Smash Palace - Car Chase Scene

Just watched this classic New Zealand movie last night for the first time in many years. I'd forgotten all about the brilliant, if very short, car chase scene (for want of a better term) where the main character, Al Shaw, played by Bruno Lawrence, is testing his Ralt RT1 on the public roads around his car wrecking business. The car wreckers is the famous Horopito Motors, which has since become synonymous with the movie.

Steve Millen does all the driving of the Ralt, in fact, it was/is his own car, painted up specifically for the movie. There are also a couple of racing scenes from Pukekohe and Bay Park. Millens driving in the chase scene is brilliant, and Roger Donaldson does a superb job capturing the raw speed and skills demonstrated by Millen.

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