Saturday, July 19, 2008

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Chase One

This is one of the few indoor car chase scenes and it features the BMW 750iL, the most gadget-laden Bond vehicle ever.

Bond uses his cell phone to beckon his Beamer. He jumps into the back seat via an open window. He controls the car with the phone.


Bond has to deal with the best cars Hamburg, Germany, has to offer: two Merc W126s, an Opel Senator, a Ford Scorpio, and a Ford tow truck.


The number of features and gadgets on the BMW is mind-boggling. They include: bullet-proof glass, sunroof-mounted rockets, tire puncture "jacks", self-inflating tires, and a saw hidden beneath the hood badge that will cut through metal in a snap.


The scene ends with Bond hopping out of the car. He lets the BMW jump over the roof of the parking garage and into an Avis rental office across the street.


CKY

P.S. And if I have not already credit, all of these 007 chase scene photos are courtesy imcdb.org.

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