Condorman rules. The car chase blew me away as a kid. The reveal of the Condorcar is perfect, and the music by Henry Mancini is outstanding. The KGB theme is super intense and brooding. It does such a good job setting up the scene, only to be overtaken by the soaring Condorman theme. And not to be outdone, the movie also has a great boat chase for the finale.

Condor Man...I saw this on the big screen. Great movie for kids, and adults. Back when Disney was a clean, imaginative organization. I was a boy who didn't know what he was getting into with this movie. So awesome. It starts out unremarkable, and the blows your mind with this James Bond/super hero hybrid. If Spy Hunter was a movie, this is it.

"I have nothing to lose" More badass phrase that can be mentioned in an action movie

Condorman as film is underrated. Written smart with a good cast, and the bad guys are properly Disney-level-menacing as they get without being cheesy. Most of the gadget tech is pretty believable too as you know all the live-action effects were practical back then. I'm stoked to see Condorman mentioned by anyone on KZfaq like this, it's a major nostalgic childhood treasure for me that I've discovered no one outside of my family remembers. Back in the early to mid-80s, in my circles anyway, anyone lucky enough to have a VCR only owned about 8 movies! Of those 8 maybe 2 were kid-friendly, so there were certain things we would watch over and over and over, and over again, and didn't get tired of them either, because everything else was commercial over the air and this "new idea" of controlling your own video playback was so glorious. Buying your own movies for home was very expensive then, the first release of Star Wars: A New Hope (pre-remastered of course) on VHS was $120. That'd be like $300 bucks for a Blue-ray now or something. Anyway, enjoyed the video, thanks. 🙂

God I loved condor man. I watched it endlessly as a kid

*The Hidden* is exceptional, especially for its budget. One of my favorite films.

Condorman! **click** Great soundtrack. When I was a kid in the 80s/90s antenna TV would fill Saturday and Sunday afternoon slots with cheap movies. Condorman was played in a somewhat regular rotation - regular enough I was able to tape it on VHS. I never thought the movie had an identity crisis, I just figured it was a kid's version of James Bond.

No Man's Land is awesome. That was the first movie from the 80's that I ever saw (I was born in 2003), and it was a blast. So stylish, laid-back and real.

I saw "the sweeney" on cable tv, and I loved it! Not just because of the persecution. It's a real Macho Man vs. the World movie. and yes: I saw "Condorman" when he was a kid, back then it didn't seem so bad 😄

I watched condorman 100 times when I was a kid it was my favorite movie with those flatness 911s

This was when Disney was still making modern day Hallmark level character movies. Herbie, Freaky Friday, Cat from Outer Space, etc etc. Condorman was one I thought fun as a kid. As an adult, it's like watching a favorite cartoon that gave a cringle level 2 reaction.

No Man's Land and The Hidden are both very decent movies, I dig them both, I'll have to check out a couple of the others.

I had forgotten all about 'Condorman'. Damn you. Damn you to Heck, MFP! Sadly, I think I enjoyed it when I saw it...sort of...in a 17-year-old teenage kid kinda way. Based on your list, I'm hunting down Blazing Magnum and Fear is the Key.

I would have never watched this had I not seen the Condorman car in the thumbnail, and I was quite pleased it was followed up with The Hidden.... but really, No #1 should have been The Blues Brothers.. Thank you for the video, nicely done.

I saw Condorman in the theater. I have a dvd of it here. Great list i haven't heard of a couple of these.

Number 1 "Fear Is The Key" is a good movie, not just a B grade with a car chase. It has a surprising and thrilling end scene that is clever and unique and hasn't been seen in a movie before or since.

9 year-old me loved watching Condorman on VHS in the mid-80s.

Condorman an is ripe for a remake as a superhero comedy. It’s a shame it never got any real recognition as it was a fun little romp.

I had completely forgotten Condor Man. I thought that car chase was awesome!! Thanks for the reminder.

I've often said the car chase in Children of Men when they are sneaking off the farm is incredibly underrated. Yes it is slow...so slow people running on foot are catching the car as it rolls in neutral down the road. Brilliant.

Thanks for mention Blazing Magnum. Always think, since the first time i watched it, the chase on it is way better than the one in Bullit. Perfect selection of movies.

Great to see these films getting the recognition they deserve (apart from The Sweeney which was dreadful throughout.) I remember being pretty shocked by the Ferrari destruction, particularly seeing pedestrians mown down. Another car chase movie worth seeing is Freebie and The Bean.

I loved Condorman as A kid.

too live and die in L.A. had a bad ass chase scene its overlooked quite alot

Most of these movies I haven't seen....will need to check them out, thanks for bringing them back to the limelight

Totally agree with number one 'fear is the key' car chase is one of the best, film is a bit strange as it feels like two different films, the first bit is all action and the second more of an espionage film. Fun fact went to the cinema to watch 'Condorman' as a child, many many years later it was on TV at Christmas time and i woke the kids to watch it, maybe i over hyped how good it was as they were not impressed even asking if they could go back to bed!!

Fear is the key ended in Mississippi. It was not too long after hurricane camille so there was still a lot of tree damage and desolate looking areas. This one my all time favorite chase scenes.

the only thing I never liked about that "Condorman" chase scene was that they destroyed those 911s, my favorite car of all time 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Fun, underrated movie. also.... that "Against All Odds" scene was actually a race scene and not a chase scene, still a great one

Great job with the video, a lot of underrated hidden gems were given the spotlight. The car chase in Jade is definitely a standout because it feels like a 70's chase scene in a 90's thriller. Just goes to show that William Friedkin knew how to shoot great car chase sequences

Friedkin's favorite movie is Sorcerer, which he mentioned on numerous occasions.

3:36 Robbery is a great film (the Robbery is actually the Great Train Robbery) and I think 60s Jags capable of 130+ mph still put a lot of modern car chases to shame. 14:41 Fear is the Key is a great film with a great car chase and a jump that visibly made the car look like a banana.

Every time there's "underrated car chase" in the title I expecting the opening scene of Subway and the car chase of Le Professionnel, but every time I left disappointed. Still love your content.🤗

Geez i love this channel!!!!!

MkII Jaguars in The Sweeney.

The 3.8 in the Jade Taurus should have been the second highest engine option below the SHO. The Yamaha 3.0 or 3.2 was smaller, but a lot more powerful. And probably a lot more reliable - the Essex 3.8 of that era had horrible head gasket failure problems.

The main character in Fear is the Key looks like David Starsky from Starsky and Hutch. Also, they both drive a Gran Torino

Honorable mention: The 51st State (Formula 51) 2001. i don't recommend the full film with it's gore, diarrhea and weird sex scene but definitely check out the car chase!

Smashing choices cheers.

We owe it all to "Robbery" (GB 1967) although there is an interesting chase between a Bugatti with no brakes and an Hispano Suiza H6 in the silent film "Moulin Rouge" (GB 1928)

Wow nice job this is really cool to find out

Great list! I would also add Short Time and Le Casse.

The Blazing Magnum chase has its moments, but bogs down in the middle as it looks more like a demolition derby at times.

I have gone back to watch the remake of Get Carter and while correct it is not as good as the original, it is in no way a bad film. Give it a go if you get the chance.

Thanks

MFP, do this list, top 80s supercar chases.

Nice to see Fear Is The Key at no1, that poor Gran Torino, do you think they used just the for the whole chase?

Blazing Magnum was filmed in Montreal Quebec, not Ontario 🙂

The sts was fwd

There should be an asterisk by the hp numbers on all these cars.

I doubt Against All Odds chase down the freeway is under-rated. It's the one thing that film's known for other than Phil Collins title song. It isn't a particularly memorable film outside of Bridges/Woods involvement and Ward's biggest film after Sharky's Machine.

One question, what’s a Jagwaar?

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Blasing magnum chase is not in ontario. It was filmed in Montreal Quebec

iF YOU'RE GONNA DO A VIDEO RANKING CAR CHASES, MAYBE YOU OUGHTA SHOW THE CAR CHASES?

No Gone in 60 seconds?, the original, not the Nicolas Cage one

I’ll never understand why Michael Crawford was cast as Condorman, a virtual unknown to most audiences. I’m biased though, I hated Frank Spencer

Cobra

A good body/fender man could easily buff and blend those Ferraris back to better than showroom condition. Also those 1972 Ford Grand Torino’s with the factory function ram air hood scoop, where very under rated lol. I was the second owner when we bought ours in California in 1983. It had the 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet engine ! I was stationed at the USMC ElToro air base, at motor pool there was an older gentleman who was a gear head of the 60’s era ! Wow this guy hooked up some crazy wild stuff 😮 !! Not sure how he did it, but he set up the car to exhale smoke 💨 during the daytime through the dual air ram hood scoop. Then at night he set it up so flames 🔥 would come out of the hood scoop ! His shop had switches, gages, cables, fire proof linings to protect the hood scoop, hood, engine, engine bay, etc, all under hood/ bonnet area ! This car was amazing to drive any way you wanted except going off road lol. If you put on the old fashion bias ply snow tires in the winter, forget about getting stuck ! With a half tank or more of gas, these (4) snow ❄️ tires, a full size spare in the trunk, (2) / (50lb) bags of salt/sad, I used one type of each, shovel and some common sense, this car did not get stuck in the snow ! Granted, this mini tank was not a rally car or a 4x4 vehicle but it was awesome to drive in all (4) seasons with the correct tires on it !! The only bad thing was this, a tow truck with the big rubber thick front bumper, slid on ice, hit the back end of our car, smashed it into a telephone pole, front end snapped the pole, it fell onto the Torinos hood & roof, bent the front end of the frame and the insurance company totaled it. We bought it with 40-45,000 miles on it, after this it had between 145-150,000 miles on it. Never did anything to it except oil change and tune ups. My wife at this time liked the color of it. Like a blonde/tan or gold color paint, matching her natural dirty blonde 👱‍♀️ hair lol. Back in 1983 in the California desert, nobody around on those highways with nothing to hit either so to speak lol. We were only 19 years old back then with a so called “CHIPS” police officer with us so we could open her up at high speeds like a couple of idiots looking for a death wish out in the desert 🏜️ 😢. It was scary and back then seatbelts were optional on that car, since it was a Cali car, it only had a seat/lap belt ! The shoulder straps were optional and had to be connected manually yet separate too😮 Back then they had a two piece version of a seatbelt !! 😅 Very scary at high speeds ! The speedometer only went up to 120mph, some vehicle’s would go past the this mark and start hitting the odometer !! Ours peaked at 120 but went past it to the white mile marker number lol. A late 60’s corvette had pictures of these guys driving on the salt flats covering the odometer with the speedometer needle 😮whoa ! 😮 now that was super crazy fast back then. It ended at 160mph, but his pictures had that yellow needle between the 160 and the (H) mark. Those two guys were 100% certifiable nuts, and belong in a loony bin lol. However, after all these years, looking back at our 120 mark being passed, I should have been on the same bus ride only on a different seat and back. Lol my dumb ass is lucky to be alive especially with the technology back then in the 60s and 80s!! At that speed the car is wearing you for protection. Yes, it was crazy fun but never again with those old cars unless it has been totally modernized with all the safety features that keep it on the road nice, tight and safe with high tech braking systems, modern sticky wide tires, anti lock brakes, traction control and schooling on the correct way to drive at those high speeds correctly. ✅☑️👍👍🏾

thanks for this video--it had to be difficult to keep it down to 10 movies. half of these i never heard of and will have to try to find 'em. i saw Condorman in the theatre, but didn't fall in love with Barbara Carrera until "Lone Wolf McQuade". Loved the remake of "Get Carter" even with the shaky cam effects. Three car chases i enjoy--though i think they're pretty known by now: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hchhicalurqdm4U.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZZ4ltao3JjcaGg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apmqltl8tdTHZmQ.html

How could you not mention The Seven Ups?

not Jade

The way this guy talks? Makes every sentence? Sound like it's a question?

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And barely any shots of the chases… snore.

Sorry. Tell me again, why I follow this mfp channel

Get Carter was horrible

All we care about are the chases. You spent way too much time explaining the movie plots.

Have you ever watched the Hy Ryders?? Great movie and fabulous 60s and 70s models cars in it