The premise is simplicity itself: Iko Uwais’s greenhorn cop and a small SWAT team are sent into the deadliest housing project in Jakarta, the kind of place that’d give even Snake Plissken second thoughts: a labyrinth of Silat-skilled villains and big bosses. Seemingly out of nowhere came the sudden arrival of one of the most blistering action films of the 21st century to date: a ferocious curio stemming from Indonesia but written and directed by Welshman Gareth Evans. Remarkable for its emotion – huge props to Hans Zimmer's sumptuous score – as much as its bombastic production values, Gladiator stands head and shoulders above the imitators ( Troy, Alexander) it inspired. Russell Crowe puts in a stoic performance as Maximus Decimus Meridius – father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and so on – the military general forced into gladiatorial combat, who rules the ring and plots revenge against Joaquin Phoenix's effete, patricidal Commodus. Combining the two, the result is a film that feels tangible and tactile, still wowing with its battle scenes, amphitheatre showdowns, and evocation of the Roman Empire at its height. Or you hang out in the evening after the walk – end enjoy a shaken Martini at the well-equiped bar of “La Buvette”.Are you not entertained? How could anyone fail to be swept along by Ridley Scott's Gladiator – a straight-up swords-and-sandals historical epic that snagged five Oscars and features blood-spattered beheadings? Scott made the film at a fascinating time – in the dying days of studio movies shooting on huge-scale practical sets, and at the dawn of CGI embellishments. You can either come early in the morning for a sip of freshly brewed café and then start your Tiber tour. We highly recommend a stop at “La Buvette” café and bar at Via Vittoria in the heart of Spagna. Further north Ponte Regina Margherita leads directly into posh Spagna – home to both poets and fashionistas. Ponte Sisto connects the historical center with the famous Piazza Navona and the Pantheon with the romantic Trastevere, whereas Ponte Vittorio Emmanuele II bridges the city center to the Vatican and Castel Sant’Angelo. To cover all of Rome’s most beautiful areas you can easily use the Tiber as a landmark. …and then the Aston Martin DB10 drowns at Ponto Sisto more to the south. The car finally crashes at Ponte Sisto with Bond parachuting to safety at adjacent road Lungotevere Farnesina.Bond used the fire “Exhaust” flamethrower shortly after passing and Ponte Guiseppe Mazzini, driving south at the eastern river bank.More speeding took place at the bend south of Castel Sant’Angelo underneath Ponte Vittorio Emmanuele II.The ramp where both cars ride along the wall is some meters to the south – on the eastern riverside between Ponte Pietro Nenni and Ponte Regina Margherita.It is in the north of Rome, close to metro stop “Flaminio” and the popular tourist spot Piazza del Popolo. Bond and Hinx drive their cars along Monumento a Giacomo Matteotti and from there down the large steps that led to the river banks.Here are the locations from enter to (wet) exit: The cars drive down to the Tiber banks in northern Rome near Monumento a Giacomo Matteotti…Īs the cars highspeed along the Tiber banks for for quite some seconds, the action sure had been filmed at numerous places. A car chase in nightly Rome ensues, climaxing at the banks of the Tiber. Having killed a high-ranking member of the terror group, Bond travels to Rome – and joins a secret meeting of “SPECTRE”.Īfter getting recognized by kingpin Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), 007 escapes in his Aston Martin – but is followed by Blofelds muscle Hinx (Dave Bautista). James Bond (Daniel Craig) is up to uncover a sinister organization called “SPECTRE”. Why drive on the streets, when you have a river bank? In “Spectre” Bond and his pursuer rush along the Tiber banks – a whole new way to see Rome. ITALY – Rome, Ponte Sisto & the Tiber banks // Spectre (2015)
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