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A chopper chased Bond and his partner through the streets of an Oriental City in "Tomorrow Never Dies".
Not exactly the same thing, but, meh...
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Let's see...We've had plenty of chopper chases, although none really in an urban setting like New York:
Fron Russia With Love: A helicopter chases Bond like the crop duster in North By Northwest.
Spy Who Loved Me: A helicopter chased Bond's Lotus Espirit on a Mediterranean Road.
Octopussy: I think some helicopters chase a train...
Licence to Kill: In the opening, the bad guy gets away in a small plane. Bond follows in a helicopter. He jumps down onto the plane while tethered with a rope to the helicopter, and ties another cord around the plane to reel it in (a great stunt). Then he parachutes to a wedding.
Tomorrow Never Dies: A helicopter chases Bond and Michelle Yeoh, handcuffed together on a motorcycle, through the streets of Saigon.
World is Not Enough: Helicopters with big saws hanging from their bottoms chases Bond and co through a seaside warehouse. Lots of destruction, etc.
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You forgot the stupidest helicopter scene of all, the one from the pre-title sequence of "For Your Eyes Only," where Bond did not kill Blofeld, but he did make a lame joke about stainless steel. That sequence, by the way, was set in urban London.
I would consider the "Tomorrow Never Dies" helicopter sequence to be in an urban setting, albeit urban squalor.
I doubt we will soon be seeing a helicopter chase that weaves between/among skyscrapers, barely missing them (perhaps the bad guys' chopper crashes into one), with fireballs exploding by the buildings, given recent events . . . (Besides, I think that was the entire plot of an eighties action movie involving a high-tech police helicopter.)
[ December 09, 2001: Message edited by: Raw Cadet ]
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Oh yeah, I forgot about "For Your Eyes Only." Thanks for reminding me. Anybody notice that the most spectacular stunts have to do with planes or flying things, such as cars, speedboats, and jeeps?
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