car chase
High-speed vehicle pursuit
A car chase is a high-speed pursuit involving vehicles, typically one fleeing and another in pursuit.
The term most often describes police chasing suspects, but it also refers to the action sequences in films and television that dramatize such pursuits.
The movie featured an elaborate car chase through downtown Los Angeles.
Car chases became a staple of action cinema in the 1960s and 70s, and real-world police chases are sometimes broadcast live on local news.
- policeCivil law enforcement
- cop carsLaw enforcement vehicles
- carjackingViolent vehicle theft
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- escapeFlight from captivity
narrow escape · Bullitt · collision · getaway · adrenaline rush · grand theft auto · thrill · evade · action sequences · reckless driving · wrong way driver · drive-by · fugitive · road rage · hit-and-run · action · tires · speed
- action clichesexplosion, one-liner, slow motion, shootout, showdown
- action filmsexplosion, stunt, shootout, gunfight, fistfight
- action genresmartial arts, kung fu, spy, western, war films
- action-adventurecombat, exploration, treasure, quest, hero
- cop filmsBeverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Hot Fuzz, RoboCop, Dirty Harry
- stunt showmotorcycle jump, explosion, crash, ramp jump, pyrotechnics
car chasestakeout
Prolonged covert observation
standoff · standstill · stasis · motionlessness · stillness
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