IN WHICH OUR HERO… On a bicycle, chases after a guy in a car
SETTING UP THE SCENE: Given the task of “transporting” the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official (don’t ask), professional wheelman Frank Martin (Jason Statham) come up against a rival driver who wants the job…
WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The tongue-in-cheek ridiculousness of it all—coupled with the white-hot bad-assery of Statham.
BEST PART: The well-timed leap that ejects the would-be driver from the car (2:40)
OTHER GREAT CHASES LIKE THIS ONE: Jackie Chan (again), leading his pursuers on a low-speed bicycle chase through some very narrow alleys in Project A. And, of course, the speeder-bike scene from Return of the Jedi.
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