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When we hear the words “chase scene,” we reflexively think of roaring engines and screeching tires: you know, the spectacular automotive thrills from movies like The French Connection, Bullitt and the James Bond movies.



But there are plenty of swell chase scenes that don’t involve cars roaring after cars (and more than a few are also from Bond films). We’ve run down a few great examples, featuring heroes pursuing (or being pursued) on foot, in boats, on skis, and riding bicycles and motorcycles. So what are you waiting for? He’s getting away! niennunb ## The Spy Who Loved Me 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On skis, is chased by a bunch of bad guys on skis



SETTING UP THE SCENE: Minutes after leaving the warm embrace of a comely double-agent, James Bond (Roger Moore) is chased down the side of an Austrian mountain by a team of killers on skis…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The cheesy rear-projection effects are more than made up for by the late Marvin Hamlisch’s disco-inflected version of John Barry’s iconic Bond theme music.



BEST PART: Bond, tumbling off the mountain, his fall arrested by a Union Jack parachute (2:05)



ANOTHER GREAT CHASE LIKE THIS ONE: A Roger Lazenby 007 pursued down a mountain in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service niennunb ## Point Break 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On foot, runs after the bad guy



SETTING UP THE SCENE: FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) is hot on the heels of Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), the leader of the “Ex-Presidents,” a gang of surfing bank robbers…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The frantic energy of a low-angle handheld camera tracking these two through narrow alleys and houses.



BEST PART: Bohdi hurling a pit bull at Utah: assault with a deadly pet. (2:50)



OTHER GREAT CHASES LIKE THIS ONE: Matt Damon in hot pursuit of an assassin in The Bourne Ultimatum. And the loving homage from Hot Fuzz. niennunb ## The Mask of Zorro 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On a horse, chases after a band of mounted soldiers



SETTING UP THE SCENE: Petty criminal Alejandro—and Zorro-in-training—(Antonio Banderas) improves his horsemanship when encountering a band of mounted soldiers…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: No computer-generated magic here—this scene is all good old-fashioned (and always dangerous) stunt work.



BEST PART: Alejandro/Zorro standing astride a pair of horses in full gallop (1:55)



ANOTHER GREAT CHASE LIKE THIS ONE: Arnold Schwarzenegger commandeering a police horse—and chasing a bad guy to the roof of a high-rise hotel in True Lies. And we hear there are some great bike scenes from this summer’s Premium Rush. niennunb ## The World is Not Enough 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… In a small boat, chases a much bigger boat



SETTING UP THE SCENE: After witnessing a deadly explosion in the offices of MI6, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) borrows an experimental jet-propelled boat from Q and gives chase, up the Thames…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: A suave (and tuxedoed) secret agent chasing after a fetching (and leather-clad) assassin? What’s not to like?



BEST PART: Bond taking an overland shortcut through the streets of London (4:50)



OTHER GREAT CHASES LIKE THIS ONE: The boat-scenes from Live and Let Die and From Russia with Love. And don’t forget the jet-ski chase through a flooded high school in 1998’s Hard Rain. niennunb ## Mission: Impossible II 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On a motorcycle, is pursued by a guy also riding a motorcycle



SETTING UP THE SCENE: IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)—hoping to prevent a deadly virus from spreading in Australia—faces off against a turncoat agent (Dougray Scott) on the cliffs overlooking Sydney…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Director John Woo stages action scenes with operatic undertones that—more often than not—are both goofy and intensely thrilling.



BEST PART: Cruise and Scott, facing off and charging each other like jousting knights—and both leaping from their bikes to meet in a crazy mid-air collision (2:00)



OTHER GREAT CHASES LIKE THIS ONE: Carrie Moss on a Ducati in The Matrix Reloaded. Steve McQueen evading Nazis in The Great Escape. And Edward Furlong pursued by the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. niennunb ## Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On foot, is chased by a street gang also on foot



SETTING UP THE SCENE: Ting (Tony Jaa) leaves his village to find a stolen relic. In the city, he meets up with his ne’er-do-well cousin Humlae and reluctantly saves him from the henchmen of a ruthless crime lord.



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Superb martial artistry—Jaa is world-class expert in the combat sport called Muay Thai—infused with welcome dollops of physical comedy.



BEST PART: Jaa’s sideways somersault in between two large panes of glass (2:00)



ANOTHER GREAT CHASE LIKE THIS ONE: Jackie Chan’s incredible parking-garage acrobatics in Rumble in the Bronx niennunb ## The Incredibles 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On foot, is chased by evil henchmen in speedy hovercraft



SETTING UP THE SCENE: When Elastigirl (aka Helen Parr) jets off to a remote island to rescue her husband from the evil villain Syndrome, her two super-powered children sneak onboard the plane. Surrounded by Syndrome’s henchmen, little Dash obeys his sister’s frantic instructions to “Run!”…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Great sound design/editing and the breathtaking energy of Brad Bird’s direction.



BEST PART: When Dash realizes he can run on water (2:18)



ANOTHER GREAT CHASE LIKE THIS ONE: Tarzan and Jane pursued by a horde of angry baboons in Disney’s Tarzan niennunb ## Casino Royale 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On foot, runs after a bad guy



SETTING UP THE SCENE: James Bond (Daniel Craig) is tracking a wanted bomb-maker in Madagascar. When his cover is blown, 007 pursues Mollaka (Sébastien Foucan) through a busy high-rise construction site...



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The incredible stunts and, of course, the action choreography, based on parkour—the breathtaking (and insanely dangerous) athletic discipline, of which Foucan is a founding father.



BEST PART: The crane-to-crane jumps (02:30)



ANOTHER GREAT CHASE LIKE THIS ONE: The parkour-inspired pursuit in District B13 niennunb ## Tell No One 
IN WHICH OUR HERO… On foot, is chased by cops in cars and on foot



SETTING UP THE SCENE: Eight years after the murder of his wife, Dr. Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet) is wrongfully implicated in two recent killings. When the police close in on his hospital office, he makes a hurried escape out a window…



WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Both the music (slow and understated) and editing (lotsa long and medium shots) are unusual for this kind of scene—and are tremendously effective.



BEST PART: Alex crossing a busy highway—and causing a multi-vehicle pileup (3:20)



ANOTHER GREAT CHASE LIKE THIS ONE: Brad Pitt chasing Kevin Spacey in Se7en niennunb ## Transporter 3 
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. niennunb Hot Pursuits: 10 Awesome Non-Car Chase Scenes ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7120829/hot-pursuits-10-awesome-non-car-chase-scenes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7120829/hot-pursuits-10-awesome-non-car-chase-scenes/"},"headline":"Hot Pursuits: 10 Awesome Non-Car Chase Scenes","datePublished":"2012-11-05T13:00:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T05:56:35.262Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/archive/7120829/hot-pursuits-10-awesome-non-car-chase-scenes/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7120829/hot-pursuits-10-awesome-non-car-chase-scenes/","name":"Hot Pursuits: 10 Awesome Non-Car Chase Scenes"}}]}] ```