Whether they're driving, falling, fighting or setting themselves on fire, movie stunt people have the skills- and the crazy - to make movie danger feel real - because sometimes, it IS real. Here are the Top 10 movie stunts of all time. Subscribe: goo.gl/9AGRm
What did you think of the list? Do you agree with our selections of best stunts of all time? Any chases, fights, jumps, or pyrotechnics or acrobatics you think we overlooked? What other topics would you like to see us cover in future movie lists?
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THE LIST
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Dominic's Charger gets flipped:
• The Fast and the Furio...
Mission: Impossible 4 (2011)
Tom Cruise climbs the Burj Khalifa. Because it's the tallest building in the world. And it's there:
• Tom Cruise in Mission:...
Skyfall (2012)
The opening rooftop motorcycle chase
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District B-13 (2004)
Is pretty much one Parkour sequence after another. Dude.
• District B13 (1/10) Mo...
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Not only were there wing suit base jumpers, they were flying in close proximity to skyscrapers.
• Transformers 3 Dark of...
Goldeneye (1995)
The opening bungee jump sequence is something to behold.
• Goldeneye opening [HD]
Police Story (2013)
Jackie Chan took a beating in his slide down a pole, through live wires, and through glass. That's dedication to the craft.
Safety Last (1923)
An oldie but a goodie. No green screen. No wires.
• Safety Last! Famous Scene
Ben Hur (1959)
The chariot race still remains one of the grandest action sequences ever.
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So the Oscars can give awards for CGI effects, but not stunts.
There should definitely be for stunts, but then in these days, how many movies a year actually have impressive stunts?
there fore there is only one oscar each year
I think they're afraid of people risking their lives for the gold. But the Hong Kong Film Awards at least have a category for action choreography, which is a really underappreciated art.
There was a partition but no one cares.
Yes because by giving award to stunt means encourage more stunt double/actor to face death
Top 10 stunts of all time should have been a full list of Jackie Chan's stunt
+Casey Grutz totally
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My thought exactly.
Jackie Chan has balls made of iron.
Ooops! Camera was off, could you do it again?
Haaaaa, good 1
for me the most unforgivable act done by a cameraman is not to focus accurately to the stunt performance which is why it is always advisable to have multiple cameramen focusing on one stunt...that proved useful in Spy who loved me's ski stunt...one cameraman missed Sylvester but luckily another cameraman had the good shot. another unforgivable act is for an editor to cut and intercut stunt scene when it is supposed to be one flow stunt work and need not be interspersed with intercut scene
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Actually that had huppen mate,it didn't like to the director and the stunt scene run again
"Easy way to remember, blue is glue" "And when it's red?" "Dead" I die every time I see that scene
Then don't use red!
But now I think his helicopter stunt tops that. Cause he litterally flew the dang thing
The unknown stuntmen are the true heroes of Hollywood. A standing ovation with utmost respect for these Super-Stars.
true !!!
You forgot to mention that Harold Lloyd was missing his thumb and index finger on his right hand, after a stunt involving a grenade went wrong and blew them off. He wore a special glove to make his hand appear normal on film. Just remember, when he's dangling from that clock, one of his hands is gripping with three fingers and no thumb.
I came to the comments section specifically looking for this. I'm glad you posted it.
Same
Just remember, he's actually only a few feet off the ground. He used forced perspective. Also, that isn't Lloyd climbing the building, it's Harvey Parry.
@@LeonidsStrapOn Dude, I just posted about Harvey Parry! HIs last film was.... Escape From New York!
@@mikomon309 Lots of unsung heroes from film, Parry was a pioneer fall guy.
Jackie Chan is fucking insane! :P
Glad you included Harold Lloyd and Yakima Canutt. Their stuntwork is still impressive to this day. But to give Buster Keaton only an honorable mention? He's the guy who most directly inspired Jackie Chan.
Yakima was my lake Great Unkle. yea he was nuts! got hurt a lot including on the set of Gone With the Wind but Jackie takes the cake for insane stunts! Also his Son Joe was almost hurt bur did survive.
They forgot the car chase in Casino Royale. In reality they could not get the Aston Martin to roll even with a metal rail so they used the air cannon to flip it. There was an actual stunt man in the car and they accidently set a world record for the most amount of barrel rolls done in a car.
Oh sorry have you done something better than role an Aston while setting a world record?
+Shane Earley yes
Shane Earley That's awesome. The idea of an accidental world record just sounds ridiculous.
You said "forgot" like this is objective or something.
The stunt man was Ben Collins aka the Stiiiig!
Jackie Chan is actually number 1
+Wisdom Wissy Jackie Chan is from 100 to 1 :D
+Wisdom Wissy I love Jackie Chan.
Forever Jackie Chan. He's no. 1 for me. :) But the rest on the list are amazing too. It's not an easy task after all.
Jackie Chan is awesome. But that Stagecoach scene is fucking insane
Yeah, Jackie Chan kicks ass, but that stunt from Stagecoach sliding under the horses...come ON. That totally deserves #1.
The best stunts are the ones hardly noticed. One of my favorites was the dive out of the helicopter in "Hooper". A world record at the time.
Buster Keaton was an innovator during the Silent Era... and he did ALL his own stunts.
The car jump and smokestack collapse from Hooper are both better than the other car stunts mentioned here. Props to Jackie Chan though. Nobody holds a candle to him.
i have watched loads of harold loyd movies and am still in awe at the sheer madness of how many DANGEROUS stunts he can do
i know this is an older video, and no one will ever see this, but - I'm really surprised Buster Keaton only got an honorable mention(especially since it's you guys!)
babyBELUGAr nope he got on the list ,, Safety Last
That's Harold LLoyd not Buster Keaton.
It's amazing Jackie Chan can even still walk especially even without a limp
This was a great list. I think people underate Tom Cruise and forget that he does his own stunts.
Yeah and to add to that it's strange this list put his huge stunt at Burj Khalifa at only number 9!
FanfareT.Loudest tom cruise is never in any real danger, nor is anything he does actually physically impressive. thats why he is a #9. personally I wouldn't put him on this list at all
The sad part is he only does it because his cult makes him think he's a god.
JOEARLOPO Bollox. Even when every safety precaution is in place things can go wrong. Safety wire and harnesses can and have snapped. When he is running along the big on false move and he can smash himself into the side of the building.
MillerCrosses Even if safety wires and all the precautions, jumping from 1700 feet in the air will make most people lightheaded, alright?
Shit, now I have to watch District B-13, it looks awesome .
Its a great movie. Just dont ket the subtitles bother you.
good stuff.
Don't watch the American remake its terrible
there's an american remake? :|
Weulf yeah brick mansions with Paul walker and David belle
Ben hur’s incredible 6 minute chariot race involving real horses,real weapons,real destruction and of course real crashes including one where a poor stuntman fell under the horses and got ran over by his own chariot well deserved its mention. Don’t worry he was ok(ish). It doesnt hurt that it was also shot on ultra panivision 70 millimeter and it’s one of the greatest action scenes of all time.
The Dark knight rises opening scene is amazing, and why? Because its a real stunt. Hanging a plane onto another plane with people attached in between, u must give it some credit---
I remember that was number two on CineFix's top 10 best practical effects list, so maybe that is why it didn't get a mention.
The jump from the car to the bus in Speed was an incredible stunt. No wires, no blue/green screen, the only "safety" was that it was done at 35 and not 55. And there is the dive in Waterworld, a dive that was so high they had to use wires to slow the stuntman down so he hit the water at a safe speed. Both are small stunts in the way of theatrics, but in the way of stunts, they are no small feet.
Jan de Bont is a little crazy with his stunts, Speed 2 had some pretty crazy stunt work too, although the movie was terrible lol, but Jason Patric apparently almost died crashing a Ducati motorcycle, Sandra Bullock did almost all of her own stunt work despite being terrified of water after a surfing accident in her teens, and a stunt woman was hit in the face by a ship's cable that snapped and needed reconstructive surgery
Falling down steps always seemed simple enough but just as dangerous as most other stunts.
The plane crashing through a billboard in the movie “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” absolutely has to be on this list.
Thank you for paying Homage to my late Great Yakima Canutt. I got to see him one last time in 1979. It was such a pleasure to see al his awards. Yakima was stating out when the word "stuntman" was not invented yet and also invented many of the safety devises that saved the lives of many countless stuntmen.
Madmax 2 has amazing stunts and deserves to be, at least, mentioned. And yes, Jackie Chan must be the number one. Have you seen his scene in "Who am I?" running (without cables) down the Willemswerf building? Sick!
jskie chan is amazing, just love his stunts and movies
Sorry, but Buster Keaton should be part of the list...
+python7275 Haha what?? He is!!
Well, not really. He gets a kinda 'also ran' mention, but Harold Lloyd's 'Safety Last' is the one that actually makes it onto the list.
Seriously. How about creating the cartoon stunts? Or breaking his neck and running off scene the long way!!!
I know! Harold Lloyd used a stunt double anyway!!
The railroad tie scene alone should have put him number one
Just had to stop the clip to THANK YOU for District B13. I am a fan of Luc Besson's work and came to the movie knowing nothing of Parkour,except that I had to make my husband watch it with me again once he got home from work. I've seen it about half a dozen times, and the level, quality and authenticity of the stunt work makes sure it never gets old. It's why many of us can watch Jackie Chan's Hong Kong movies over and over. Every time I watch his 94 Legend of Drunken Master, I squirm to see him in those live coals, or as he slides down the outside of a building in what looks like free fall in Who Am I, and let's not forget the amazing stunt work of Chan, and my darling Michelle Yeoh in Supercop. Thanks for the District B13, and, hint, hint, let's show Jackie some love.
Not only did Lloyd climb up the outside of the building with no safety equipment, but kept his hat on all the way up to the clock and did it in the most awkward way possible.
No. Harold Lloyd didn't climb the building at all. It was done by Harvey Parry. The clock stunts WERE done by Lloyd, but he was only a few feet off the ground on a set built on top of the building
It may be an old movie but I always liked the rocket car jump in " hooper" with Burt Reynolds and Jan Michael Vincent.
With Mad Max: Fury Road being out now, if this video is ever re-made they have to include one of the stunts from that film, possibly the bending pole scene where Tom Hardy had his head scarily close to the ground on a moving car, or any of the scenes where they had to literally climb under the truck.
arminenreviews watching footage from Fury Road set, reading articles about visual effects, I'm pretty sure the cars in that bending pole scene with Tom Hardy and other pole scenes didn't move at all. VFX team added all motions digitally: wheels, roadway, environment. George Miller didn't want to hurt people, that's why they did some of the stunts that way and had no serious injuries at all.
KenTWOu Yet there were no doubles at all for the actors, meaning no matter what stunt they were tasked with the actors had to do them. Jumping off of a car does not sound fun.
arminenreviews False. There is even an interview featuring, both Tom Hardy and his stunt double. Dont get me wrong there are some amazing stunts in this film and I loved every single bit of it, but facts are facts.
Dragomir Dimitrov I could swear that several of the stunts were not done by stunt doubles. I did hear that somewhere.
Jackie Chan and Tom Cruise are my favorite.
do Top 100 Jackie Chan Stunts of All Time.
The river jump from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"? The train/car chase in "The French Connection"? The bus jump off the highway in "Speed"? The "Bullitt" car chase, with McQueen driving? The original 1974 "Gone In 60 Seconds", with the longest one-shot car chase ever filmed? The plane crashes in "Wings", the very first movie to ever get an Oscar (1927)? The Dar Robinson free-fall in "Sharkey's Machine"? "The Bourne Ultimatum" window jump, where the stuntman AND the cameraman had to do the same stunt? "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", which was full of all kinds of stunts? How about another list?
Don't forget the Dar Robinson jump off a balcony backwards in "Stick" with no airbag used. They used Dar's decelerator cable brake sytem for the first time in a movie for that scene. The only thing Dar worried about was whether or not he should be firing the gun he had while falling! :)
Dar Robinson was a crazy SOB... and a clever innovator. RIP
The bus jump in Speed is CGI work. I thought.
It's partly CG, and part practical (real-life). No, the California Dept. of Highways would never let the production company drive a GMC city bus off the end of a freeway construction zone, so that was taken care of in post. The actual jump was over a solid section of road. There were 3 jump attempts: the first one crashed the bus, the 2nd actually went too far and took out the 'landing close-up' camera. The third was the money shot.
@Reggie Thank you for mentioning Robinson's stunt - I love this channel but I had a feeling that was not going to be mentioned urrr.
No love for the mad max movies? Some of the best stunts ever.
Mel Gibson is on teh stunt list for the first one, and I think the second. Not Hollywood though, so not likely to be mentioned on lists like this. Jackie Chan has to be mentioned online though, if you don't want to come off as an ignorant, so that is why he is mentioned.
Wow that scene from District B13 literally made me gasp but my heart belongs to The Great Escape - what a great movie! Thanks for another excellent and thoughtful video.
The last car chase in Death proof showed some really awesome stuntwork. I get pumped up everytime I watch it.
Yakima Canutt. I was hoping you guys would pick him up. Bam. #1! Thanks.
In Rumble in the Bronx Jackie Chan jumped from a rooftop parking lot onto the balcony of a building across the street at a distance of 28 feet with no net and no wires. How is he not #1?
Maybe because he never did what the number one did?
Because ths is a US centred list.
Love Jackie but that was actually done by the director/stunt coordinator/stuntman Stanley Tong, not Jackie.
Oh man that building climbing scene has ALWAYS impressed me. THAT MAN HAD SERIOUS BALLS...
A good list but sorely missing are the ski jump into a ravine in The Spy Who Loved Me and the last 20 minutes of The Road Warrior
When it comes to stunts, Jackie Chan and Tom Cruise >>>
I'm surprised about the MI:4 and Transformers 3 stunts, I would of thought it was people in green rooms. There's so many CGI effects it takes some of the awe away from the real stunts.
Whats cool about the 360 flip stunt in The Man With The Golden Gun is that the stunt man nailed it perfectly on the first take and actually got a bonus because they didnt have to shoot it another time!
I'm a huge fan of the limo sequence in True Lies. A stuntman holding a stunt woman from a helicopter as a limousine drops away into the ocean. Superb.
The cliff jump from First Blood should be on here.
Completely agree and can't believe it didn't get a mention.
Dark knight rises plane scene, it was 100 percent real
That was a strange one for me. In terms of how difficult that stunt was, it has to be ranked as one of the best of all time. However, it just didn't make classic cinema. I'm not saying I didn't love watching it. But I don't think it translated to the screen as well as some of Jackie Chan's work has. It just didn't quite have the magic that some of Chan's stunts do. Maybe because it was too complicated. Chan's stuff while dangerous is always simple, you can see how much danger he is putting himself in and maybe that's why it's more compelling.
Mbonson youre a big guy
It was not real
Yes it was. Only the scenes inside the fuselage were done in a studio. All exterior shots were done in reality.
I'm so happy you included Safety Last! It's so brilliant and crazy. It's such a fun and entertaining film
Wow... just... wow! Thank you for this! Didn't knew some of these...
I knew Goldeneye bungee jump had to be in it. And damn it, that soundtrack brings back a lot of memories (N64)
"I knew Goldeneye bungee jump had to be in it." Why? It was just a bungee jump. It only looks impressive because of how it is filmed. Ordinary people do bungee jumps every day.
Jackie Chan is da best! Watched his movies while growing up! 😍
Harold Lloyd was also missing several fingers on one hand which makes the building climb even more amazing.
these videos are pure gold
Jackie is the Best :)
Dar Robinson in 'Sharky's Machine' - tower fall.
I remember seeing a documentary on that. It really was akin to the first skydiver to land in a net without a parachute. That air bag looked like a postage stamp from the top.
He invented the rig to do that type of stunt. It was called a decelorator i believe. He tested it by jumping off the Seattle Sky Needle. He was the albino in Sharky"s Machine. Great stuntman.
Dar was the absolute man! He used to jump off tall buildings during televised events for fun. Gets good screen time in Lethal Weapon Mel Gibson kills him during the club escape scene ends up hanging from chains and you get a good look at the rig that he invented to do the stunt. RIP
The plane to plane stunt from cliffhanger was awesome
LOVE that district B13 scene, amazing choice!
the airplane to airplane transit from Cliffhanger. 15k feet in the air with no safety net. come on, guys, get it together.
Yes, that one impresses me too. Of course for the actual crossing, but also for the flying skills that made it possible.
Actually the most dangerous stunt in Cliffhanger was cut from the film! In the deleted scenes Stallone and his stunt double (after the scene with the Bridge blowing up) perform a massive jump from one cliff and he uses his two hammers and his rope to grab onto the rock face on other side. This was done without CGI for real. Renny Harlin cut it out of the film because he later felt it simply didn't fit and didn't seem realistic enough. He reused one of the closeup shots of Stallone's jump in another sequence. The film Vertical Limit has a scene that is very very similar.
@@colliric how can it be "not realistic enough" if he really did it?
Buster Keaton deserves his own list, not just a casual mention.
Jesus! That Number 1 spot gave me chills just watching it. What an amazing gamble.
Excellent post..loved it.🔥.peace N RESPECT.😁🏴
Two words "Death Proof"!
Did you know that the scene near the beginning of dark knight rises the one with the planes was real . They destroyed a real jet. The bit when they were talking was shot in a studio, but the stunt bit was real.
The only top ten lists on KZhead where you can actually learn a whole heap of stuff at once.
Great list - thanks for including the classic Lloyd clock stunt and Jackie Chan
The airplane bit from the Dark Knight Rises anyone?
Hell yes, that was absolutely stunning.
Probably 99% CGI...
***** Go google it, then proceed to doubt your life.
***** youd think so but actually no :P
@@DiegoRuiz1991 The company I work for was involved in filming the stunt. It was done over Glen Feshie in Scotland. I got into work one morning and wasn't allowed into my office as the director was discussing the filming with a colleague. jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/how-the-aerial-stunt-was-filmed-in-dark-knight-rises/
Amazing! Have to respect Tom Cruise and all these stunt men.
Best stunt ever was in a western movie in the 70's. I am still trying it find it again. The supporting actor/sidekick has his horse shot out from under him, he football rolls and jumps up firing his rifle. Awesome..
Mission impossible, the newest one with the plane scene. He actually hangs outside of a flying plane
now we need the plane's scene in MI5
i think jackie chans stunt was way better then the number 1 spot, i mean the man BURNED his skin off his hands and fell through glass, imo that's way more insane
@MegaNowaydude Actually, they didn't have much safety measures for Jackie. They had 2 paramedics or whatever you call them. That is it.
He cracked his skull in that stunt and got a plug put in his head that he has to this day
@@69newportking I think that was another Jackie Chan stunt, I think you're talking about the one with the tree.
@@69newportking That is teh Armour of God stunt that went wrong.
SO glad you gave a nod to the silents.
Dude that last one though! What a G.
Tom Cruise already upped himself haha
Couple of Movie stunts missed since they did create Records for the books. Dispite some of the the most Egregious Dialog ever... Hooper and Sharky's Machine.
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What a way to risk their lives or die just to entertain us. I really can't find the right word to describe how amazing these real men are
HB Halicki's driving in the original "Gone in 60 Seconds" - the big car jump near the end was breathtaking.
The best car stunts will ALWAYS be Bond stunts. The corkscrew in The Man With the Golden Gun and the record setting rotations crash in Casino Royale come to mind.
I think Bourne are much better than bond. Also Diehard should make the list at 10 and please delete number 1.
Jackie Chan, the Parkour originator. David Belle, just came up with the cool name for it.
duude, the narrative is simply so good
Yay! I'm so glad David Belle was on this list. B13 is such an awesome movie, and David Belle is perfect in all his mastery.
Road Warrior???
+bread_n_butter Thank you!
+bread_n_butter I was thinking the same thing!
+bread_n_butter I agree!
+bread_n_butter Right? That fucking motorcycle scene.
+bread_n_butter Just going to say the same thing. I know this came out before the movie was released, but the motorcycle scene where they are jumping the War Rig in Fury Road was also amazing.
Does anyone remember a stuntman who practically pioneered high story uncut free falling with just a cable attached to him at full fall till like 10 feet from the ground named Dar Robinson. He was in more than a few Burt Reynolds movies. Sharkeys Machine is one where he doubles for the bad guy who at the end gets shot multiple times and falls through a plate glass window about 80 stories high at the end. He went on to play his first stuntman turned actor role doing the stunts as well. His first movie as an was his last. A Burt Reynolds movie worth seeing called Stick. At the end he goes over a balcony in a fight scene. He played a villain/hitman. He used the than recently invented cable drop from about 110 stories. He planned on doing more acting that involved stunts but unfortunately died shortly after riding a motocross bike for fun and lost it going around 45mph. What a BITCH!
I was hoping someone would mention Dar. If you hadn't, I would've. He and his team invented the cable braking system and pioneered it's use for the first time on the CN Tower in 1980 (kzhead.info/sun/rM-Acq2wsZ2slZE/bejne.html). It was the second time he performed a jump off the CN Tower, the first being a freefall. I never had the good fortune of meeting Dar before his passing, but I was fortunate enough to know both of his sons, Shawn and Troy. Both went in to the business, following in their father's footsteps. Shawn can even be seen in Hook with Robin Williams. He was one of the older Lost Boys in that film. He was also the boy diving out of the way of the Semi in Metallica's music video for Enter Sandman. Shawn had his father's ability to know exactly what position he was in no matter how far or fast he was falling. Unfortunately, we lost Shawn suddenly to a un-diagnosed heart issue in 2015 at the age of 41 while he was filming in New Orleans. Troy is still working steadily in the business and is currently the personal stunt double for Vin Diesel and George Clooney.
Wow. That's incredible. 😉
Glad you mentioned it. Bad oversight.
I watched every stunt documentary I could come across in the 1980s. Dar Robinson is a legend. Jackie Chan is also legendary, I have over 70 of his films. I think it is telling that this video does not mention the name of the stuntmen...
I would have featured a few more classics but the list is very satisfying
So happy they mentioned Lloyd and Keaton
how is there no mention of anything from the Mad Max series
This video was made 2014
+Frida Petersson what about Mad Max in 1979 or the two sequels?
I was hoping there'd at least be a clip of the flipping biker stunt from Mad Max 2.
I had the same thought!
What I was thinking too
you can literally fill the whole list with jackie chan
This list is perfect!
You may not ha e had my favorite but I must agree with your pick for number one.
So district b13. In grade 8 I enrolled in a computer design course in my school. My teacher had purchased some editing software in all of the computers which we used in creating whatever shitty grade 8 assignments we created. But my teacher also imported a collection of different videos: film, animation, video games, stop motion and the likes I suppose to inspire the students. Little did he know he actually inspired my generations admiration of parkour and was the inception of suburban hoodlums who ran rooftop to rooftop trying to emulate his video sampling of district b13. Cinefix I'd like to thank you. I never so much as knew this scene had a movie associated with it let alone a name. I have every intention of purchasing this film and sharing it with all my friends from elementary. Sincerely Ex Juvenile hoodlum
Shiva of The East Training in parkour for 6 years since I saw that video bit myself. Started coaching recently. A big piece of history that movie is...
District b13 is a great movie
great list. very entertaining and informative.
Mad Max's pole hanger stunt men were pretty damn kick ass.. actually the whole of Mad Max Fury Road was incredible
The bus jumping the gap in the freeway in Speed......it's up there
JACKIE CHAN ISSS THE GREATEST STUNT MAN OF ALL TIME!!!
My college showed Safety Last back in the 90s and the audience was on the edge of their seats, gasping in fear during the climb sequence. Those old stunts hold up pretty darn well.
That top stunt was insane. WOW
I know the movie came out after this list, but Mad Max: Fury Road had some great stunts
Kenahdrum i definitely think that if this were to be remade, fury road should be in it, especially the pole cats. they did all those stunts while driving at full speed.
People really have to stop using electrocution in place of electric shock. Electrocution is a combination of the words Electric and Execution and literally means death from electric shock. I will not be shocked when you all call me grammar nazi. Terribly executed puns intended, good day.
antichristian74 YOU GRAMMAR NAZI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
I was thinking the same thing...it bugs me, like when people mispronounce nuclear as nucular!
Or, "Do you mind?" "Yes, go ahead." Supposebly
Fantastic list!
The elevator shaft/air vent scene was the best stunt/edit.