The imperfectness of the driving, the stalling of the car and the gritty sound effects makes this feel plausible. The convenience of his final escape is far fetched but you forgive it in favor of style. Tom's movies over this past decade are criminally underrated.
@@DV-ou1yu Plus you just know with those camera angles, cinematography that Cruise did all of that driving. No CGI, none of that rubbish over excessive shifting, you KNOW that its authentic and real because Cruise wanted it to be real.
As far as I know, he has set the bar so high in terms of real stuff being done with him at the helm. The Top Gun 2 Trailer? I can't help that that is a play of his life. He is one of the few, the last of the real Mavericks of Hollywood where he does his own stunts, minimizes on CGI and makes it entertaining and real for the people he is performing to.
While he does a lot of his stunts, I'd be shocked if they had him doing the driving in that wide-shot where we see his car thread its way through oncoming traffic. That was likely a professional driver, not because Cruise can't do it, but because what's the point? You're not going to see the actor's face, so the insurance company would never allow it.
@Donald Trump I'm sure the press-releases say it's him; they're selling a movie. Cruise is impressive, but, no, he's not as capable of driving as ANY stunt double. The director or producers can die midway through a shoot and be replaced. The star cannot die (or get injured) because it will delay production. Some insurance companies will not allow movie stars currently filming from riding motorcycles on their own time.
Love this car chase. McQuarrie is an underrated action director, kind of old school. Which is a good thing. It's a great to see a modern movie where the car chase seems to have been thought through on a shot by shot basis, and not just cobbled together in the editing room from a random mess of cuts. It's always clear where everything is in relation to the world around it, making the action easy to follow, but no less thrilling because of it. Knuckleheads like Olivier Megaton could learn a thing or two about directing from this scene.
McQuarrie loves clarity in his action scenes. He gets it. One of the best moments of the chase is when the Chevelle glides into the back of a car in the tunnel and allows it to play out in the master. No unnecessary cuts.
I love this scene. To me this feels like a more realistic chase compared to stuff like the Bourne movies, which are still awesome. Also love how the bystanders ever so casually help him out. Made me laugh.
Reminds me of the Bullitt chase scene. No music, no special effects, just pure driving skill. Well, that and a few event similarities. That is a fine automobile, and it's always difficult to see such a machine banged up, but real chases are what the cinematic world needs.
Also to walter hills ''the driver'', no music car chases are nnot only in bullit. This chase is an homenaje to the classics, The french connection, seven ups, gone in 60 seconds, to live and die in LA...
This has to be one of my favorite car chases in the film industry to date. Right up there with Steve McQueen in Bullitt, Gone in 60 Seconds (both of them), White Lightning, Cobra and Ronin. I loved the way they shot this chase. You could feel the raw emotion come through and had no music to distract you. The lead up to the chase was done perfectly too. Tom cruise rolling up in the 1970 Chevelle SS and just having a stare down with the detective built alot of suspense.
@@maggaveli6764 that may be true in some scenarios, but remember that is a Chevelle its on a full frame like a truck, if it hit a toyota there would be far less impact felt by the Chevelle due to the toyota crumpling, therefore the possibility of injury would be significantly less, the toyota can still crumple so much that it could kill the occupants inside, its basically like getting hit by a Peterbilt
I agree with the comments, but I think that people overlook the great sound design here. Great mic work on the body to get the realistic upshifts and downshifts, and even left the reverse in, really giving that visceral feeling to the chase.
The sound of the engine when the Chevelle accelerates down the alleyway at 5:29 gives me the chills every time I watch this scene. What an amazing sound!
No talk, just action ! Hardly we come across such films nowadays ! Thats how Tom Cruise is saving the movies industry… again ! Great work by him always !
If you look at the right side of the screen at 7:50 you'll see David Oyelowo's character getting really pissed off. Didn't notice that the first time. Or second.
The Audi A6 sounds like it has a V8 or something, but it's the Chevelle that I would pick. Fuel prices and scarily high fuel consumption be damned. The Chevelle's engine note with that manual transmission really makes me want to cry!
I got the chance to push a car just like this, I didn't wreck it or anything but damn these old cars just don't give up. I was flying at some high speeds shifting up and down barely using the brakes with the gas pedal to the floor half the time. That thing was screaming, the internal combustion engine is one hell of a design. I place it second after the two cycle combustion engine, which changed the world.
I like the way the people at the bus stop close ranks around Reacher - even though they don't know what he may have done. That rings true; given the number of innocent people who have been killed by the police
Hey did you know the part where he hits the other car and stalls it was actually a mistake but tom fired it back up so fast and kept going that they left it that way for the scene :)
@@hinatahyuga6999 Hollywood replicas only the genuine SS cars were used for the clean shots at the beginning. The rest were rusty bodies heavily modified to look like the real thing.
You wouldn't think the extras at the bus stop would help him. What if he was a murderer or something? If that many cops are after a guy, I would assume he's done something pretty bad, even if he looks just like Tom Cruise.
I loved this chase scene. But, I think if I wanted to be more understated during my investigation like Reacher wanted to be, I wouldn't be driving an immaculate red with black racing stripes 1970 Chevelle SS with a 454 big block a Hurst 4 speed and a cam so hot it could cook asphalt. Then again, no one ever made a car chase about the hero driving in an under the radar Toyota Camry.
The sense of urgency of the scene the look on Tom Cruise’s face and the sound of a big block Chevelle.....what a rush so well done I can’t imagine how many takes to get these cars to continue through the whole sequence to make it look so seamless! IMO audiences can’t imagine the expertise in shooting and the skills of the stunt crews that make it look so damn easy!
One of the best car chase scenes in recent history. No noticible CGI, realistic driving with some bumps and crashes mixed in, and some excellent sound work to match. Not even any music to mask it, just pure tires and motor. Film making at its purest.
Christopher McQuarrie really knows how to use film as a visual medium. The first 7 minutes of this movie is done without a single line of dialogue and yet you still know everything that's going on. Same thing here. There's maybe, what? Two lines in this whole sequence? Yet everything flows in such a way that's easy to follow and interesting. Everything relies on the actors performances and the incredible stunt work for this to work as well as it does. The lack of music accentuates the sound design and adds to the intensity. And seeing how much of the driving they're actually doing gives it a sense of realism you don't often get in your modern day blockbuster. And topping things off, it's a high stakes situation that's gripping from beginning to end that somehow, miraculously, manages to pepper in some humor without it detracting from the seriousness of the story. What a sequence. What a fucking film.
I've always loved American muscle, but I never really had a favorite until I saw this movie. This is now my dream car. Working on acquiring a 1970 Chevelle so I can turn it into a fire-breather.
I remember watching this movie at the drive in with my friends. We were super high and then this scene happened. I was stuck on the beautiful roar of the car and fell in love with the movie even more. Eargasm
Four reasons I’m in love with the Chevelle; she can take multiple beatings, sacrifice herself to get arrested so her man can escape the popo, listening to the sound of her engine is like music to my ears, and lastly she’s beautiful to look at.
One of the best and most realistic car chase scenes of modern movies. This has alot of Bullitt or 1973 gone in 60 seconds feels to it, with some newer car chase exaggerations.
That guy that gives him a hat at the end is such a bro
BotsBoy 408 ikr
He and the one that scooted over with hat guy to cover him.
Why would he do that? Why would they all cover for some random guy chased by police?
Yokai America, that's why.
I was wondering if he was a cameo.
The sound of that engine IS the music for the scene.
Absolutely right!
aye
Shame this motor is low revving
The only other chase scene that's like this one is...wait for it...the Bullit Chase! No music, just roaring V8's and screeching tires baby!!!!!
John Pope not the only, just the most famous
His driving is imperfect. And it makes this scene pretty good.
I LOVE J HORROR Probably better than you
Yeah if it were perfect he could have controlled those slides
@Donald Trump I meant his character. If it were perfect he would've slided it out and continued chasing the car
I mean, good enough to get the job done. Works for me.
yep
I love how this scene just pays tribute to the classic bullit car chase scene. No music, just the sound of engines!
Yes!!!😮
Exactly ! Reminds me of Bullitt movie car chase scene !
Future classic car chase right here.
The imperfectness of the driving, the stalling of the car and the gritty sound effects makes this feel plausible. The convenience of his final escape is far fetched but you forgive it in favor of style. Tom's movies over this past decade are criminally underrated.
That moment when you realize this chase is better than all Fast & Furious series ones combined.
that's right babe
preach
@@lilmovieperp3599 Because this felt real with mistakes and all. F&F is just choreographed/CGI trash in comparison
@@DV-ou1yu Plus you just know with those camera angles, cinematography that Cruise did all of that driving. No CGI, none of that rubbish over excessive shifting, you KNOW that its authentic and real because Cruise wanted it to be real.
@@thejanusproject32 facts
Watching that chevelle get all banged up is painful
Lucky it's not a real one!
+James Burch it was an ss clone but it's still a chevelle. 70 was the best
+James7796ify ah I didn't know that, poor chevelle
Abandoned by Vegas Thats pretty terrible... fucking hollywood
James7796ify I feel the pain brother
Its crazy that Tom cruise does all his stunts and driving unlike some actors
As far as I know, he has set the bar so high in terms of real stuff being done with him at the helm.
The Top Gun 2 Trailer? I can't help that that is a play of his life. He is one of the few, the last of the real Mavericks of Hollywood where he does his own stunts, minimizes on CGI and makes it entertaining and real for the people he is performing to.
While he does a lot of his stunts, I'd be shocked if they had him doing the driving in that wide-shot where we see his car thread its way through oncoming traffic. That was likely a professional driver, not because Cruise can't do it, but because what's the point? You're not going to see the actor's face, so the insurance company would never allow it.
This is my second favorite car chase scene in any movie, my favorite chase scene is easily from the 1968 classic movie Bullitt with Steve McQueen.
@Donald Trump I'm sure the press-releases say it's him; they're selling a movie. Cruise is impressive, but, no, he's not as capable of driving as ANY stunt double.
The director or producers can die midway through a shoot and be replaced. The star cannot die (or get injured) because it will delay production. Some insurance companies will not allow movie stars currently filming from riding motorcycles on their own time.
Burt Reynolds did all of his own stunts
Nice to see a real car chase instead of endless CG
coolcatr - Couldn’t agree more. I’m sick of film studios being too cheap to bang up their car so they use CG fluff. This is true cinema!
Family.
😅
Just listen to the chevelle idle what a sound.
ScoobyDigites Yeah man. Sounds beautiful. It's too bad he wrecks it all up. :(
+jrjubach it's too bad they used 9 in the making of that film, and only 3 survived.
+Antony Collingwood They messed up 9 chevelles? That pisses me off.
Antony Collingwood That makes me want to cry man tears.
+jrjubach yay MAN TEARS
Stalling the car after he comes out the tunnel wasn't scripted.
I think it was. There's an outtake where he stalls it more convincingly in a behind the scenes video.
Tom Cruise said that it was not scripted in an interview for Top Gear, the car show.
You can see him look at the camera for a few frames before he caught himself and realized maybe he can save the shot.
So the car starts up at the last minute before he got caught yeah no.
Trina Mikaere no, they just cut it to look that way. That’s why the cops seemed so far behind, and why the antagonist wasn’t very far ahead.
Love this car chase. McQuarrie is an underrated action director, kind of old school. Which is a good thing. It's a great to see a modern movie where the car chase seems to have been thought through on a shot by shot basis, and not just cobbled together in the editing room from a random mess of cuts. It's always clear where everything is in relation to the world around it, making the action easy to follow, but no less thrilling because of it. Knuckleheads like Olivier Megaton could learn a thing or two about directing from this scene.
+Bananas About Movies This is what Taken 3 should've been like this! Megatron should learn this from talented directors!
McQuarrie loves clarity in his action scenes. He gets it. One of the best moments of the chase is when the Chevelle glides into the back of a car in the tunnel and allows it to play out in the master. No unnecessary cuts.
I hate Megaton so much oh my I can never understand what is happening
thatdronekid Call him a decepticon.
Bananas About Movies I completely agree with you. I remember watching this scene in the cinema and could feel the adrenaline in me.
No music! Takes the scene to the next level
lovingfro This flick was so awesome. Too bad the second one wasn't as good. :(
the second one just felt like a generic action thriller.
lovingfro I would like a music to Sonic unleashed Shamar arid sands
I swear I hate when movies put music to car chase scenes
lovingfro No need stupid music. Perfect sound of engines and tires. Sirens and silences. Perfect scene.
I love this scene. To me this feels like a more realistic chase compared to stuff like the Bourne movies, which are still awesome. Also love how the bystanders ever so casually help him out. Made me laugh.
The reason it feels more realistic is because it is real.
McQuarrie is the king of modern cinematic car chases. Almost all of his films contain at least one memorable car chase. This is clearly no exception.
Bro way of the gun is super underrated
What other movies does he have. I'd like to check em out
@@andyclemente4205 Way of the Gun and the Mission Impossible films.
@@WarlordRising ohh so I've seen some of his movies already. Cool
The Paris chase scene in MI Fallout is my favorite car chase of all time.
One of the best chase scenes in recent action movie history. God I love how Reacher's car purrs.
This movie is the modern day Bullitt! It's a entertaining action thriller that just happens to contain a great car chase.
I know you said this 5 years ago but I want to say I agree, Bullitt is my favorite and this one is easily my second favorite chase
This was one of the best car scenes in film history. American muscle baby!
ever see the movie " Bullit"
+Rocky Stellone no I haven't. I'll look it up.
+Rocky Stellone It's a pretty good chase but the cinematography wasn't as engaging as Jack Reacher. It was too many wide shots.
+Kenneth Williams (Kenny) for that time period it was a good one
Kenneth Williams also look at the chase in the movie Seven Ups
Reminds me of the Bullitt chase scene. No music, no special effects, just pure driving skill. Well, that and a few event similarities. That is a fine automobile, and it's always difficult to see such a machine banged up, but real chases are what the cinematic world needs.
Also to walter hills ''the driver'', no music car chases are nnot only in bullit. This chase is an homenaje to the classics, The french connection, seven ups, gone in 60 seconds, to live and die in LA...
Jade as well also from Billy Friedkin besides to live and die in LA and the French connection that he also directed.
This has to be one of my favorite car chases in the film industry to date. Right up there with Steve McQueen in Bullitt, Gone in 60 Seconds (both of them), White Lightning, Cobra and Ronin.
I loved the way they shot this chase. You could feel the raw emotion come through and had no music to distract you. The lead up to the chase was done perfectly too. Tom cruise rolling up in the 1970 Chevelle SS and just having a stare down with the detective built alot of suspense.
That's one of the many things to love about old muscle cars, even when you beat them up like this they are still beautiful.
and if you beat up a modern car the same way, it'll be almost unrecognizable.
@@vegas426 lol, modern cars are 1000 times more safer than these relic tin cans, still great cars. Just not safe
@@maggaveli6764 If a 70s muscle car rammed your Toyota of today, the Toyota would be totaled.
@@justinedse3314 sure the Toyota would crumple but the occupants would be safe, can't say the same for the people.in the muscle car
@@maggaveli6764 that may be true in some scenarios, but remember that is a Chevelle its on a full frame like a truck, if it hit a toyota there would be far less impact felt by the Chevelle due to the toyota crumpling, therefore the possibility of injury would be significantly less, the toyota can still crumple so much that it could kill the occupants inside, its basically like getting hit by a Peterbilt
I really liked the chase. No music, no theatrics, just raw engine power.
I agree with the comments, but I think that people overlook the great sound design here. Great mic work on the body to get the realistic upshifts and downshifts, and even left the reverse in, really giving that visceral feeling to the chase.
Jack's face is like "Poor Sandy... Why didn't she listen to my advice?"
This movie wasn't bad, but this scene was probably one of my favorite in movie history!
The sound of the engine when the Chevelle accelerates down the alleyway at 5:29 gives me the chills every time I watch this scene. What an amazing sound!
That is a special crowd of people to cover a felon, for all they knew the guy could have murdered fourteen people. I guess they respected the car.
Gotta respect the car. Those people could just inherently sense "this is a cool dude" and "we should protect this cool cat."
and how can you not?
FTP
I LOVE the sound of that Chevelle SS engine!!
Yahuchanonyakov me too !
No talk, just action ! Hardly we come across such films nowadays ! Thats how Tom Cruise is saving the movies industry… again ! Great work by him always !
I noticed that too! The dudes didn't say a word in the chase scene just showed emotions head nods and car sound effecta..love it
I remember watching this scene like 4 times when this got put on netflix. That chevelles a monster with that bose sound system
The expression on the guy’s face when Jack gives him his cap back, priceless
5:55 Wish that part went on for a few more blocks before crashing into the cops. That sound and camera angle was gold!
Best Modern Car chase and realistic too
My favorite scene of this movie 454 Chevelle
Not only one of the best, but one of the smartest car chases ever filmed.
I just love that he walks right up to the crowd of people and the guy gives him the hat
Old-school muscle cars are the best; today's cars are nothing but fiberglass and aluminum, but back then it was all steel and horsepower!
It was steel that would rust in 3 days and kill you at a 20mph impact, no thank you lol
If you look at the right side of the screen at 7:50 you'll see David Oyelowo's character getting really pissed off. Didn't notice that the first time. Or second.
I never noticed that before!
Really good eye there
The Audi A6 sounds like it has a V8 or something, but it's the Chevelle that I would pick. Fuel prices and scarily high fuel consumption be damned. The Chevelle's engine note with that manual transmission really makes me want to cry!
I got the chance to push a car just like this, I didn't wreck it or anything but damn these old cars just don't give up. I was flying at some high speeds shifting up and down barely using the brakes with the gas pedal to the floor half the time. That thing was screaming, the internal combustion engine is one hell of a design. I place it second after the two cycle combustion engine, which changed the world.
Watched this about 50 times just for that Chevelle lope
ME TOO!!!
Dalton Cox On god I’m doing that rnn
I love that bit at the end where he's handed a hat and then people shuffle in front of him. Like, "Eh, probably didn't do anything TOO bad."
This scene reminds me of that old PC game DRIVER. As a kid I would race across the city with no purpose for hours lol
5:28 that V8 sound !!
I'm so glad there was no music in this chase
I feel like that's one of the secrets to good car chases
Literally one of the best chases. The bass of the V8 idling and the almost mexican stand off start. So good
The silence is deafening but the car engine holds the moment time the action starts and I love it
Part of the reason why I remember this car chase is that it doesn't have music. And it's raw and it's bloody awesome.
I like the way the people at the bus stop close ranks around Reacher - even though they don't know what he may have done. That rings true; given the number of innocent people who have been killed by the police
Such a legendary scene 😭
So much understeering on that Chevelle SS! Great job driving that thing Tom..
Hey did you know the part where he hits the other car and stalls it was actually a mistake but tom fired it back up so fast and kept going that they left it that way for the scene :)
Need to keep up with Tom buddy.
Oversteer*
EXCELLENT car chase. the movie was pretty good too!
0:38 his reaction was like "sandy! I should've made sure she left town for few days"
the sound of the american v8 its amazing
I really wasn't a fan of this film but I must admit, this car chase was fucking sick
Now this is how you make a chase scene awesome and comedic at the same time
Poor Chevelle, I hope someone fixed you up ;_;
They obliterated at least two of them in the making of the car chase.
Ashitaka1110 there were 9 SS chevelles used, only 3 came back
@@hinatahyuga6999 Hollywood replicas only the genuine SS cars were used for the clean shots at the beginning. The rest were rusty bodies heavily modified to look like the real thing.
This is such a damn good scene.
You wouldn't think the extras at the bus stop would help him. What if he was a murderer or something? If that many cops are after a guy, I would assume he's done something pretty bad, even if he looks just like Tom Cruise.
jrjubach Cuz he's Jack Reacher.
***** Good thing it's a movie then.
jrjubach I don't know with the anti-establishment sentiment going on I bet now in certain cities that scene maybe more likely then we think.
Linc Sample That's actually a REALLY good point.
it depends on if they've got history, there's a famous saying. thou shall not grass.
I loved this chase scene. But, I think if I wanted to be more understated during my investigation like Reacher wanted to be, I wouldn't be driving an immaculate red with black racing stripes 1970 Chevelle SS with a 454 big block a Hurst 4 speed and a cam so hot it could cook asphalt. Then again, no one ever made a car chase about the hero driving in an under the radar Toyota Camry.
2:31
I remember this shot from the movie trailer. It was this scene I knew that this was gonna be good. Still gives me goosebumps to this day.
The helpfulness of the bystanders was such a gem in this scene!
For me, this ranks right up there with the chase scene from bullit
The Black Guy in the End did a great job
2:27 The Chevy may be damaged but hell! It looks terrifying and intimidating
Honestly, one of the better car chase scenes I’ve seen.
I don't why, but I feel like reviewing the car chase scene from the movie "The Driver" but in a more modern way.
1:28 how a classic car is supposed to be driven. Squealing tires and roaring engine! Hell yeah!
I'd rather see this old car get beaten to shit like this than see it slowly rot in some rich persons tax evasion collection
2:31 that scene is just so epic...
The sense of urgency of the scene the look on Tom Cruise’s face and the sound of a big block Chevelle.....what a rush so well done I can’t imagine how many takes to get these cars to continue through the whole sequence to make it look so seamless! IMO audiences can’t imagine the expertise in shooting and the skills of the stunt crews that make it look so damn easy!
I am here onlyyy for that extraordinary engine sound ,, out of this world really 👌🏼👌🏼❤️
I always loved how Reacher and the guy in the suit sized each other up. The tilting of their heads and the flexing of their hands.
Sad to see a '70 Chevelle go like that, but this is what muscle cars call "The Perfect Death".
One of the best car chase scenes in recent history. No noticible CGI, realistic driving with some bumps and crashes mixed in, and some excellent sound work to match. Not even any music to mask it, just pure tires and motor. Film making at its purest.
Like the car was made for this best car scene ever.
Poor Chevelle. That was a hot looking car.
@@loveslunatics6616 Jesus fucking Christ dude, chill on the homophobia, I get your aggreviation and pain, but fuck man!
@@loveslunatics6616 calm down dumbass
Makes Pittsburgh seem cool.
Samuel Jackson voice:
“THIS SCENE IS A MIRACLE OF VISUAL STORYTELLING, AND I WANT YOU TO FUCKIN ACKNOWLEDGE IT”
Christopher McQuarrie really knows how to use film as a visual medium. The first 7 minutes of this movie is done without a single line of dialogue and yet you still know everything that's going on. Same thing here. There's maybe, what? Two lines in this whole sequence? Yet everything flows in such a way that's easy to follow and interesting. Everything relies on the actors performances and the incredible stunt work for this to work as well as it does. The lack of music accentuates the sound design and adds to the intensity. And seeing how much of the driving they're actually doing gives it a sense of realism you don't often get in your modern day blockbuster. And topping things off, it's a high stakes situation that's gripping from beginning to end that somehow, miraculously, manages to pepper in some humor without it detracting from the seriousness of the story. What a sequence. What a fucking film.
One of my favourite’s. That Poor Chevrolet Chevelle 454 SS.
I've always loved American muscle, but I never really had a favorite until I saw this movie. This is now my dream car. Working on acquiring a 1970 Chevelle so I can turn it into a fire-breather.
I remember watching this movie at the drive in with my friends. We were super high and then this scene happened. I was stuck on the beautiful roar of the car and fell in love with the movie even more. Eargasm
Four reasons I’m in love with the Chevelle; she can take multiple beatings, sacrifice herself to get arrested so her man can escape the popo, listening to the sound of her engine is like music to my ears, and lastly she’s beautiful to look at.
Modern Fast & Furious movies could learn a thing or two from this scene.
Ps. the camera work at 2:27 was awesome AF
4:25-4:31,shit that only American Muscle cars can do
1:46 the roar of that engine is the most beautiful thing I have heard!
Best scene in the movie. 👍
Amen, brother.
That engine sound is 🔥
Beautiful Car
Aint no way in hell im walkin away from a runnin Red Chevelle. I woulda been arrested... LOL
2:26 best shot of the whole movie
One of the best and most realistic car chase scenes of modern movies. This has alot of Bullitt or 1973 gone in 60 seconds feels to it, with some newer car chase exaggerations.
So glad they chose a classic Chevy, A real American car.
I just hate seeing the Chevelle get damaged.
This was one of the best car chase scene ever filmed 😍❤
Best car chase scene ever
They clearly tried to copy the bullitt Chase scene, and they really succeeded. One of the best car chases filmed
one of my dream cars the mighty Chevy Chevelle SS 454, a stunner no matter what angle she's at....
God, that Chevelle engine is so satisfying
Hahahahaha. Love how both guys help him. One with a hat and the other stands in front. Lol