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BatMobile freeway chase

7.0 min on screenDrivingPrecision Driving

The freeway chase between the Penguin's SUV and Batman's BatMobile — a custom-built picture car based on a 1970 Pontiac Firebird with a hot-rod chassis and rear-mounted twin afterburner. The sequence used four BatMobile picture cars (one hero, three stunt) and seven Penguin SUVs, with precision driving through a closed Brooklyn freeway tunnel.

Credits

Stunt team

Coordinator

Rob Alonzo

Rigging

Equipment + technique

Front-mounted impact ram
For the SUV-flip beat where the BatMobile rams the Penguin's vehicle — pneumatic ram pre-loaded for cue firing.
Black Bird camera tow rig
Edge-Innovations Black Bird used for both BatMobile-following and BatMobile-leading shots.

Coordinator notes

Rob Alonzo's team trained on the BatMobile picture cars for four weeks before the shoot to handle the modified chassis dynamics under speed.

Vehicles

Picture car + tow rig

Picture car

Custom (built on Pontiac Firebird shell) BatMobile

Modifications

·hot-rod chassis
·rear-mounted twin afterburner
·reinforced roll cage
·Black Bird-mount tow points

Towing rig

Black Bird (Edge Innovations) For Camera-Car Leading + Following

Prep company

Picture Car Warehouse

Safety

Officer + bulletins

Bulletins observed

SAG-AFTRA Bulletin #19 (Vehicles)

Stunt videos

1 video from this production

Videos categorised as stunt content from the parent production. Useful for "anatomy of the chase" / "fight breakdown" coverage that frequently overlaps multiple sequences in the same film.

The Batman | Anatomy of the Car Chase | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Warner Bros. Entertainmentstunts

Rigging glossary

2 rigs used in this sequence

Each entry explains how the rig works mechanically and the safety bulletin that governs it. Click through for the full glossary detail.

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Cannon-roll

The pyrotechnic-driven barrel roll that sends a picture-car flipping end-over-end. The signature shot of the Bond and Mission: Impossible chase tradition.

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Pipe-ramp

The buried steel-ramp gag that lifts a moving vehicle into a barrel-roll without a cannon. Lower-budget cousin of the cannon-roll, used for chases where the rotation is less violent.

References