Five Car Destruction Scenes in Movies that Made Car Guys Cry #MovieBlog

Cars often play big role in many action films. Sadly, unlike our favorite heroes they rarely survive ‘till the end of the movie. For some petrolheads these scenes are pretty intense and hard to watch

5. 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 in *John Wick Chapter 2* (2017)

In the opening scene for the 2nd John Wick, our main character played by Keanu Reeves comes back for his beloved Mustang which was stolen in the first film. Surprisingly, he doesn’t mind beating the crap out of it in epic chase that takes place in a warehouse full of bad guys and fake taxis. It’s painful to watch this beautiful car being almost completely wrecked, although there’s a chance it might come back. It’s mentioned that John’s Boss 429 will be repaired by Christmas… in 2030.

4. Aston Martin DB4 in *Italian Job* (1969)

Oh, boy. There were so many awesome cars wrecked in this classic film, but one of the most memorable scenes involves a beautiful silver Aston Martin DB4 being smashed and then thrown off the mountain. If you love classic cars it will definitely hit you right in the feels. What’s interesting, the film producers (thankfully) didn’t wreck an actual Aston. Instead they used a heavily modified Lancia Flaminia disguised as DB4. But still, it’s quite painful to watch

3. Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Eleanor in *Gone in 60 Seconds* (2000)

If you’ve seen the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, you can’t forget that scene where Eleanor gets scrapped after the most spectacular chase in this film. It literally felt like they’ve killed one of the main characters. Even though it wasn’t a real Eleanor, I nearly cried when I saw it being destroyed.

2. Aston Martin DBS in *Quantum of Solace* (2008)

Even now, nearly 8 years after I saw this movie for the first time, I still hate the opening chase scene. Why? First, you have to understand one thing. When I was 12, I used to be a DBS fanboy. I genuinely loved this car and I could talk all day about how awesome it is. Now imagine watching Spider-Man losing his legs or Indiana Jones having his nose cut off. That’s exactly how I felt during that scene where Aston had it’s doors ripped off. I was genuinely mad. And to be honest I still am, because unlike in previously mentioned movies, in Quantum of Solace they didn’t damage props or replicas - 12 brand new Aston Martins in a perfect condition were sacrificed for this one stupid chase that lasts roughly 5 minutes.

1. Porsche Carrera GT in *Redline* (2007)

Although most of the supercars wrecked in this atrocious Fast and Furious rip off were poor replicas, the silver Carrera GT was real. According to Daniel Sadek, director of this sh░tty movie, he decided to destroy this $500,000 hypercar because “he didn’t like it”. If that didn’t make you mad enough, there was also a red Ferrari Enzo which was accidentally crashed by Eddie Griffin.

By the way, if you’ve never heard about Redline before, here’s a great review of this awful film done by Tavarish. It’s basically The Room for petrolheads.