re: Can a car chase go on too long?

The one in The Hitman's Bodyguard was a little long .... and it even transitioned to boats in a canal.

The most famous car chase is probably the one in The French Connection or either The Seven-Ups ... both sort of established the necessary inclusion of car chases in action films.

The Getaway with Steve McQueen carried on the tradition by then. He had already done Bullett a few years earlier .... that one was ground breaking as well.

There was another one ... Vanishing Point, around the same time, that started an entire genre of car chase centric films.

All of these were very long car chases.

There was another that came out about that time, a bright yellow Boss Mustang, that did the same in terms of making an entire movie about pretty much nothing but car chases. I believe it was redone by Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie .... Gone in 60 Seconds. For that matter Mr and Mrs Smith had a really long car chase scene that involved a dang soccer mom van.

But it really all started with The French Connection and The Seven-Ups. There was this scene where Roy Scheider slammed into the back of an 18 wheeler .... I think this is it from The Seven Ups. (ETA: Yep, this is the scene)

LINK: https://youtu.be/9vACWV5sRcY