Buster Keaton’s car chase in Sherlock Jr. showcases the organic and practical nature of early film-making and remains funny to this day.
The Big Picture Car chases are iconographic staples of the action genre. Films like Bullitt, The French Connection, Terminator 2, and those in the Mad Max and Fast & Furious franchises have offered some of the most epic chase sequences in all of cinema, making fast cars and vehicular violence about as commonplace in action movies as guns and shootouts. Now and then, an occasional comedy will endorse the trope.
In 1924's Sherlock Jr, Keaton plays an aspiring detective who works as a projectionist at a local cinema. After a patron loses a prized watch, Keaton's character takes it upon himself to catch the criminal and win the heart of the bad guy's unwitting love interest . In reliable Keaton fashion, the underdog story leads to zany physical hijinks.
Running down the street, Keaton then flags down a motorcyclist, who invites him to hop on the handlebars. Keaton obliges and the two take off. Soon thereafter, however, the bike goes over a bump and the driver falls from his seat. Unbeknownst to the forward-facing Keaton, he continues to glide on the handlebars with no pilot behind him. Without losing any speed, the motorcycle races through traffic, narrowly avoiding veering automobiles.
'Sherlock Jr.'s Explosively Funny Car Chase Was James Bond Before James Bond Thus begins the movie's true car chase, and though brief, it includes all the would-be tropes of the best car chase. While traveling at high speeds, the pursuers lean out of their car's side to shoot at Keaton and the girl. In retaliation, Keaton throws a detonation device at them. It collides in an explosion, sending the shooters up into the air and off to the side of the road.
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