This is the best over, no matter how many times I watch it, it still thrills me. Car chases have been SO overdone in movies it is no longer exciting or innovative. There is more to car chases than showing them going against traffic, in busy roads, and sometimes using CGI effects. Less is best.
If you notice for most of the chase there isn't even an annoying soundtrack in the background, just the sound of pure, unadulterated muscle grinding the pavement. Granted this is filmed in San Francisco but the filmmakers made a nice balance between putting enough vehicles on the streets and freeway to make it real and not overdone like so many other car chases. And back then, without annoying CGI and other lazy techniques, you know these guys were doing it for real.
E.T.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (my pick for greatest movie of all time)
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Close Encounters
Duel
Minority Report
Jaws
And so on.
If you notice for most of the chase there isn't even an annoying soundtrack in the background, just the sound of pure, unadulterated muscle grinding the pavement. Granted this is filmed in San Francisco but the filmmakers made a nice balance between putting enough vehicles on the streets and freeway to make it real and not overdone like so many other car chases. And back then, without annoying CGI and other lazy techniques, you know these guys were doing it for real.
This will always stand the test of time.