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Old 01-04-06 | 12:23 PM
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What are some of the better car chase/crash movies?

My son is really into car chase/crash movies. He loves 2 Fast to Furious and sequal, Gone in 60 seconds etc... but there really does not seem to be too many out there like that, he is 12, btw so R rated is out of question. He also has seen Smokey and the Bandit and liked that so any suggestions would be great.

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Old 01-04-06 | 12:32 PM
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Nothing is better than The Road Warrior! Oops, it is R-Rated though.
Old 01-04-06 | 12:32 PM
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Old 01-04-06 | 01:10 PM
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First thing that comes to mind is "The French Connection". R

"The Bourne Supremacy" also had a good chase.
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Ronin -- but it's R rated too, I believe (?)
Old 01-04-06 | 01:19 PM
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The original Grand Theft Auto.
Old 01-04-06 | 01:28 PM
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I think he would enjoy The Italian Job (the remake) and The Transporter.
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My fave is the several chases in the Blues Brothers
Old 01-04-06 | 01:51 PM
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My fave is the several chases in the Blues Brothers
Are you suggesting the TNT/TBS cut of the film?

Hooper (PG)
Cannonball Run (PG)
Bullit (PG)
And any of the BMW Film series.

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Vanishing Point.

And the Freeway sequence from Matrix Reloaded.
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Originally Posted by Flynn
My fave is the several chases in the Blues Brothers
the chase in the shopping mall


edit: despite the rating, i can't think of anything in The Blues Brothers that a 12 year old shouldn't see. No nudity, no sex, no deaths, and maybe one or two "shits"

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Old 01-04-06 | 02:39 PM
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Let us not forget the chase scene in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" near the end.
Old 01-04-06 | 06:33 PM
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Nothing is better than The Road Warrior!
I'll second this.

And it's R Rating is tame by todays standards.
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And the Freeway sequence from Matrix Reloaded.
I second that, along with Bourne Identity and The Italian Job (2003). The Island has a good freeway chase, too.
Old 01-04-06 | 10:44 PM
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The Driver. $7.18 at DDD. From '78 and sTarring Ryan O'Neil, Review from www.filmcritic.com:

No names. Literally. The Driver is one of those films where no character's name is ever given, and its too-cool-for-school sentiment bleeds through the entire production. Ryan O'Neal is the title character, a heist getaway driver with mad skills like you wouldn't believe. (The scene where he proves his merit in a parking garage -- all but demolishing the ride along the way -- is worth the price of admission alone.) Sadly, there's a plot attached to this, with Bruce Dern the cop who's always one frustrating step behind the driver, but this movie excels so greatly during its chase scenes that you'll forget about all that business.
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Old 01-05-06 | 01:25 PM
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The Driver has the best and most extensive car chases I have seen.
Old 01-05-06 | 02:03 PM
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The Rock:

Humvee/Ferarri car chase
Old 01-05-06 | 03:39 PM
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Let's not forget Steve McQueen's Bullitt - It's PG but some parts might be a bit boring for him.
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I think he would enjoy The Italian Job (the remake) and The Transporter.
I have to second and third The Transporter. It really is among the best of the best.
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (I believe it's PG.)
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (I believe it's PG.)
Is that on DVD? I know it played at the Egyptian in 2004...
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