Top 10 WORST Movie Chase Scenes

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NEVER purchase a fruit cart owner in an action movie... Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most terrible, over-the-top, and truly ridiculous chase scenes in movies.

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00:00Let's just stay ahead of the wind."

00:02Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most terrible, over-the-top,

00:07and truly ridiculous chase scenes in movies, TV series excluded, unfortunately.

00:19Number 10.

00:20Motoring through the woods.

00:21X-Men Origins Wolverine

00:22Unbelievable conflict is inevitable when dealing with a character who cannot be killed,

00:30but X-Men Origins does not even try to build realistic stakes.

00:33The film's helicopter pursuit sequence has all the hallmarks of a bad chase scene — choppy

00:38editing, shoddy CGI, and unrealistic stunts.

00:41Among the most unbelievable is Wolverine knocking down a turret rifle right as they're firing

00:45at him.

00:46Yikes.

00:47Hugh Jackman himself was disappointed with the final results.

00:52The film itself underperformed, and future Origins films were canceled.

00:57Perhaps they should have eased up on the maniacal helicopters.

01:07Number 9.

01:08Following the voice.

01:09Getaway

01:10Imagine plowing through the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, police hot on your heels and somehow

01:17getting away.

01:18The film concerning a former race car driver desperate to save his wife from a mysterious

01:22figure called The Voice is obviously just a thin excuse for the action scenes.

01:26Unfortunately, the action scenes are just as incoherent and preposterous as the plot.

01:30You will listen to me and turn the car around.

01:31This is your last warning.

01:32I need to be told that she is alright and when this shit is gonna be over.

01:37Since the movie itself is basically just one lengthy car chase, it's hard to pick out a

01:41particular worst moment, though there is one decent sequence done all in one shot.

01:45But the other chase scenes are poorly edited and confusing to follow.

01:48In fact, the whole film is over-edited, featuring over 6,000 cuts compared to an average of

01:521,600 for most films.

01:54And that, when in doubt cut, mentality weakens the primary chase scene as well.

02:03Get away from this mess.

02:04Number 8.

02:05Rome car chase, Spectre

02:09Secret agent James Bond is many things, but dull and humdrum, he isn't.

02:13So why does this car chase scene in his 24th film feel so tame and soporific?

02:17This polite six-minute game of follow the leader definitely errs on the side of caution.

02:22At the same time, it includes comic details like Bond getting stuck behind a slow car

02:25and nudging it into a parking space.

02:27Very thoughtful.

02:34The film is overall as risk-shy as its chase scenes, with some critics even calling it

02:38disappointingly conventional for a Bond film.

02:41Wake us up when he finishes the chase.

02:43Good evening.

02:45Number 7.

02:47Law, Batman Forever

02:51Is this for real?

02:52Is this necessary?

02:53These are questions you may have asked while watching this old-school Batman film.

02:57Directed by Joel Schumacher, Batman Forever is known as one of the worst entries in the

03:01franchise.

03:02Sure enough, its chase scenes contribute to its low standing.

03:05In one especially memorable scene after evading Two-Face's flamethrower, Batman manages to

03:09climb the Batmobile off the building by tying it to a gargoyle.

03:22Eschewing the dark, dystopian tone for a comic one was definitely a bad call.

03:26In the end, the film's mixed reviews and this baffling chase scene may be its legacy.

03:35Number 6.

03:36Escape from L.A.

03:43Surfer dudes rejoice!

03:45Here is finally a film that vindicates you.

03:47This John Carpenter film may have developed a cult following, but it really goes into

03:50bonkers territory with this scene.

03:52Our protagonist Snake on a surfboard chases the antagonist in a car and succeeds.

03:57Add in the dated CGI and this chase instantly enters on surreal territory.

04:01The ease with which Snake gets the car in his control is also disappointing.

04:09That said, it may be to the film's credit that such a baffling chase scene was kept

04:12mercifully short.

04:13Your mileage may vary, but this is action camp at its worst.

04:19Number 5.

04:20Straddling the Hood, Wanted

04:27Some bad chase scenes are ridiculously unrealistic.

04:30Others are merely incoherent and dull.

04:32At least one is both.

04:33In this film's chase scene, Angelina Jolie pivots her car and opens the passenger door

04:37to scoop up a flabbergasted James McAvoy.

04:39This was done at record speed and with perfect blink-and-you-miss-it timing.

04:44Naturally, the assailant's ordinary van manages to keep up with Jolie's svelte sports car.

04:50Add in the scene's fast cuts and Jolie managing to shoot the van's windshield without looking

04:53and it's a dud.

04:55This film's chase scene was definitely not Wanted.

04:57Number 4.

05:05Opening Chase, Speed Zone

05:12Action comedy can be hard to pull off, and when it misses, it can be painful.

05:15This action-comedy film begins with a car chase scene that is wrong in just about every

05:19way.

05:20It's got car-commercial-esque framing, police cars easily keeping up with sports cars, and

05:24stilted acting.

05:25Incorporating the opening credits, the sequence doesn't win any points for being long and

05:29drawn out.

05:36The scene finally ends with a cartoonish defiance of physics.

05:39The car skips over the lake's surface like a rock.

05:41Unsurprisingly, the film was universally panned by critics for being venal and just plain

05:45unfunny.

05:53Number 3.

05:54Special scene, Ultra-Violent

06:02Complete with cheesy special effects and over-the-top action, this chase scene is truly stretching

06:06things.

06:07Milla Jovovich stars in this impenetrable sci-fi film, complete with a physics-defying

06:12chase scene with motorcycles — and helicopters — able to go sideways on tall buildings.

06:16Gravity's not the only law this film breaks.

06:18It breaks the law of a good action chase scene.

06:27Some of these problems, however, must be due to the fact that the film was released only

06:30half-finished.

06:31Director Kurt Wilmer had stated that the released film was cut down significantly.

06:35The result is an incoherent, forgettable mess.

06:41Number 2.

06:42Bad chase, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

06:49One thing arguably worse than a bad chase scene is a chase scene interrupted.

06:53The Indiana Jones franchise has had its share of thrilling car scenes.

06:56Unfortunately, a cliffside car chase interjected with some monkey business literally isn't

07:01one of them.

07:02Apart from the obvious CGI, there is the Tarzan-swinging, gratuitous Russian and deus ex machina via

07:07monkeys.

07:08And there's another ridiculous collision with the villain's vehicle landing on top

07:11of our protagonists.

07:12Of course, our heroes are safe and sound without a scratch.

07:15Jumping the shark?

07:16More like jumping the vehicle with monkeys on board.

07:18Or just nuking the fridge.

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07:361. Snow Chase – A View to a Kill

07:46What is it with terrible chase scenes and surfing?

07:48Bond again returns for the most bafflingly hilarious chase scene yet.

07:53This chase begins conventionally, if not particularly exciting.

07:56The real magic happens with Roger Moore's Bond using a piece of snowmobile as a snow-based

08:00surfboard to the Beach Boys' California Girls.

08:10Complete with risible slow-motion and obvious stunt double-work, Bond's surfboard skips

08:14like a rock in water while the hapless villains drown.

08:18Many a logic-defined chase scene has made us feel real bad, but you just can't beat

08:22those California Girls.

08:23Mission accomplished?

08:26Best beluga.

08:27Which film chase scene had you longing to get away in a surfboard as quickly as you

08:31can?

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