Thursday, June 26, 2008

Octopussy (1983) Chase Four

The train chase. In East Germany, Bond steals General Orlov's Mercedes.


Two IFAs full of Red Army dudes try to give chase but are stopped by tire puncture barriers.


Bond drives on two wheels and gets away. But he drives over another barrier and blows all four of his tires. He drives his car onto the railroad track on rims. He chases Octopussy's Circus train and is shifted onto a parallel track. Orlov chases the Merc in a GAZ.


Bond improvises cruise control by using an umbrella on the gas pedal. Just as he jumps onto the train from his Merc, an oncoming train hits the Merc head-on, sending the sedan flying into a nearby river, where it crashes into a fishing boat. Orlov gets out of his GAZ and chases the train on foot, and is promptly shot in the back by East German guards at the border. The train, with Bond, escapes into West Germany.

CKY

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