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The Ultimate Chase Scene part VI: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

When I first saw Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, I wasn't too impressed with the movie in itself, but quite impressed nonetheless with the car action on display. The movie, about two small time criminals who kidnap a girl and make off with the money, climaxes with a long chase scene involving a Dodge Charger, a powered up police car and a helicopter, and it's as dirty and gritty as you can hope any car chase to be.

Ultimate Chase Scene: The Island

I'll admit straight away that I have a thing for this underrated action movie, and when you really enjoy something, I guess you are really open to any of it's elements. Some of the positive elements of this movie are the soundtrack, the story (stolen from an older movie or not) and it's lead actress, Scarlett Johansson (though I guess that if you have been checking this site more often, that's no surprise to you). Another element I love about The Island is the chase scene halfway through, which gives us a lot of vehicular damage, brought to the screen in spectacular ways.

Ultimate Chase Scene: Terminator 3 "I'll Drive"

When it comes to chase scenes, not many are as over the top as the one from Terminator 3. As a big fan of a good chase scene, I had to stop myself from bouncing up and down with glee when I first saw this scene in the cinema (I went to see it again another two times). You really have a chase scene here on two levels. On one hand, you have main characters John Connor (Nick Stahl) and Kate Brewster (Claire Danes) trying to get away from the police. This part of the chase isn't that exciting, mostly run of the mill stuff you can see in any popcorn movie (and even in straight to DVD ones with a slightly higher budget). The other part of the chase scene, however, is truly amazing. In this, you have the evil robot T-X (Kristanna Loken) in a huge truck carrying a construction crane, chasing after the police chasing after our heroes, while at the same time trying to shake off not evil robot Arnie, who in turn is trying to stop her from hurting John and Kate. The desctruction these two cause is on a scale never seen before. And this carnage is brought to screen very satisfyingly by director John Mostow.

The Ultimate Chase Scene: The Blues Brothers (1980)

Car chases don't get much more over the top than the final car chase from The Blues Brothers. Throughout the movie, we have been treated to several amazing car chases already, but this one takes top honors as dozens of police cars get wrecked and the car of the brothers is really taken through the wringer, falling apart right at the end of the chase. This is, however, not the chase we're going to be talking about today. There's an earlier chase in the movie, with only a few police cars meeting an early end, which starts with Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) and Jake (John Belushi) being stopped by the police and asked for a drivers licence. Elwood doesn't have one anymore, and has to step out of the car, but responds by stepping on the gas, with the police car in hot pursuit. Jake cannot believe his eyes. He has just come out of prison, and now his brother is going to put him right back by having the police chase them? Elwood responds by uttering the classic line: "They're not gonna catch us, we're on a misson from God!"

The Ultimate Chase Scene part II: Casino Royale

I'll be the first to admit that this regular column isn't that regular (can't even remember when I posted the first installment), but from now on I will try to make this a more regular event. And to (re)start things off, well, how about this incredible chase scene from one of the best action movies of last year, Casino Royale?

The Ultimate Car Chase, Part 1: Bullitt

When you mention that you are searching for the ultimate car chase in movie history, five out of ten people will probably mention the high speed chase in Steve McQueen's 1968 movie Bullitt. You could say that the chase that occurs at roughly two thirds of the movie is iconic in many different ways.