By Fred Topel, Special to Hollywood.com
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Monday, August 25, 2008
The car chase is a staple of Hollywood action movies. Bad guys, good guys, it’s always easiest to jump in a car to get away or to chase. This week's Death Race follows convicts in the future racing for their freedom. If you want more automobile action, check out the top 10 car chases filmmakers have staged in previous films.
10. Smokey and the Bandit
Burt Reynolds has made a lot of car-chasin’ movies in his day--ones with real stunts, mind you, not CGI--but Bandit epitomizes this genre. It’s the pinnacle of squealing tires, tight spinouts and fast scrambles to evade the fuzz. Perhaps it plays better with the sound off, so the viewer can focus on the cool stunts and ignore the silly plot.
