If anyone knows what makes a great automotive action scene, it’s someone who’s worked on a Fast And Furious movie. That’s why we went to Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch (also of John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and a stunt history himself) on the eve of the film’s home video release to ask about the criteria for a great, smash-em-up car chase. He has some thoughts, and even goes long in the video above about his favorite on-screen chase of all time. You’ll have to watch the clip to find out what he says, but here’s a hint: Steve McQueen.
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Watching him and Tim Miller on Honest Trailers was pretty great. They’re super upfront about mistakes and take their lumps with humor.
Uh, easy, the less CGI the better and doing the whole ‘car under the trailer sequence’ again as nod to the first movie was uh, cheesy. At least do it practical if you’re going to do it.
A touch of reality would be nice. Hobbs and Shaw was just a giant middle finger to physics, gravity, traction and reality. I was surprised they didn’t give a nod to a flat earth at some point.
I understand it’s a movie. I even understand it’s a Fast & Furious movie.. But the entire truck scene at the end was by far, the best joke in the movie.
Hobbs & Shaw had the least car action of any Fast & Furious movie. And what little car action there was was a car chasing a helicopter. John Wick had waaaaaay better car action.
When the chase involves a 2nd gen Charger–duh.
Has he made a great car chase? I can’t think of one.It can’t be in the OTT nonsense that is Hobbs & Shaw, because the best car chases are pretty simple affairs — you don’t need ridiculous camera moves or impossible physics, just a sense of speed and a clarity to the geography (especially the relative positions of chaser and chasee). Hell, C’était un rendez-vous beats the entire Fast & Furious franchise, and it’s just a camera bolted to the front of a single car as it speeds through Paris.
First, it has to be real. Early Bond chases, Bullitt, Ronan, What’s Up, Doc?, Foul Play, The Rock….Yeah, if San Francisco’s involved, it’s probably going to be a good chase.
I liked H&S, but the car chases were only so-so. Now, if he wanted to analyze scenes featuring Vanessa Kirby beating the crap out of everyone she comes across, and chose to do that by stringing those scenes together and then not saying anything, that’d be some good analysis.
“Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch explains what makes a great car chase”Did he learn how to make a great car chase after making Hobbs and Shaw?
David Leitch explains what makes a great car chase
That’s easy. Just do more of this:
and not this:
See all that herky-jerky bullshit? All that CGI nonsense? See all those nice, long clean shots so you know what the action is? That’s how you deliver a good car chase.
Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch explains what makes a great car chase and why he chose not to include any in Hobbs & Shaw.