Musclecars in movies that were wasted or not used...

After mentioning the behind-the-scenes work in "Bullitt" the other day-I had a few people ask about more movies with musclecars in them. Since weve recently done several posts on the good chases and the bad ones I won't re-hash them, but here's some movies where the stars drove musclecars but there was no chase scene. Here's the list in no particular order of importance.  # 1. "Rush". Set in 1975, based on Kim Wozencraft's classic novel about underover cops addicted to drugs, Jason Patric's character drives a '68 Charger with Cragar S/S mags on it. Tense action and dialog, but no car chase.  # 2. "An Eye for an Eye".  Chuck Norris martial-arts thriller set in San Francisco. Chuck drives a Buccaneer Red 1973 Trans-Am. Lots of fisticuffs, but no car chase. Chuck did have a decent chase scene driving a beater '75 Formula 400 in "Code of Silence," but nothing in the mighty red T/A here.  # 3. "McQ"  John Wayne turned down "Dirty Harry" before it was offered to Clint Eastwood, and after that film became a mega-hit he realized his mistake. So he took on the role of Lon McQ, a "Dirty Harry" type detective battling corrupt cops in Seattle. It was a good story, and nobody plays a tough guy like the "Duke", but unfortunately "Magnum Force" -the "Harry" sequel came out about the same time, with Eastwood battling-you guessed it-corrupt cops. "Magnum Force" was another blockbuster, while "McQ" never got the recognition it deserved. More than 30 years later, it's still cool; unlike a lot of '70's movies it doesn't seem dated.  Anyhow, the "Duke's" ride was a Brewster Green 1973 Trans-Am that gets wrecked between two dump trucks. # 4. Which reminds me-in "Marked for Death"  Steven Seagal drives a sinister-looking black 1973 Mustang Mach 1. There is a chase-involving a Dodge Ramcharger and a 5 series BMW. Yuk.  However, the badass Mustang gets wrecked between two dump trucks. Wonder where they got that idea?  # 5. "The Mechanic" Charles Bronson thriller about a lonely hitman who takes the son of one of his victims under his wing and teaches him the business. A young Jan-Micheal Vincent plays the protege' and he drives a Red 1972 Mustang Mach 1, that gets blown up during the finale. A couple of cool chases-but one involves dirt-bikes, and the other Fiats in Italy. Awesome action flick / psycological thriller-the scene with Jill Ireland playing a Hooker that writes Bronson a love letter is especially poignant-, but no chase scene for the red Mustang. # 6. "Blue Thunder"  Action thriller starring Roy Scheider as a Viet Nam Vet-turned Police helicopter pilot who steals a military attack helicopter prototype. Malcolm McDowell is evil as his nemesis from "Nam, who drives a 1982 Corvette Special Edition, and Scheider drives a Black and Gold SE Trans Am that in some scenes is a '79 model with the shaker hood and "Snowflake" wheels, and in other scenes is a 1980 Turbo model with the offset "Turbo Bulge" hood, and the "Turbo" wheels. Scheider smokes his tires a lot, and lots of aerial helicopter action, but no car chase, unless you count the police chasing Candy Clark in a Vega-yes, I said Vega-while Scheider fubars them from the chopper.  # 7. "Tango and Cash"  Sly Stallone and Kurt Russel teamed up for this action / comedy / shoot-em-up ala' "Lethal Weapon."  Russel's character drives a 1962 Corvette convertible, but no chase scene. Look for a pre-"Desparate Housewives", pre-anorexia Teri Hatcher when she still had a rack to rival Jeri Ryan's. # 8. "Basic Instinct". Murder mystery that catapaulted Sharon Stone to stardom. Micheal Douglas drove a '92 Mustang GT Convertible in this flick, and chased Leilani Sarelle driving a Lotus Esprit for a few blocks before she crahes and dies, but nothing like "Bullitt" or any other classic. You watch this flick to see Sharon Stone and Jeanne Tripplehorn naked, not for the cars.  Now you've got a "Must Rent" list for next weekend.  Mastermind