Top 10 Must See Australian Car Chase Movies

[@daniellebcooper7160]

Nice to see someone promoting Australian films, they brought back some good memories.

[@rustynutts2]

Sad fact, the actor John Blake had been cast to play the character of Max Rockatansky in what was to be a made for TV series of the movie Mad Max but unfortunately the series was shelved due to his life altering accident. He did have similar features to Mel Gibson. One wonders what they would have created for an hour long weekly dystopian, action, drama but i so wish it had been made.

[@cartoonfan959]

not exactly car chase movie but perhaps worth mentioning Road games (1981) with Stacy Keach and jamie Lee curtis , the whole movie happens around a Mercedes truck and there some stunts with it

[@stuarthynes6136]

70s and 80s were awesome... 3 drive ins within 15 minutes drive from home and they had all nite specials... all those movies back to back from dusk till dawn... glad i grew up then, even with the harassment from Queensland cops at the time for driving a modified car.

[@sethatkinson3835]

Was so happy to see Midnite Spares on the list. You made my day

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Bring on the Running on Empty Festival at Cobar next week. Goin out burn some wood ducks after the $ 50 slip. You can still get to some of the Running on Empty/ Midnite Spares filming locations today in Sydney. But a few have gone. The final canal chase scene at the end of Midnite Spares was filmed in Sydnem just north of the trainstaion in the old Factory area (now demolished for the light rail). I was lucky to get in there before construction started. In the final scene where the car ploughed in the concrete wedge. If you pause DVD just before car hits concrete you can see a the pulley system used to to pull the car into the wedge. I found 6 dynabolts still in the concrete that secured the pulleys. I took photos.

[@visigothic67]

Nice video. I love the enthusiasm you have for the movie cars and the stories behind them. I know it didn't really feature a 'chase' per se but the list of Aussie car films seems incomplete with out 'The Cars That Ate Paris' from 1974. Any likelihood you'll do a dive on that movie sometime?

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. I am thinking about doing a "Horror Cars" list again, as I have had several mentions of cars missed out on, and it may likely go on that list. Not sure if I can make it for this Halloween as I am looking to get another screen chassis ready for the end of this year. But it is floating around to go on anther list one day.

[@fireballfireball1067]

As a car mad kid of the 80,s , I've seen all these movies. Running from the guns had the best chase in my opinion , to the music of Elton John - This town.

[@JustIn-mu3nl]

Good work man. I still think the XY is the best looking car ever built.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers.

[@nolesy34]

What about the next gen The xyz Sorry car joke

[@nevillewran4083]

Shit to drive, tho. (Think) the ordinary models had drum brakes all round and even the GT version had discs/drums. Very hard to stop a heavy car.

[@cantcme1243]

Oh wow! I had no idea that there were that many car chase movies from down under?! I've seen "Stone" and "Dead end Drive in" & of course I have the entire "Mad Max" trilogy but now I will definitely be checking these out! Thanks MFP for your top 10 list.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Happy vewing.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Definitely check out Running on Empty & Midnite Spares.

[@nevillewran4083]

Midnite Spares was on KZbin a year or so back, place by an actor with a bit part in it.

[@JimWattsHereNow]

Awesome, vaguely, remember bits of some of these. Definitely remember the blown57 number plate. Great work.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers.

[@grabacoffee1204]

This channel answered me for looking for decent car movies. Thank you so much for your pleasant content.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

You are very welcome. Enjoy your movies.

[@raychambers3646]

Man from Hong Kong good film.

[@freiduumforall8843]

NIce research behind some of these old Aussie movies, some that even I didn't know existed. I would like to mention that "Chain Reaction" was filmed in and around the abandoned Glen Davis shale mining site. Also, the old ghost town of Glen Davis itself features prominently in the movie with many of the shop fronts in existence and still recognisable today.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Thanks for the extra info.

[@nolesy34]

🎶One shot in a revolution One drop from a poison pen One fruit too small and bitter One tree too proud to bend One man to start the trouble One kiss to seal your fate I got a fever, a fever in my soul No I don't want to die Before I get old It took some time just to bring me here Nobody's gonna put me down Do I make myself clear I've got trouble, trouble in my life And I've been living On the edge of a knife But I don't intend to let you down I'm gonna give you love Before I hit the ground One cruel and callous lover One blow below the belt One chance without another One heart too cool to melt One kid that needs some action One link in a chain reaction

[@robertclark6349]

Not Quite Hollywood, awesome documentary.

[@quantumdegreaser2115]

I'll have to try to find some of these to watch.

[@audiencemember26008]

Awesome list man. Looks like there are several films out there I need to hunt down and see. Can I give some honourable mentions? The Cars That Ate Paris - with an awesomely modified VW Bug. Which I think inspired a car in Mad Max. The Big Steal - which features a beautiful HQ Monaro. But the focus of the film is a Jaguar. Suburban Mayhem and Two Hands - both feature some awesome cars, but are not car films. And from across the pond, Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. The cars that ate Paris is listed on another top 10 video, as is Goodbye Pork Pie. The Big Steal is pretty good and was considered for the list and Two Hands indeed has a nice XA coupe in it.

[@keeleeng]

Awesome work mate.. loved it. Brought back some memories

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Glad I could help.

[@MrChris1316]

Soo brings back memories,when channel 4started they used to show many aus movies and freedom and fast lane fever are some of the happiest times of my life,thanks so much,I didn't even know what freedom was called tho I know I had it in my long lost video collection.great times indeed.bless you.hope I can find freedom again to watch.o fast lane fever I always think was the blueprint for fast and the furious,tho crossed with a Charlie sheen movie called no man's land.

[@robmorris75]

That was great upload, some pretty crazy stunt people back then. I was hoping to see Malcolm in here too.

[@chrishennebery7896]

The cars that ate paris. That was a good one.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Have you actually seen that movie? I checked it out again recently for inclusion on this list, the cars are barely in it. No chase scenes at all, and the spiked VW everybody loves to praise was only shown for less than 10 seconds.

[@rickyclee1295]

Ive got one for you mr.mfp.....its not an aussie film but close (new zealand)......"shaker run" with cliff robertson....got a souped up capri in one chase scene...could be a v8 perana from south africa??? plus lots of holden`s from the bad guys....a real classic in my view.....thank you for your content.....long live falcon xb gt/monza kit

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Yes, I know of it. Tried to find a decent copy of it to use, but very little material about the film is available at all. Personally, I think the best New Zealand car chase film is Goodbye Pork Pie. Classic.

[@michaelhutin5451]

Brilliant. Thanks MFP for all your hard work.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you very much.

[@driloc]

Great video! Love "Midnite Spares", and of course, " Mad Max"! Interesting history presented about your muscle cars, they could hold their own to a few American ones! Hopefully some of the more obscure movies WILL be released to home market.

[@keithlestrange4249]

Some great memories Loved chain reaction

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Another good one is "Road Games", starring Stacy Keach and a young Jamie Lee Curtis.

[@SauronsEye]

The visuals are fine. Your narration is too fast, like you're rushing to say what you need to. You need to edit out a whole lot of words so your narration fits within the scene you've created or make the scene longer to fit your narration.

[@Keiji1978]

Very interesting I’m Japanese but l like Aussie muscles

[@TheA53ford]

Well these I definitely will search for now. Always interesting to see about car chase films from other countries. Wonder what Japanese stuff is there if any?

[@thedon-e6514]

Nice vid - what would make it truly excellent would be if you could also include what, if any, streaming services these movies are available on.

[@fastfishtoo4991]

Figure it out yourself mate, it ain't hard

[@inphiknit]

Yes!! You started with Metal Skin which is fantastic.

[@quinntoohey406]

Great video! Thankyou!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

You are welcome. Thank you.

[@sunnyandclay1255]

The great aussie film ..Malcolm... had a car chase sequence ...

[@garywhite2154]

I know of one of the wrecked HO's from running on empty that was in a paddock accross from where I lived in Cobar. Always wondered if its still there. Just might have to go and have a look

[@jaydenorr1610]

Only other movie I can think of to add would be “2 hands” features many aus cars and heath ledger

[@whcdv8]

Knightriders car was a 350 and the guy couldn't drive :)

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

No, the production did not obtain a 350. Like the XA Taxi, it was a plain old straight six.

[@mccoy2mccoy]

Awesome well done

[@mostlymopar]

Would be interesting to know if any of these cars are still around. Especially the ones from Running on Empty.

[@bradevans7935]

I believe the Dodge Challenger from Running On Empty may still be around - it (or a clone) was featured on the cover of "Street Machine" magazine a few years back. Not sure about any of the others.

[@darrylcampbell4411]

@@bradevans7935 Yep shes the real car. Ive got the Street Machine magazine and the poster hanging on my lounge wall. Awesome car. Awesome Movie. One of my Favourites.

[@CptnWolfe]

I watched "Dead End Drive-In" a few days ago, and it was actually good

[@martyburgess341]

I was living inMatraville at the time Dead Drive In was filmed I remeber seeing the explosion from my house. Plus some of the opening shots that were filmed where the sevice station was had been left setup. Assuming they didn't have enough ti9me to film and were going bacl later that night.

[@skyislands8887]

Thanks for a great video. Some cringe worthy, but most great Australian car movies. STONE, not a car movie, but some of the best chases and unenhanced stunt riding ever. Not to mention from memory one of the grave Diggers is called mad max

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers mate. It's comments like yours that makes it worth the effort. Stone is gonna pop up soon on another list, mainly for the motorbike stunt off the cliff in the beginning.

[@garthk506]

Can recommend "The Man From Hong Kong". Saw it at the flicks and waited decades to get it on DVD.

[@matthartley7333]

Outstanding

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers.

[@wezcobra]

we need a part two from australia or other countryes. grazie mille

[@michaelneal6589]

Thought you were going miss running on empty so glad to see that movie here

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. I have it listed in the forgotten car chase movies top 10 video as well.

[@garygreen3062]

Great 👍👍video.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers.

[@jeremyasher297]

I’ve actually seen a scene from Freedom where the main character pushes the Porsche off a cliff.

[@LogicalAspect1]

That screenshot on the VJ charger with Peter Wherrett leaning on the car with the bonnet up, Wherrett was instrumental in the 70s in killing off what could have been the Ford GT phase lV, in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, where Wherrett was the writer of the colum of the motoring section, Wherrett, asked the question... How can government allow these super cars to be on the road, defining a term for the Phase 3 GT as "Widow-maker", due to government pressure, Ford was forced to cancel the Phase lV project, even though they had manufactured all the engine and suspension components for the Phase lV's. Ford, having only allegedly made 3 XA Phase 4's, the rest of the parts went into what is called the RPO83, without notice to Ford car dealers only stating get rid of these cars.

[@arnbo88]

Fair Game (1986) and the Alvin Purple films also deserve a mention.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

They are not "car chase films" persay. They may have a cool car or one chase, but those may find their ways on other lists.

[@fortunateson7852]

Memories . . . back to better times before generic cars of today. Just a note. In regards to the V8 options. The 360 was the biggest but the 340 was the better motor.

[@fortunateson7852]

That was in relation to the Charger options.

[@nevillewran4083]

Chrysler engines, always more powerful than Ford or Holden of similar size. I had a Centura with a 265 engine and it could keep up with most 5L Toranas and Monaros.

[@david.m.304]

I notice at 9:56 that some of the chrome lettering on the Commer van appear to have been attached - upside down and back to front. Is there a reason for this?

[@Imagineering100]

I watched most of these when I was young loved them all pity some did not make money and I am not really a v8 nut just think what some of those car are worth now .

[@shoominati23]

There was a period during the later 70's where the Australian government was giving significant subsidies and tax rebates to companies that contributed towards the making of movies, and every dodgey businessman from Bondy to Skase milked the scheme for all they could. There were some truly awful films made that should have never seen the light of day, some truly awful lines of dialogue mouthed, but a little ray of light there are one or 2 classics out there that would have never been made otherwise. These were known as the 'Tax Break films' . Something like that needs to happen again, because the state of aussie cinema is dismal right now. Also , don't forget the film Malcolm - which stars a Honda 600 with the very special skill of splitting in half and driving as 2 separate cars!

[@keithlestrange4249]

Mad max is Austrialian Action

[@keithlestrange4249]

Great page guy

[@CailenCambeul]

The FJ Holden ... The Grey Motor - was it a 161? Still, it was a great movie. Imagine a Red Motor 179 High Compression chucked in it? Some, I've heard, say a stock 186.

[@CailenCambeul]

Toad from Stone is the father of Toe Cutter. And the Grandfather of whatever Toad played in the new movie.

[@vk7hch]

Grey motor was 138

[@DocVMX]

@@vk7hch the FX/FJ/FE/FC/FB engine was a 132.5ci or 2.2L. 138ci was introduced in the 1962 EK.

[@SunKing968]

MFP = Main Force Police

[@AlexMambulla]

Estou surpreso, Maluco Máximo foi escolhido em primeiro lugar.

[@BarbaricAvatar]

"Non-linear fast-cut editing" = Crap continuity between shots.

[@jspoons6619]

I remember just how amazing Mad Max was Originally especially at the time it came out it was very much a film the struck a cord with the Sub culture of the time Punk and Post Punk cultures were drawn to the film's at least the First two from the original movies. I remember seeing a Pirated Copy in the UK I was to young to see it on the Cinema at the time and this was the Original over dub version with American Voice's and censored for the UK market with an 18 rating then the old X ratings. Those films were such an influence and created some many copies films created a Computer game style that is still going strong to this day. Those original stunts were on the ragged edge of Dangerous safety wise . I am sure one of the Motor Cycle stunt riders died during the making of Mad Max 1 after been hit by his bike during a stunt, if the legend is true his Wife asked from the footage of the crash to be left in the film. I have not seen the new version in the Mad Max series I some how think I will be disappointed because those Original Two films made such a lasting impact on me as a Teenager they were low budget films with what looked like a load of Extra's pulled out of all the local biker bars and Punk Club's and then used in the films. the Stunts were crazy and not faked ok some bits were speeded up but but they were one hell of ride. I worry that the new higher budget film may have lost some of that original magic , just like when I was disappointed with Thunder Dome's more commercial and family friendly approach. I should really own the first two Films on Blue ray I need to add them to my collection I think I had them on VHS once legal copies that is thanks for another informative upload.

[@timpriddy349]

Highrollin was number 0........a green vette and only a light chase at the end

[@vladimirkrysenko]

Хотелось бы в Австралию слетать и купить там ещё не мёртвый Ford Falcon XB Coupé... Если там такие тачки остались

[@michaelmcclown5593]

If you have $100,000AUD, good luck to you Vladimir.

[@missjayspeechley9213]

Personally I think Running on Empty should have been higher than Mad Max, as should Malcolm which didn't even get a mention kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4LEpqGZrp1keqs

[@cartoonfan959]

I thought Running on Empty to be really mediocre, the chases aren't that great and driving blindly is just ludicrous , Running from the guns is a much better flick and that didn't get a modern release... it was on youtube a while ago and fortunatly downloaded it before it was removed FUN FACT freeze frame when the Dodge Challanger is blown up , you notice it's actually a different car being blown up

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

For me, if Midnite Spares had a bigger chase scene at the end, and not play the same background music over and over and the over stretched love story where not even after a proper date they talk about getting married. It probably would have taken the two spot. One of my favorite things about Running on Empty was Rebel and the bit where they fix the XY. Today I laugh at the idea of them finding an abandoned XY shell in the bush, but I remember even as a kid in the mid to late 80s out in the country, that was no so unbelievable as you often saw 70s cars just abandoned randomly. Running from the guns lost marks on some of the obvious speed up comedy crashes early in the film and advertising it was better than Mad Max. But still fun film.

[@cartoonfan959]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions Running from the guns also had 2 great songs, the one when the blue Ford pickup is steadily demolished and the one when the rescue the damzel in the Porsche

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

@@cartoonfan959 I honestly feel bad it was such a massive flop. It's not that bad at all. For the most part it's all practical and has some fun to it.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Why did they use so many 4-door models in these movies? UGH

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Australia did not produce many two doors like the US did. We had 2 door Falcon's in the mid 60s, they did not do so well. Valiant Chargers were the other two door option in the early 70s. And Holden had the Hatchback. Come 72 Ford brought back the 2 door in hardtop coupe form till about 1978. Again, at the time, did not sell a great number of units. Which is why now, Coupes sell for a lot of money. Come 1980s, two doors were gone. We had utes that kept the spirit alive, but the coupe era ended in the 70s. Not many Australian produced convertibles either. If at all. But when we did produce a four door, we built the fastest four door in the world at the time. And we still had a even faster 4-door on the way with the XA Phase IV which could do 170mph on the race track. But the government put an end to that. Only 4 official were ever built and one sold for 2 million. Long story.

[@akadacat]

Ford/Valiant centric. So many good cars not mentioned in just this subjective view.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

If it's not in a car chase movie, it's not easy to bring up randomly.