Top 5 Car Chases of All Time
The excellent Rotten Tomatoes Show on current tv recently aired an episode where they reviewed the new Fast and Furious (2009) and gave a list of the Top 5 Car Chases of All Time. Their review of Blues Brothers, who came in at fourth place, is absolutely hilarious and well worth watching. Here’s their Top 5: #5 Cobra (1986) #4 Blues Brothers (1980) #3 Death Proof (2007) #2 Ronin (1998) and… #1 Bullitt (1968) Wanna watch the episode? It’s right after the... Read More
Sunday Ads special: SuperBowl XLIII
Jason prefers Audis anyway... First of all congrats to the Steelers for their victory, and to the Cardinals for a fantastic game. Then, the important stuff: the ads. In today’s economy, a lot of the big car manufacturers pulled out or didn’t go all the way to make a real “SuperBowl Ad”. Thankfully, Hyundai, Audi and Bridgestone gave us some good commercial to talk about and share with friends. The Chase Let start with Audi, who used their longtime association... Read More
Tribute to the Best Car Chases ever made
We’ve been away for a while, so we needed a great video to start fresh again, and this one is just perfect. The author did a great job making a montage of his favorite car chases, highlighting the cliches of the art. As always, enjoy! Read More
Cool vehicles in Indiana Jones 4 “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”!
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/21/vehicles-indiana-jones-4-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull';If you notice a lot of motorcycle action in the trailer below, that’s normal: Harley Davidson scored a big product placement deal with the production and we will talk more about the deal in another post. But as often with Indy, some great vehicles will be used by the different protagonists, including the Ford GPA (or is it its russian version, the GAZ 69?), the weird-looking... Read More
Sunday Ads: 2008 Challenger in Vanishing Point
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/30/sunday-ads-2008-challenger-in-vanishing-point/'; When the new Challenger came out, an idea immediatly sprung in the gasoline-filled brain of many car guys: what about a new Vanishing Point remake? Something to fear, or something to look forward to? There was the very forgetable TV remake of 1997, with… Viggo Mortensen as Kowalski, and an original white Challenger, but a real attempt hasn’t been done yet. With the... Read More
Fast and Furious 4 starring Hyundai Genesis and Nissan GT-R.
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/21/fast-and-furious-4-starring-hyundai-genesis-and-nissan-gt-r/'; While a few weeks ago we were not that surprised nor excited about the first car confirmed to appear into the upcoming Fast and Furious 4 (the Subaru Impreza STI), today we learned something that did both: the Hyundai Genesis Coupe and the Nissan GT-R ARE in! Think about it: a couple years ago, no one would have ever thought of a Hyundai starring in a movie, even... Read More
Sunday Ads: Michael Bay special
It’s a Michael Bay kind of Sunday today, with commercials shot by Hollywood’s explosion specialist (and we’re not talking about Transformers, just real TV commercials). We’ll show you a little retrospective of his TV ads and movie career We started with Car Carrier, the one he directed in 2004 for Chevy which, even if it doesn’t feature any robots, shares a lot of visual clues with Transformers. The vehicles seem to be unmanned, the chase, the angles,... Read More
Ronin: the car chase in Nice
This has to be one of the most breathtaking car chase ever filmed. The bumper cameras really ad a high dose of adrenalin to it and there’s almost no music (which reminds of Bullitt), allowing the viewer to hear the engines pushed to the max. According to the Internet Movie Car Database, the main cars involved in the chase are a 1998 Audi S8 D2, a 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 [W116], a 1990 Citroën XM, 1996 Peugeot 406 and a 1996 Peugeot 605. Ronin, a John Frankenheimer... Read More
Wanted (2008) 2nd trailer
As we told you before, Wanted is on our watch list for 2008. And that’s not really for Angelina, but more for the promising car chases and some unique stunts. There’s a bit of The Matrix in it (controlling reality through mind power, some visuals) but it’s based on an original graphic novel by J.G. Jones and Mark Millar. Besides those great stunts, is it going to be worth watching? Verdict on June 27th, when it hits the theatres in the US. Watch the trailers... Read More
Greatest Car Chases in Science Fiction
Charlie Anders, from the io9 blog, published a very insightful list (in two parts) of the best car chases in Sci-Fi movies. Every movie chosen comes with a description and it’s own video. Why not pay them a visit? “Car chases are a huge part of sci-fi movies. And with Knight Rider coming back next month, we want to pay tribute. After all, no matter how high-concept your plot may be (like time travel and brain-transplants) it always comes down to a bunch of cars zooming... Read More
