Actually is that true? How old even is he supposed to be? Not the point – what is the point? Bullitt was ahead of its time, movie car chase-wise.ĭirector Peter Yates put cameras in the cars themselves, giving audiences an intensely suspenseful scene. Winding through the hilly streets of San Francisco, we get great practical photography of some pretty cool stunts – out here jumping cars and drifting way before Dominic Toretto was even born. At first the Charger is trailing the Mustang, but then our hero flips the script and winds up chasing his pursuers. Steve McQueen behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang and chased by hitmen in a Dodge Charger. Mad Max is undeniably cool, but when did wrecking cars at scale get cool in the first place? That brings us to 1968’s Bullitt, a.k.a. The Car Chase That Made Car Chases Cool - Bullitt It sets the stakes, and collectively raises audience adrenaline for what’s to come in one of the best car movies ever made. With people being forced off moving vehicles or getting blown into fiery bits, the problem of a massive dust and lightning storm becomes almost a relief (well, to everyone except Max, who’s still trapped outside).Īnd this 20 minutes of hell is not the climax scene it is only the beginning of this wild ride. Miller maintains the audience's ability to follow the chaos because he shot it from character points of view.
There is a lot going on in this fast-moving scene and that’s really why it’s the biggest spectacle – you get high stakes, pounding music, shooting flames, car-to-car vaulters, hand-to-hand fighting, the Doof Warrior, rusty projectiles, road hazards, filthy versions of Ben Hur chariot spikes, guns, rockets, spinning saw blades, so many explosions. George Miller’s big action comeback was solidified by how chaotically and kinetically this scene from the movie’s first act was shot, with the stakes of how dangerous Furiosa's diverting her war rig from the group and making her desert crossing to save the women she rescued really is. The spectacle of flaming, rocket-powered desert hotrod customs, booming drums, and the one and only Doof Warrior on the shred-mobile all hurtling in one direction make Mad Max: Fury Road impossible to ignore.
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