby driver uses music so well to it's advantage that it's scary
You also forgot Jade also directed by William friedkin, rossatron which had a car chase on the streets of San Francisco and was practically a homage to bullitt and basic instinct. That was a great car chase along with to live and in LA wrong way freeway chase, and the French connection car chase.
Thank you for throwing a nod to "To Live or Die in L.A." which is far too frequently overlooked.
To Live And Die In LA and Manhunter are such under appreciated 80s movies. William Petersen is the man
Jack reacher has one of my favorite car chases.
Best chase scene is from The French Connection.
There were no stunt men on the streets. It was simplistic yet super exciting. Just a cop in a car chasing a crook in a train!
Blues Brother is a classic!
Everyone gushes over French Connection but for my money The Seven Ups is way better than it. It has the same rising frustration/desperation from the cop and let's just say those cars do NOT stay unscathed for long....
The display of speed on the downhill road and bridge really put me on the edge of my sofa when i saw "The Seven Ups" for the first time! You are right, unbelievable car chase! My favourite car movie tho is "Driver". I just love the way they did the sound!
the intro chase in Beverly Hills Cop always felt right for all the reasons you listed, thanks for the great videos!
can you do a short video about sound effects from punches, kicks and gunshots?
That's a great suggestion. Sound design can really boost a fight scene.
...maybe
Done wrong, it can make it pretty terrible. I saw a TV edit of the Matrix once where they added in extra loud and exaggerated punches and grunts, and it was pretty weird and awful
As someone who's still learning filmmaking, your videos have helped me a lot in various areas so for that I thank you and please keep doing the awesome work. CHEERS !!!
Great video. I'm surprised you never mentioned Duel(1971) and Breakdown(1997). Especially duel as it is basically the car chase movie.
I have always maintained that the car chases in Ronin were some of the best ever filmed... I did not recognize some of the chases but some I did like Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Smokey and the Bandit and the original Italian Job. Great vid keep up the good work.
Love Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.
Jack Reacher had one of the best car chase scene i've seen in a very long time (of course I have yet to see baby driver)
I really liked seeing Tom Cruise doing it all on his own. That way it seemed much more realistic.
love your videos, editing, and content. You're the best thing to happen to action cinema outside of action cinema. (maybe that's an exaggeration...but those are the vibes I'm getting).
Not to hate on Rossatron, I love his videos, but in depth looks at action films aren't exactly new. He takes a lot of what action film critics and academics have been saying for a while and puts them into short, snappy videos that are easy to consume. It's a good surface level introduction is what I'm saying.
Look at some of David Bordwell's articles about action filmmaking and Hong Kong. He's been exploring the genre in a serious way for years. Or even a lesser known critic like Outlaw Vern, who specializes in things like action and horror.
EvTav will do, thanks for the recommendations. I actually wasn't all that interested in action until these videos started popping up in my feed. I'm more of an art house nerd, so these were a great foray into looking at action as if it were arthouse.
Seeing this made me think of the way Nolan made the dogfights in Dunkirk, injecting practicality and weight to the planes and swerves the same way Wright did for the car chases here, Nolan and Wright certainly know their way with grounded, practical work
Dude, check out the car chase in Jack Reacher and the car/bike chase in MI5 Rogue Nation, both by Christopher McQuarrie and both with Tom Cruise doing all his own driving, they're absolutely riveting.
Also, the car chase in the airport in Casino Royale, the one in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the opening chase in Skyfall, the post heist chase in MI III, the short chase in Da Vinci Code, the sandstorm chase in MI 4 Ghost Protocol, and even the Batmobile chase in BvS are must see chases.
Ignacio Borges the car chase in rogue nation is pathetic, it ends with a car reversing through a gate leading to a downward set of stairs yet it ramps up and inexplicably flips in a straight row for about 20 flips with hideous visuals. I agree though with the Casino Royal comment though.
Yeah, that part was a bit much but the chases in that movie are still phenomenal overall.
Mad Max and The Road Warrior, despite their low budgets had some amazing car chases and crashes, and they were always really tightly connected to the drama and character's actions and motivations. You saw Gibson just seething when driving toward the intended demise of his victims in the last act of Mad Max 1. George Miller is a master of capturing that intensity, cutting it and cranking the guttural engine noises to 11 to make each scene really gripping.
Going to see this tonight. Love your channel, action film making is probably my favorite kind of film-making. I grew up on John Woo, and learned how the great action directors made action an art form. I'm happy directors like Edger Wright, the John Wick Crew, and a few other's are trying to bring back great action direction with 21st century methods.
All of the Lethal Weapon movies have great chase sequences, but the best is the one from LW 4 on the highway, it´s freaking amazing.
Also: John McClane driving through New York in Die Hard with a Vengeance :D
Oh and the one from Lucy...that was also great, and a nice showcase of her superhuman abilities.
IMO, Gone in 60 Seconds (original), The Vanishing Point (original), The French Connection, Ronin and Bullitt had the best car chases of all time
This channel is underrated I love the way that you view action
I think one of the most underrated car chases of all time is in 'We Own the Night' where Jaoquin Phoenix and Robert DuVall (whilst driving in separate cars) are both attacked by thugs. I'm really surprised it doesn't pop up on more people's car chase analysis videos, because when people mention 'perilous danger', that particular chase almost instantly comes to my mind. The filmmakers use so many techniques that increase the tension of the car chase:
- The chase occurs during heavy rain, so naturally the driver's vision and control of the car is impaired
- The sound effect of the windscreen wiper is used in a way that mimics the sound of a fast pumping heartbeat
- And lastly the fact that you see the chase through the perspective of the main character who fears not only for his own safety, but also for the safety of his father whom is being attacked ahead of him, makes it all more frightening.
my favorite youtuber strikes again. keep at it love your videos.
Ronin is very special since they didn't use the usual "driving a desk"-rigs.
They bought right-hand-drive cars, installed duplicate instruments, pedals and steering wheels on the left and had the actors on the left while the stunt crew drove from the right seat.
method acting was enforced, that really helped.
Great Video. You should do one on Foot Chases. I love the one in Seven myself.
You are Right.
Rhythm is Important to Car Chase Scene.
That's why I love it [ Death Proof ]'s Last Car Chase Scene.
The Seven Ups had a very good chase scene.
Hands down, my favourite car chase is the one from " The Way of the Gun"". They intentionally did everything the opposite of most studios tropes of a car chase. As for traditional car chases, tie between The French Connection and Ronin. Bourne Identity has an excellent one, as does Robocop.
Stellar video, as always. I'm a lifelong movie fan but only lately and with help from the likes of you do I understand them more.
the car chase scene in the raid 2 is the best ever.
there is a nice making-of video and it's incredible.
Should've included some scenes from Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971).
Thought about that too, but it really wasn't a chase scene. Great film, directed by a nobody named Steven Spielberg.
@@scottslotterbeck3796 There are several in the film.
@@jp3813 i've watched this five times and do not see any. Don't get me wring, loved this, but...
I should watch Duel again. I watched on TV years ago, by myself. My palms were sweating.
@@scottslotterbeck3796 The premise itself is that a man in a car is being chased by a truck.
@@jp3813 Yes, I suppose, but it's more the anonymous truck driver just wants to kill Dennis Weaver.
I’m currently writing a manga and I came here for insight
My manga is inspired by Initial D, an anime about street racing, but I added an extra element of action including actual rivalry and combat, and this became my goal for this manga:
Classic American blockbuster hand in hand with anime
Interestingly enough, I'm doing the same.
However, I'm going the extra mile and making an animated series.
It's heavily inspired by chase movies of the 70's and 80's, as well as modern action films like The Transporter and John Wick.
It's about a young courier named Kasumi doing small work for crime lords and a few old friends. And on her downtime, she moonlights as a notorious street racer with her shiny silver Nissan GT-R.
Along the way, she does favors with old acquaintances, all of whom are linked to organized crime in some way, from biker thugs to shipping export entrepreneurs.
Excellent video! For me, the most memorable car chase scene was in The Matrix: Reloaded. It stuck with me so much after seeing it.
It was fun but it falls into the "too much CGI" category. You know, while watching, that 80% or more is actors on wires covered in ping-pong balls. (Maybe if I wore a suit covered in ping-pong balls I could identify with the action better!)
Worth checking out the original French versions of "Taxi" (+sequels). They have some of the best car chases, that rival Ronin.
Oh yeah! Yeah some good stuff in there.
Personally, the best modern action car chase is in Jack Reacher. Every aspect of that chase is grounded in realism and to add to that, Tom did all of his own driving. The turns, the hits, crashes and dents all real and all beautiful. It’s not too long and it’s not too short, perfect length with no over the top explosions or flips or crashes. Tom messes up, the car sometimes doesn’t turn the best or drive the fastest. It’s grounded and is the gold standard for me, personally.
Hey Rossatron- big fan.
I'm curious of your thoughts on the chase scene from the first Jack Reacher film. I don't remember every little moment, but I really appreciated details like the car stalling and re-starting, the wear and tear on the vehicles, and the cars not just turning on a dime whenever they need to.
What did you think of it?
Don't we all love a good car chase?
Gosh these chases were amazing!!!
You deserve WAY more recognition!
Yes I do, and you hardly know me.
Oh you mean Rossatron, yeah, he's okay, too.
The chase with the r.c. car in The Dead Pool (1988) is one of the most memorable car chases of my generation, I was born in the mid 70s.
Hey Rossatron, did you see The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? It had some good car chases at the beginning and at the end. The movie is very underrated.
The Suspect (2013) 2nd car chase/getaway, I mean using a car to ram a road block and then jumping out of a car at full speed, slamming it into an oncoming car and watching it fly over and just wreck, and the way it's shot, with the sort of Paul Greengrass energy was just superb.
A tip I heard in indie film making is to use foot chases. They can be exciting, too, and not nearly as dangerous.
This video helped me a lot. In a few years i hope to become a film director and make a great movie with great car chases.
this was great, but I was sorely disappointed that there was no shot of Steve McQueen driving the mustang in Bullitt. The story is that he leans out of the car at one point to prove to the audience that he is the one driving in the chase scene.
I used shots of Bullitt, but honestly so much has been said about that film and I wanted to feature some perhaps lesser seen chases
Thats fair.
@@Rossatron Yeah, so much has been said id because it's the best. Still. First and best.
Ronin. Freakin awesome.
Before I watched this video I said to myself "He better mention Ronin!" and I was thinking of the French Connection scene as well.
why oh why did they cg in that tire smoke...
Man, I **really** need to watch Blues Brothers again.
I recently got back from seeing Baby Driver, and I think it's pretty amazing. Definitely the best car chase movie I've seen recently, next to Mad Max: Fury Road.
The Big Lebowski has the most realistic car chase ever put to film... The tension as "The Dude" realises he could be being followed by the high performance VW Beetle, the suspense mixed with peril that follows as he fights to control the car... and the aftermath of the resulting wreck.
Not enough Bullitt, undeniably the best car chase of all time. French Connection close second
One sequence that doesn't get enough love is the Moscow car chase in The Bourne Supremacy
Solid as usual! To Live and Die in LA and Ronin are grand. Glad you had some clips in the video. Unfortunate not to see any Drive. Also, not necessarily a car chase, but Unstoppable has some legitimate tension building train chase elements.
And oh lord, how the latest Bourne was utterly awful to watch, especially the car chase.
The last Bourne movie (with Matt Damon) was a marathon of jump cuts. And non-stop RUNNING from place to place. You're right, it was awful.
Don't know about anyone else, but I was bit lost when watching Baby Driver chase sequences. They were indeed well edited, but composed mostly of close-ups, making them bit confusing to watch.
The final chase in Bourne Supremacy, never left my memories
Glad I found you channel
To Geography or to not Geography with a car scene. It's subjective within the context of the scene. Jason Bourne driving down a narrow stair case? Yes, geography matters. The entirety of the bad ass car chase in Matrix Reloaded? No geography needed except for the points mentioned in the video. Mainly of car to car geography.
If you haven't done it yet, I'd love your take on "Dark City". It's one of my top 10 greatest films because it pushes every boundary it finds. Detective noir = pushed. Romance = pushed. Sci fi fantasy = super pushed. The Romance angle is so well done and the crux of the story, and the ending is filled with such sadness and hope that it's hard not to love. I was lucky enough to see it in theaters for the first time.
somebody saw Ronin, yay!
Great video! Though I'm surprised you didn't show any clips from Jack Reacher, the first one. The car chase in that movie had an old-school adrenaline rush to it.
I'm into cars and I like car chase scenes
Good stuff. The geography is really important. Fun watch. Best day & Best wishes to you & yours. :)
Talking about chase scenes revealing things about characters, one film I think does this particularly badly is the otherwise excellent Batman Begins, where Batman smashes police cars to the point where it is difficult to imagine that the officers inside could possibly survive, then drives on. It's a real moment of cognitive dissonance and unintentionally challenges everything we have learned about the character up until that point.
Philip Salama I think Nolan must have realised that too, but after filming it, because there's a line a bit later where Alfred says "it's a miracle nobody was hurt" to try and handwave the concerns you just brought up.
nolan is a lazy filmmaker and a fucking hack. fuck all the fuckboys who rate his movies 10/10 to get them on top 250 imdb.
Philip Salama There is a couple moments like that throughout the trilogy that always bugs me when I see it
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He wants to eat his cake and still have cake. It's an issue, but I don't see it as a big deal personally, Batman is pretty far from perfect. At-least he doesn't avoid a truck and let it destroy an entire building like Supes in Man of Steel.
I mean if you think about it realistically, punching petty criminals is not a good way to fight crime long-term. As crime is caused by poverty, Batman should be spending most of his time thinking of ways to effectively redistribute his own wealth in ways that wouldn't be wasted.
@UnbelievableAdumDuck
You can't call Nolan a lazy hack, that's nonsense. Nolan is a brilliant filmmaker, you contrarian dipshit.
@@UnbelievabIeMontages you can think Nolan is a hack, but lazy? He never lets the second unit to shoot on their own and he always takes the role in shooting challenging stunts, like the plane heist in TDKR, or dogfights in Dunkirk. He actually flew on a plane or a helicopter to see those scenes play out. He also was diving in the water to shoot the underwater scenes for Inception and Dunkirk. A lazy filmmaker would do it all on the green screen and wouldn't go out like that.
The car chase scene at the start of castle of cagliostro is the best car chase scene ever created in my opinion
My favorite car chase sequence of all time is the last 20 minutes of Death Proof.
As a drummer in 3:18 my heart broke down
Next time you make a video with clips from different movies, could you maybe put in some text or an annotation to tell us what movie their from? If its not too much trouble, of course.
I had good fun guessing the movie, but yeah, if i hadn't seen all of them, it would have been annoying...
onearmedbandit84 Most of his videos have the film titles in the captions, you just have to turn them on. I guess that this one doesn't because he names most of the films he shows in the video.
Click CC for film titles to play along the bottom of the video as you watch. Normally this is done much earlier, so apologies for the delay.
@@Rossatron holy fuck, i had no idea this was a thing.
Bullitt. The scene has a lot of footage that's used multiple times, and other imperfections, but it tells a complete story. It adds to the overall story of the flick, but it stands alone as well, having more character development in a simple car chase than most movies have in their entirety. And, like music, simplicity and elegance matter more than people think; e.g.: ruclips.net/video/WJYOMFayruw/видео.html
Best car chases for me: Ronin and Jason Bourne 1
The French Taxi movies might not be cinematic masterpieces, but they really cater to young petrol heads who love their stunt drive scenes and immature humor :D
Actually, come to think of it, Diva (1981) has an epic chase scene through the Paris Métro. If someone actually stumbles across this comment, look it up. You won't be disappointed.
I remember it. Well done.
The important thing about Blues Brothers and Smokey and the Bandit is that chase can add the tension to the movie and be lighthearted and comedic at the same time. It is kind of like the Jackie Chan action.
I was wondering about this. Ronin is definitely one of my favorites.
Ronin has great car chases
At some point, you might want to check out the recent (2013?) Korean release "Quick" - a lot of motorcycle chases and some nifty stuntwork. There's obviously a lot of wire/cgi work, but you can see from the behind the scenes clips that they did some actual crazy stunts - not quite the level of the guy in Road Warrior doing the triple forward flip, but still pretty cool, especially for the urban setting.
Funny how the suggested video at the end is about the Raid, because I thought the car chase in the Raid 2 was off the hook. Some of the camerawork was just insane, especially considering the films budget was less than $5 million.
I also like how this year we've gotten movies like Logan and John Wick Chapter 2 that have incredible car chases even when the focus of the film is on other types of action. I enjoyed those sequences more any of those in the Fast and the Furious. And Fury Road was obviously a total game changer.
Another car chase I want to mention is from Hitcher 1986. The movie definitely deserves more attention.
Fast 5 vault chase is the best! And the Raid 2 car scene
"Use the bumper, that's what its for!"
I remember getting sick because of that awful chase scene in Quantum of Solace.
Twitchy cuts screams "we haven't filmed this chase scene right, so here a bunch of clips stiched together"
one of the worst edited films I've ever seen.
Which is annoying because everything else about that scene besides the editing was breathtaking.
I actually quite like that scene. Watching that at home and the editing makes sense, just. Spectre is a far worse car chase (and movie imo) because there is no sense of speed or peril.
People don't talk about the bike chase from mission impossible 5 nearly enough. It's a fantastic action sequence.
My favorite car chase scenes are from First Blood, mainly because they cut out the music for the purpose of making it more real and in the moment. You feel like you're there
The car chase from 1973 the seven up is legendary.
I really like the car chase in Matrix Reloaded. The music was just amazing.
Maybe I have missed some recent good ones but for me, Ronin and Fury Road are the two best car chases I can think of since the great chases of the 70's!
I love Smokey and the Bandit, they picked a gorgeous car for the Bandit role and they let you stare at it in all its glory from all angles, regardless of whether it's drifting, going off road, flying through the air, piling through mailboxes or just a dialogue scene you get to see everything.
Another mention, Cannonball Run 2, another film that adores its cars, i mean the intro is delicious.
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Where does Top Gear (and the Grand Tour fit in)? (This also raises the question of TV shows put against movies). I should also mention that they directed the car chase for The Sweeney (2012). The insights from behind the scenes in the episode when they made that were also a great help in understanding car chases in cinema (when you take away their occasional obvious silliness).
There’s also my favorite automotive director Ozan Biron but I should warn you, he cuts like a thresher trying to become an industrial scissors but there’s a lot of rhythm to his videos. Either that or I’m a simpleton blown away by the flashy presentation.
Excellent as always. What was your take on the car chase from The Raid 2? As far as I know it was the director's first. It felt quite fresh and innovative to me, being essentially a hybrid car chase/martial arts scene.
Some really great clip choices, but I'm disappointed that Death Proof wasn't included. I assume it's because you have a very recent video dedicated to Grindhouse.
Major points for including Vanishing Point.