What we know about the plot so far: a stand-in doctor mistakenly tells a patient he has 90 minutes left to live and spends the rest of the film trying to chase him down as the patient zips around New York atoning for his past mistakes.

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The film's chase teams were loosely based upon the fleets of vehicles called Mobile Mesonets in project VORTEX and the early chase forays by the National Severe Storms Laboratory and Oklahoma University.

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The moral motion of the film is fairly simple the return, and redemption, of a prodigal son but Gray steeps his tale in murky complication, and the staging of every scene, be it downbeat or frantic, is so assured that you barely notice the implausibilities. (Bobby and Joseph, for instance, hardly look like brothers.) The rain-drenched car chase, halfway through, is reason enough to see the film.

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In the book, the orcs absolutely chase our protagonists, but in this film, Azog is out to kill Thorin as a personal vendetta.

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It has just enough ideas to justify its narrative journey, and only enough action beats to construct a solid trailer (the film has one very strong second-act chase scene).

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Bullitt (1968): Arguably the best car-chase scene ever filmed highlights this Steve McQueen cop film.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a moody film about a man aging backwards that featured nary a car chase or shootout and clocked in at 2 hours and 48 minutes.

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