These wild scenarios have actors squaring off at the box office, sequels competing with predecessors and audiences dumbstruck.
Colin Firth’s “The Kingsman: Secret Service” masks bloody, violent super-umbrella madness with Saville Row suits and a posh accent.
“Skyfall” has Daniel Craig boarding a train by using a dig machine to rip the roof off, jumping from the crane and landing with enough room to adjust his cufflink.
Suction-cup gloves and the largest tower in Dubai? Apparently no problem for Tom Cruise in “Mission Impossible: 4.”
While we love Uma Thurman slicing and dicing the Crazy 88 in “Kill Bill,” that’s a lot of carnage from one person, one sword and one dope track suit.
Tom Cruise braving the atmosphere clinging to the side of a jet in “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” — in a tuxedo — has got to be one of the biggest stretches in history. Well played.
For Vin Diesel and co., “Furious 7” sees a ton of muscle cars dispense from an aircraft, parachute to the paved road thousands of feet below and switch immediately into gear.
“Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” was a worthy sequel in terms of laughs and ass-kicking, but driving a truck over a bridge to have Cameron Diaz fire up a chopper on the flatbed and save the day? OK.
Vin Diesel’s character in “XXX” outran an avalanche on a snowboard. As one does.
Call this the most localized super-stunt: in 2009, Jason Statham starred in “Crank 2: High Voltage,” wherein his character jump starts his own body with cables and a car battery, then runs for miles at, well, high voltage.
