My earliest memories of a trampoline go way back to when I was in kindergarten and my parents bought me a small one for the backyard, barely large enough to fit my feet on. I, of course, took the opportunity to bounce on said trampoline quite happily, until I became daring and decided to try [...]

Think back to the old Batman live action series, with Adam West. Remember when Batman and Robin would have to scale the sides of buildings? They would shoot their grappling hooks up to the roof and then start walking up the rope … and we all know that the camera was simply tilted sideways, and [...]

Everyone has a normal routine when they are browsing Youtube, or one of the many other Internet video sites out there. Crashes, Accidents, Cars, Trucks, Stunts. All of these are common search terms that come up on your daily video search. However, sometimes completely randomly, you find a wealth of injuries and crashes that you [...]

The escape artist’s only job description is to be put into bad situations and then somehow find his way out. Impressive, yes, but is it trickery or skill? The escape stunt is the form of prestidigitation most relevant to action movies, because … well, think about it. How many times have you seen action protagonists [...]

Everyone loves a good explosion … everyone. In the movies, all sorts of things explode: bombs, cars, buildings, pigs, boomerangs, guys named Jim — you name it. In real life, of course, explosions are somewhat less common, but it is their very scarcity that makes each one so precious and enjoyable to watch. From the [...]

Many of you may remember, a while back, when there was a rash of TV shows featuring the world’s worst police chases. Before then, we’d become used to police chases on the big screen, with pyrotechnics galore, showing us that chasing down a criminal generally puts you in a life-or-death situation. However, some movie police [...]

For every instance of a stunt going wrong there are several instances of a stunt going right, and bungee jumping is no exception. Though it may be fun to watch people poo their pants several feet into the air, it’s even more impressive to see people successfully navigate some of the highest drops with only [...]

Thrill seekers often indulge in free-falling to juice their adrenaline for that “I’m as light as a bird” feeling … which oddly enough is a product of hitting terminal velocity … which actually means they are as heavy as a rock … but that’s beside the point. Early experiments with jumping off tall places were [...]

Anyone out there remember Titanic? No, not the ship itself, I mean the movie. The love scenes very quickly eclipsed the fact that a colossal ship was sinking, which was a shame because giant hunks of metal bending and cracking under their own weight as they slowly plummet to the bottom of the ocean sends [...]

If you have watched TV in the past few years you have probably caught wind of Flugtag, otherwise known as the birdman competition. The idea is simple: Your job is to build a flying contraption, powered only by human muscle, from scratch. Then you run at high speed toward the edge of a cliff or [...]

Anyone with a high tolerance for pain and too much free time can attempt a stunt. In fact, that low bar for entry is what brings us some of our most hilarious Internet videos, like misbegotten shopping cart jumps and people setting themselves ablaze just for the heck of it. However, it takes an authentic [...]

Ah, the motorcycle, more agile than a car yet more dangerous to life and limb than a bike. Why do we love these machines so much? Or more to the point, why do we love to see people fail at riding these machines so much? 1. First off, let’s note the obvious: Unlike your run-of-the-mill [...]

One of my favorite types of movie scenes is the chase scene, and one of my favorite types of chase scenes is the boat chase scene. It breaks the mold and really manages to put characters in hairy situations they wouldn’t otherwise have to deal with. However, the conditions leading up to a boat chase [...]

You can find bare-knuckle fights everywhere, and believe it or not, they aren’t simply fights of passion on the street. People seem to gladly get together simply for the chance to beat the living crap out of each other, Fight Club-style, and evidence of this phenomenon can be found all over the Net. Dojo Mojo [...]

Let’s talk about the movie Fast and Furious, shall we? What exactly draws people to this movie? Is it the nuanced acting performance of Vin Diesel? Is it the deep, thought-provoking plot? Is it the meaningful relationship between the modern-day setting and the events of the movie? No! Let’s be honest with ourselves, the entire [...]