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I recently read a review of "The Road Warrior", by Roger Ebert and was
reminded of the film's great chase scene. As you remember, I submitted
a post a while back on great chases and received varied input from other
inmates.
Let me quote from Ebert's review: "The set piece in 'The Road Warrior' is
an unbelievably well-sustained chase sequence that lasts for the last third
of the film, as Max and his semi-trailer run a gauntlet of everything the
savages can throw at them. The director of 'The Road Warrior', George
Miller compares this chase sequence to Buster Keaton's 'The General', and
I can see what he means. Although 'The General' is comedic, it's also very
exciting, as Keaton, playing the engineer of a speeding locomotive, runs
on endless series of variations on the basic possibilities of two trains
and several sets of railroad tracks. In 'The Road Warrior', there is basically a truck and a road. The pursuers and defenders have various
kinds of cars and trucks to chase or defend the main truck, and the whole
chase proceeds at breakneck speed as quasi-gladitors leap through the air
from one racing truck to another, more often than not being crushed beneath
the wheels. The special effects and stunts in this movie are spectacular,
'The Road Warrior' goes on my short list with 'Bullitt', 'The French Connection', and the truck chase in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', as among
the great chase films of modern years."- AudioHead
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Topic - Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - AudioHead 07:51:16 10/08/99 (29)
- To Live and Die in L.A.- Friedkin again (nt) - d.m. 06:59:24 10/12/99 (0)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - Mick Wolfe 20:55:43 10/08/99 (13)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - MiKe 05:13:52 10/09/99 (12)
- Oh contrair! featuring the Audi S8 - petew 13:56:01 10/09/99 (11)
- What about? - MiKe 16:04:08 10/18/99 (0)
- Re: Oh contrair! featuring the Audi S8 - MikeP 17:53:58 10/10/99 (0)
- Poor petew... - Victor Khomenko 07:25:26 10/10/99 (7)
- surely you mean the "A8" ? The "S8 " is a mythical beast, nicht var? - petew 10:15:27 10/10/99 (6)
- Oh, more confusion... - Victor Khomenko 12:11:57 10/10/99 (5)
- now we're on the same page - petew 18:24:41 10/10/99 (4)
- We still have time to rehabilitate you - Victor Khomenko 20:57:48 10/10/99 (3)
- did you see the "baby poop" edition of the Volvo V70 R AWD? - petew 08:04:32 10/11/99 (2)
- Saw a couple of decent ones - Victor Khomenko 09:11:22 10/11/99 (1)
- LOL my but you spend a lot of time "in the dark" LOL (nt) - petew 11:08:34 10/11/99 (0)
- Re: Oh contrair! featuring the Audi S8 - Mick Wolfe 18:45:44 10/09/99 (0)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - Tom §. 11:43:13 10/08/99 (2)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - Ears 12:32:30 10/08/99 (1)
- The Spy Who Loved Me not Moonraker(nt) - Ears 21:51:26 10/08/99 (0)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - Allan 11:31:16 10/08/99 (1)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - Ears 12:26:21 10/08/99 (0)
- Re: Great Chase Scenes Part 2 - MikeP 09:02:10 10/08/99 (8)
- Not mentioned, but remember it! (nt) - AudioHead 09:28:33 10/08/99 (7)
- how about this one.... - Mean Ween 10:47:59 10/08/99 (6)
- there was another one....just like the French Connection only better - petew 13:33:53 10/09/99 (2)
- Maybe the Seven-Ups? - Bob Wanamaker 13:54:18 10/11/99 (1)
- Yes! That's wonderful! It must be great to have a mind... - petew 15:57:09 10/11/99 (0)
- Popeye Doyle...What A Blast! (nt) - AudioHead 11:44:18 10/08/99 (2)
- The Italian Job - Bob Casner 17:06:31 10/08/99 (1)
- Re: The Italian Job - MikeP 07:48:46 10/09/99 (0)
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