5: Bourne Identity If you take anything from Doug Liman's first Bourne movie, it would have to be Bourne's frantic car chase though the winding streets of Paris in a Mini cooper. As the cops close in on Matt Damon's Jason Bourne, he and his traveling companion Marie are forced to outrun them in the most unlikely of vehicles. Bourne uses nothing but his super secret assassin skills to evade capture in a gripping, but at the same time oddly amusing sequence. 4: Furious 7 The fast and furious movies have made themselves a reputation of insane, laughably unrealistic stunts. So when Furious 7 came around with a truly stunning chase sequence, it caught the eye of casual moviegoers and film critics alike. From the attention grabbing sounds to Vin Deisel parachuting a car onto the side of a mountain, this movie will keep you hooked from start to finish. 3: Matrix Reloaded While it might have ruined what could have been a fantastic science fiction series, the Matrix: Reloaded boasts the greatest car chase of its decade. Agents, programs, and humans battle it out on a packed highway, and Morpheus blows up a car with a Katana. In a movie full of cheesy special effects, this chase is kept as pure as it possibly could be, and the result is an incredibly good scene in a movie that was incredibly bad. Patrick Silver, 18, of Wamogo says "I thought the Matrix had a very good chase scene," but Joe Civerizo said "I thought that movie was bad." 2: Mad Max: Fury Road This movie is arguably one huge chase scene from start to finish, and audiences loved it. Max, a schizophrenic, is tied to the front of a dune buggy in a hoard bent on bringing down Furiosa, who has smuggled Immortan Joe's wives aboard a war machine. The chase in an intense, action packed chase sequence showcasing the finest special effects of the age, and a massive lighting sandstorm. Awesome. 1: The French Connection Though the story of cops trying to take down heroin smugglers was plenty engaging enough for Hackman to snag that Best Actor Oscar, it was the genius chase sequence, in which Doyle gets into a 1971 Pontiac Le Mans to chase down an enemy, who just happens to be in a train above the streets of New York City, that clinches it. It's among the most unconventional and iconic chase sequences ever filmed, given that it's not even between two cars. As visceral as the scene is, it also enhances Doyle's character development, cementing how thoroughly obsessive and dangerously determined he is.
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AuthorLuke Kelly is a senior at Wamogo Regional High School. He created his first blog when he found out it would be a graded assignment in his Journalism class, and he doesn't know why he bothered with an "about me" section. Archives
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