Random Craziest Stunts In Action Movies That Were Completely Real (25 items)

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  (#11) Premium Rush

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung, Dania Ramirez, Michael Shannon, Aaron Tveit, Aasif Mandvi, Alexis Krauss, Danielle McKee, Paul Thornton, Peter Conboy, Wai Ching Ho, Hoon Lee, Anna Kuchma, Brian Smyj, Brian Koppelman, Henry O, Rosemary Howard, Anthony Chisholm, Steven Weisz, Ashley Austin Morris, Marc Bicking, Naeem Uzimann, Steven J. Klaszky, Jian, Aija Terauda, Michael-Leon Wooley, Mark J. Parker, Lyman Chen, Sebastian La Cause, Jade Wu, Jennifer Wiener, Nick Damici, Gustavo Cunha, Mario D'Leon, Jeremy McLain, Darlene Violette, Matthew Rauch, Amy Hohn, Douglas C. Williams, Lauren Ashley Carter, Charles Borland, Sean Grady, Ruth Zhang, Henry Kwan, Shirley Dluginski, Ron Maestri, Christopher Place, Victor Chan, Ted Sod, Paul Jude Letersky, Rick Zahn, Jerry Walsh, Derek Edward Miller, Kelvin Whui, Keenan Leung, Jeffrey M. Marchetti, Wolé Parks, Tet Wada, Kenny Wong, Jimmy P. Wong, Jonathan Root, Tony Cheng, Shing Ka, Boyce Wong, Michael Morana, Wayne Stephens, Bojun Wang, Sabrina Lott, John Mancini, Lam Yung, Nancy Eng, Hui Yuk Lung, Kate Manning, David R. Bowen, Jason Iannacone, Sean Kennedy, Wally Ng, P.J. Sosko, Richard Hsu, Huang Gian Jin, Scott Chan, Carsey Walker Jr., Li Jing Xian, Zhao Mao Chen, Kevin Bolger, Fernando Rivera, Djani Johnson, Kym Perfetto, Kin Shing Wong, Grim Reaper Q.

   

  Bicycling may not seem like a dangerous activity, but try doing it at top speed in the middle of busy Manhattan traffic. This is the life of a New York City bike courier, as portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Premium Rush.

  For much of the movie, streets were closed to all automobile traffic save the stunt drivers, who knew how not to mow over any of the cyclists. However, during one scene, a diplomat decided to drive through the coned-off set, cutting off Gordon-Levitt's pathway. The actor veered left to avoid the diplomat, crashed into a taxi, and went through the cab's back window. He wound up with 31 stitches for his trouble, but not before he had the director catch some footage of his profuse bleeding.

   
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  (#20) Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  • Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Shia LaBeouf, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Hugo Weaving, Leonard Nimoy, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Frances McDormand, Alan Tudyk, John Turturro, Ken Jeong, Frank Welker, Tom Kenny, George Coe, James Remar, John DiMaggio, Meredith Monroe, Andy Daly, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Kevin Dunn, Charlie Adler, Mindy Sterling, Maile Flanagan, Keiko Agena, Elya Baskin, Robert Foxworth, Jim Meskimen, Julie White, Glenn Morshower, Keith Szarabajka, Iqbal Theba, Ravil Isyanov, Reno Wilson, Sammy Sheik, Tom Virtue, Lester Speight, Mark Ryan, Scott Krinsky, Francesco Quinn, Chris Sheffield, David Hill, Anthony Azizi, David St. James, John Turk, Liam Ferguson, Jesse Heiman, Thomas Crawford, John H. Tobin, Jack Axelrod, Kathleen Gati, Matthew James Gulbranson, Greg Berg, Annie O'Donnell, Ron Bottitta, Danny McCarthy, Peter Murnik, Stephen Taylor, Elena Kolpachikova, Keith Middlebrook, John Farrer, Jennifer Williams, William Haze, Darren O'Hare, Larry Clarke, Markiss McFadden, Inna Korobkina, Lindsey Ginter, Kevin Sizemore, Eugene Alper, Kef Lee, Alan Pietruszewski, Abi McKenzie, Joel Thingvall, Erik Kowalski, James D. Weston II, WBBrown II, Yasen Peyankov, Michael Daniel Cassady, Patrick Pankhursts, Rich Hutchman, Dustin Dennard, Brett Stimely, Katherine Sigismund, Ian Bonner, Kristoffer Kjornes, Ken Takemoto, Zoran Radanovich, Kaitlan Welton, Jeremy McLain, Niko El Santo Zavero, Bob Kaye, Josh Kelly, Scott C. Roe, Drew Pillsbury, Robert Herrick, Karen E. Wright, Jim Nieciecki, LaMonica Garrett, Zander Gerhardt, Don Jeanes, Luis Echagarruga, Christian Baha, Larry Carter, Lawrence G. Lozano, Michael Saglimbeni, Jake Won Lee, Daniel Okeefe, Derek Miller, Taylor McCluskey, Mikal Vega, Matt Cinquanta, Eva Marie Lardani, Christopher Mur, Matt McVay, Danielle Fornarelli, Chris A. Robinson, Jay Gates, Mark Golden, Ajay James, Brett Lynch, John S. McAfee, Jillana Laufer, Mitch Bromwell, Leidy Mazo, Rebecca Cooper, Aaron Garrido, Sean Murphy, Nick Bickle, Joshua Farcone, Kenny Sheard, Cory Tucker, Pete Kelly, Charlotte Labadie, Michael Loeffelholz, Bonecrusher the Mastiff, Scott Paulson, Brian Call, Vincent Conti, Eric Berlynn, Victor Saigh, Amal Torich, Michael Paul, Jason Neisewander, Jason Endicott, Alicia Hamilton, Tony Cronin, Rodney Luis Aquino, Gena Ellis, Andrew Biesen, Adam Critchlow, Jennifer Gorka, William H. Worden, Dean Napolitano, David Michael Williamson, Jordan Michael Coulson, Mike Ciannilli, Christina Putnam, Ina Lereine, Gracie Zane, Mino Mackic

  The second scene on this list involving an uber-dangerous wingsuit flight in a terrible movie, this one took place in an urban setting. Stuntmen BASE jumped off the 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago and had to navigate between skyscrapers, or else go the way of a bug on the highway.

  Was it as frightening as the prospect of watching the movie itself? Only the experts know for sure.
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  (#7) GoldenEye

  • Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench, Sean Bean, Minnie Driver, Alan Cumming, Izabella Scorupco, Robbie Coltrane, Samantha Bond, Tchéky Karyo, Joe Don Baker, Michael Kitchen, Desmond Llewelyn, Michael G. Wilson, Michelle Arthur, Ravil Isyanov, Derek Lyons, Bhasker Patel, Constantine Gregory, Gottfried John, Martin Campbell, Simon Kunz, Simon Crane, Trevor Byfield, Serena Gordon, Pavel Douglas, Max Faulkner, Paul Sacks, Billy J. Mitchell, Wayne Michaels, Paul Bannon, Peter Majer, Vladimir Milanovich, Olivier Lajous, Juliet Forester, Terrance Denville

  Pierce Brosnan's turn as 007 started with a bang - the opening sequence of GoldenEye features Bond bungee jumping off the Contra Dam, a 720-foot-tall structure in Switzerland. The stunt ends with Bond using a grappling gun to anchor himself to the ground below.

  Stuntman Wayne Michaels performed the jump, and experienced such high g-force that he briefly lost consciousness. Michaels came to in time to bust out the grappling gun and complete the take. 
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  (#9) Ben-Hur

  • Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, André Morell, Claude Heater, Haya Harareet, Terence Longdon, Martha Scott, Frank Thring, Cathy O'Donnell, George Relph

  The granddaddy of all swords-and-sandals films, Ben-Hur features a thrilling chariot race that was done with all practical effects. While the lead actors actually drove their own chariots for much of the scene, there was one especially dangerous bit that required the expertise of stuntman Joe Canutt.

  Canutt's stunt in Ben-Hur involved flipping a speeding chariot over a stationary one, which landed Canutt on the ground and in the path of the horses. A reflexive grab onto the crossbar of the chariot saved him from being trampled, although he was dragged for several feet, resulting in a laceration to his chin.
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  (#16) Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior

  • Tatchakorn Yeerum, Mum Jokmok, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Chattapong Pantana-Angkul, Dan Chupong, Suchao Pongwilai, Chumphorn Thepphithak, Rungrawee Barijindakul, Wannakit Sirioput, Nudhapol Asavabhakhin, Woravit Tanochitsirikul, Udom Chouncheun, Chalongsak Sirimahasan, Boonsri Yindee, Arirat Ratanakaitkosol, Pornpimol Chookanthong, Cheathavuth Watcharakhun

  Ong-Bak is one long showcase of the gravity- and death-defying muay Thai expertise of Tony Jaa, in which he risks bodily injury to himself and everyone else on set in every frame. The showstopper here is a scene in which Jaa douses his legs in oil, lights them on fire, and delivers a spin-kick to his opponent's neck. This is real oil and real fire, folks, and in one take in which he used too much oil, Jaa burnt off his eyebrows and singed his nose. All in the name of art.

  For more amazing practical stunts from Jaa, check out his showdown with a roller blade and motorcycle gang from The Protector. 
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  (#15) Bullitt

  • Robert Duvall, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bissett, Suzanne Somers, Robert Vaughn, Norman Fell, Joanna Cassidy, Vic Tayback, Georg Stanford Brown, Larry D. Mann, Barbara Bosson, Simon Oakland, Roger Bowen, Sam Edwards, Walker Edmiston, Don Gordon, John Aprea, Vic Perrin, Frank Gerstle, Mimi Fariña, Robert Lipton, Stacy Harris, Ed Peck, Scott Beach, Felice Orlandi, Bill Hickman, Justin Tarr, Marjorie Eaton, Mary Benoit, Carl Reindel, Dick Geary, Jim Demarest, Al Checco, Robert Cleaves, Pat Renella, Jean Le Bouvier, Stu Klitsner, Joy Carlin, Kathleen Morrissey, Paul Genge, Michael L. Davis, Charlene Polite, Chuck Dorsett, Tony Dario, Claire Merrill, Reggie Waldon, Julie Christy, Dennis Gribbon, Margo Lungreen, Ned Moss, Bill Jones, Brandy Carroll, Mal Alberts, Thomas Duncan, Liz Treadwell, Shirley Fitzgerald

  Bullitt was one of the first movies to film a car chase sequence at actual car chase speeds. Before then, most films recorded the chase at slow speeds and then sped it up in the editing room.

  Not only that, but the famous Mustang/Charger chase took place on the curvy, treacherous streets of San Francisco, with the vehicles reaching speeds of 124 mph.

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