How stupid was the RC Car Chase?
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zerodegreesk — 17 years ago(April 29, 2008 07:38 AM)
I don't see why they didn't just get out of the car when they turned that last corner and were blocked by the semi-trailer. They could've just got out and ran away. What difference would it have made? They still wouldn't have known who was after them.
Really, the most ridiculous thing was that the bad guy could drive the car AND the RC car at the same time, avoiding accidents for both vehicles. I mean, when the RC car was on the sidewalk and all the people were jumping out of the way, I was laughing my ass off. Why were they scared of an RC car?!? They didn't know it was full of explosives! All it had to do was run into a table leg or a lamp post or a person's foot who wasn't paying attention and the chase was over. Sort of ridiculous to me and utterly forgettable. -
djensen1 — 17 years ago(June 14, 2008 07:02 PM)
I recall thinking it was pretty dumb at the time I saw it in the theater, and I think I even knew that it was a direct parody of the chase in Bullitt, long hailed as the greatest chase on film.
Of course, I also thought that the Jim-Carrey-as-Axl-Rose opening was pretty stupid. I quickly wrote the film off as a clumsy self-parody of the earlier Dirty Harry movies. -
WarpedRecord — 16 years ago(February 07, 2010 10:38 PM)
I thought it was a "Bullitt" parody as well. Frankly, scenes of San Francisco car chases have gotten very old after all the imitations, but this film puts a fresh, inventive and humorous spin on it. I loved those sequences.
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MierdaDeToro — 13 years ago(September 25, 2012 07:07 PM)
Totally hilarious! A 4-door Oldsmobile chased by a little black Corvette chased by a Monte Carloyou gotta love it. Especially when the little Corvette spins out and hits a curb, then gets back up and pops a wheelie down the road. Classic.
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ex-files — 17 years ago(August 12, 2008 03:19 PM)
are you serious- i thought that was just Awesome, As i built an exact replica of that black stingray vette team associated rc10- except i did not blow it up just put up in a display case - heck even my wife thinks its hot!! i mean come on - while i will grant the story line may not have been excellent it was not bad not too mention you get a legend in movies such as Clint Eastwood, lots of guns blazin, some cool lines, a bit of romance, and one of the greatest car scenes in history that involves a remote control car - talk about Fun!
But definitely a different, funny and exciting SF car chase.