best wheelman in movies

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-01-16 06:47pm

The Transporter

vs.

Bean Bandit

vs.

Steve McQueen

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2006-01-16 06:53pm

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-01-16 06:54pm

The Transporter wins. He's far cooler than McQueen.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2006-01-16 06:55pm

weemadando wrote:The Transporter wins. He's far cooler than McQueen.

HERESEY!

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-01-16 06:59pm

Heresy? Yes. The truth? Also yes.

Bullit was an awesome flick, but this is the best wheelman, not the best movie...

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2006-01-16 07:06pm

Bitches please, everyone knows Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is the man.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2006-01-16 07:07pm

weemadando wrote:Heresy? Yes. The truth? Also yes.

Bullit was an awesome flick, but this is the best wheelman, not the best movie...

And Steve McQueen was the real deal! A certified Grand Prix Champion! Not just an actor playing a wheelman, he was the real fucking deal!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-01-16 07:14pm

now there was also the McQueen movie that helped Renold's carreer...

The Original Cannonball

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-01-16 07:36pm

Yeah. The entire cast of Cannonball Run deserve to take this one out.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2006-01-16 07:37pm

Jason von Evil wrote:Bitches please, everyone knows Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is the man.

please. He had Sally Field riding shotgun for that whole movie and not once did he get a move on, so to speak.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-01-16 07:38pm

I was actually surprised by how good of a movie that was...

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2006-01-16 11:43pm

I haven't seen any Steve McQueen movies, so I cannot comment on his skills as a wheelman. I will say that the Transporter demonstrated better driving skills, although Bean Bandit undoubtably had a better car. (You try beating an armored car that can still outrun any and all police road vehicles in use, including a Shelby 350-- while being agile enough to turn on a dime, thanks to its wheelspike "braking system" and its ability to drive sideways.) As for combat skills-- a must-have when you consider how hazardous is a smuggler's job-- I'd have to flip a coin. The Transporter is good at boxing, wrestling, and acrobatics, but Bean Bandit is crazy enough to try to stop an incoming car by ramming his shoulder into it, strong and tough enough to successfully stop this car without suffering from severe injuries, and wearing body armor strong enough to survive multiple hits from a CAR-15 fired at close-range.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-01-17 01:09am

Then lets not forget the thing where his jacket is heavily armored enough it broke someone's foot when they dropped it.

Oh and how he took a handgun bullet to the skull at point blank range while only being stupified momentarily (granted his headband is kevlar but still).

Then the part where he was against one car and they rammed him with another car..

Or the bit where he ripped a car door off with his bare hands (after shoving one hand through the door) or ripped the other door off a car by throwing a knife (or sleeping through being stun gunned).

If it comes down to a fist fight Bean will take any of the others apart. He's also got the best car of the bunch. On the other hand the Transporter's driving skills are.. well, nuts.

Dennis Toy · Post by **Dennis Toy** » 2006-01-17 01:16am

shiddd Steve McQueen and that mustang will hand the transporters ass to him on a platter. Do you understand that Steve McQueen was the REAL deal. He raced grand prix, drove drunk and fast on public highways and didn't give a shit. The chase in bullitt was actually his own idea because in the original book that the movie is based on the chase didn't happen.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-01-17 02:21am

bruce lee: Are you trying to get us killed!!!
Steve McQueen: What's a matter Bruce we both believe in reincarnation.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-01-17 02:56am

note the only movie where McQueen played a criminal wheelman was as "Doc" in "The Getaway". Which was more about his "Shotgun Fu" then about driving.

mjn6172 · Post by **mjn6172** » 2006-01-17 11:58am

Robert Mitchum. Thunder Road(link goes to Amazon). Outrunning police in a '51 Ford with an obscenely large tank of White Lightning in the trunk (I think it was a 500 gallon tank, but I may be misremembering the number).

Beat that.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-01-17 01:20pm

mjn6172 wrote:Robert Mitchum. Thunder Road(link goes to Amazon). Outrunning police in a '51 Ford with an obscenely large tank of White Lightning in the trunk (I think it was a 500 gallon tank, but I may be misremembering the number).

Beat that.

250 gallons which would weigh more then the car it's self....

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-01-17 05:03pm

SylasGaunt wrote:On the other hand the Transporter's driving skills are.. well, nuts.

Elwood Blues nuts?

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2006-01-17 06:26pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Jason von Evil wrote:Bitches please, everyone knows Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is the man.
please. He had Sally Field riding shotgun for that whole movie and not once did he get a move on, so to speak.

The beer was more important! Not to mention he had to be on his guard with Buford T. Justice chasing him.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2006-01-18 11:33am

Who ever did the driving for Ronin deserves this. The man drove a fecking French car and made it look cool.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-01-18 01:05pm

Ford Prefect wrote: Elwood Blues nuts?

How about hitting a ramp just right to flip his car and snag the bomb attached to the bottom of it on a crane hook.. and if I remember right he even landed wheels down.

Post by **Kuja** » 2006-01-18 01:12pm

Lord Pounder wrote:Who ever did the driving for Ronin deserves this. The man drove a fecking French car and made it look cool.

Oh yeah, that heavy dude...guy really got shafted, I felt bad for him.

*checks* I think it was Skip Sudduth as Larry.