Favorite Chase Sequence (On Foot, No Vehicles)

[soundbomb81]

Chase sequences are staples of the Horror genre but are also heavily featured in other genres too. The scenes where a character is being chased by another/other character/s always gets the adrenalin pumpin', guess it's the thrill of trying to avoid being caught. So what are your favorite characters chasing characters sequences?

REMEMBER: NO VEHICLES, ANIMALS OR MONSTERS - HUMAN Vs HUMAN ONLY!

My Picks;

Harry Lime being chased in the sewers - The Third Man
Al Pacino chasing Robin Williams on wooden logs - Insomnia
Tom Cruise being chased by police - Minority Report
Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener through the mind of John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich
Keanu Reeves chasing The Ex-Presidents in Point Break
Michelle Yeoh chasing Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[docholiday_13]

Jason Patric chasing the junkie to open Narc.

[phelonious]

Patrick Dempsey in most of RUN

[Grebdron]

Foot chase with William Petersen chasing the credit card forgers in To Live and Die in L.A.

Coincidentally, the film has one of the best CAR chases in history, also.

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by docholiday_13
Jason Patric chasing the junkie to open Narc.

The very first film I thought of.

Also, about 95% of RUN LOLA RUN counts as a long, brilliant chase sequence.

[one_crow_sorrow]

Originally posted by soundbomb81

Al Pacino chasing Robin Williams on wooden logs - One Hour Photo


You mean Insomnia.

My pick would also be Jason Patric in Narc.

[A.J. Hakari]

Yet another fine addition; Leonard Shelby and Dodd in MEMENTO.

"I'm chasing this guy..."
[gets shot at]
"No, he's chasing me..."

[Addi88]

Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro (The Hunted)

I'm pretty sure that one was on foot.

[Rothstein]

Trainspottings chasing sequences are great.

[arby19]

Johnny Utah chasing Bohdi - Point Break(8/10)
The opening chase scene - Narc(8/10)
Leonard and Dodd - Memento(10/10)

[BorderEevilIII]

Don Cheadle chasing Hugh Jackman in Swordfish

[MickeyKnox]

The opening chase scene-Narc
All of the chase scenes in- The Fugitive

[my_name_is_neo]

Narc - opening chase
Memento - "no, he's chasing me..."
The Hunted - Jones chasing Del Toro through the streets
The Fugitive - "I didn't kill my wife!" "I don't care!"

[Guy Strong]

Originally posted by my_name_is_neo
The Fugitive - "I didn't kill my wife!" "I don't care!"

Ditto.

[Unicron]

US Marshalls
Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes -
When Snipes ends up on the train

Gone in 60 Seconds
Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi and the gang

The Matrix
Trinity and the Agents
the begining

Minority Report
Tom in the Car Factory and Lane way

Enemy of the State
Will out of the Hotel

[blankpage]

The chase sequence in the sewer in 'The Third Man' is just brilliant.

[Antonio]

Although I loved the chase sequences in POINT BREAK, RUN LOLA RUN and NARC, I'm going with a classic:

Michael chasing Laurie through the neighborhood in the great final act of HALLOWEEN.

[BorderEevilIII]

Originally posted by Antonio
Michael chasing Laurie through the neighborhood in the great final act of HALLOWEEN.


I have to challenge you on that when you say "throughout the neighborhood"

It was a very SHORT chase scence since she went across the street from the house she was babysitting at. But running for your life from a crazed maniac will definately seem like a race. :D

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by soundbomb81
Harry Lime being chased in the sewers - The Third Man
Michelle Yeoh chasing Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Those would be my choices.

[soundbomb81]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
You mean Insomnia.


Well spotted. My mistake. Robin Williams gave two great performances last year I got mixed up. DOH!

[ilovemovies]

All great choices but one that was missed is the ending of Carlito's Way.

[FeverDog420]

Run Lola Run was great, but it wasn't really a chase; more of a race or sprint. Doesn't a chase need more than one person?

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Foot chase with William Petersen chasing the credit card forgers in To Live and Die in L.A.

Coincidentally, the film has one of the best CAR chases in history, also.



No, thee best my friend.




My pick for running chase. I recently saw a pretty interesting one in The Hard Word.

[Annie Hall]

My favorite is the one in Trainspotting as well. Best. Opening. Ever.

[sarah1980]

The end chase in the Steal Mill in T2

[Invincible]

Originally posted by Addi88
Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro (The Hunted)

I liked that scene...got to see most of P-Town (darkface's hometown :p )

[Dr Martin Luther Loomis]

- Leatherface chasing sweet lil Sally in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

- Nick Cage's "Huggies" run in Raising Arizona

[Tweek]

the chases at the beginning and end of the matrix 1 are my favs.

[LiquidSalt]

Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) vs. the cops in RESEVOIR DOGS.

[QUENTIN]

I dug the dark and stylized chase of John Doe by Detective Mills and Somerset in Se7en and its copycat, but also well done chase in The Crimson Rivers. ilovemovies is right though, the Carlito's Way chase is the shit. Trainspotting's chase is brilliantly captured to Lust for Life, Olive Oil and her kerazy kid getting away from Jack Torrance at the end of The Shining is worth mentioning too. Also The Beatles being chased by ...well, England in the beginning of A Hard Day's Night is a great scene as well. My favorite though is probably Butch and Sundance being chased by the four trackers, "Who are these guys?"

[meccajay]

Dustin Hoffman's escape in Marathon Man

[Sublime]

Al Pacino and crew chasing Tom Sizemore, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer in Heat.

[Boba Joe]

Tommy Lee Jones & Gang chasing Harrison Ford in
The Fugitive

[jeo4]

THE FUGITIVE

Hands down my favorite.

[tbone]

All the great ones like Heat, Carlito's Way, Narc have been said, but still maybe a few have been omitted so far:

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring- Ringwraiths w/ Arwen and Frodo (or do horses count as vehicles)

Minority Report- Through the mall

How about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (yes they end up on a train, but the train is never used as a means to capture or to flee)

[soundbomb81]

You guys know how to pick 'em but I just remembered a few which haven't been mentioned so what do you think of these;

Romper Stomper had several violent chase sequences through inner-city estates led by a young Russell Crowe.

Something I always remembered from childhood was watching
Enter The Dragon for the first time and the sequence where Bruce Lee's sister is chased by Han's henchmen, gets trapped then kills herself with a piece of glass. I used to get freaked out by that scene.

I'm pretty sure The French Connection has a couple of good but brief chase sequences through the streets of New York as well as the infamous car chase.

[Gone in 60sec]

All the ones said like Heat, The Fugitive, US. Marshalls, The Hunted, Narc, Matrix, Minortiy Report, Enemy of the State

and a couple more not said :

The Bourne Identity- if i remember that one had a good one

same with Catch Me If You Can or im thinking of that one because of the title

[Li-1]

I love tbone's picks. Minority Report had some great foot chases, the climactic foot chase in Carlito's Way is terrific, and I loved the train chase in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

No Way Out also had a few tense foot chases. The Arrival, as well.

[SwItCh]

Didn't notice if anyone posted it, but Mr. Pink running from the cops in Reservior Dogs (spelling?).

[MickeyKnox]

I like the chase between Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Point Break

[CyclicNightmare]

Will Ferrel chasing Jeremy Piven at the end of Old School!

"I see Blue... He looks glorious."

[iDLEWiLD_fan]

The opening to Narc

[osklen]

Giant Stone chasing Indiana Jones :D


ET's kids running with the bikes and flying.. :)

[Adornado]

The subway chase from Carlito's Way.

[Kucha]

Run Lola Run, like Adam J. Hakari said, the movie is like one big chase scene!

[FilmBuff84]

All good choices, i'm gonna put in, if it counts, Sarah Michelle gellar and Muse Watson in I Know What You Did Last Summer.

[Sylvie]

The first thing I thought of was Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, though he was chasing a car. I always got a kick out of that.

I also like that scene of Arwen and Frodo being chased by Ring Wraiths.

[Chucky_Darko]

The Terminator - At the end of the "Tech Noir" sequence when Reese shots the T-800 with his shotgun, says "Come with me if you wanna live!" and the Terminator chases them to the car. I just love everything about that movie...

Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Another favourite, another James Cameron movie. The part where the T-1000 tries to catch John Connor on foot when he's on his lil' motorbike. In fact; all the scenes with the T-1000 chasing after them on foot rocks!

The Burning - Alfred running away from Cropsy... talk about intense! :D

Sorry if I hurt anyone's eyes! I wanted to be creative... hehe