4. The Matrix Reloaded, freeway chase scene
Carrie-Anne Moss jumps on her bike with insane weaving in and out between cars and near crushes by semi-trucks in the 2003 Matrix film.
You have seen at the most expensive movie sets, that an entire section of “prop” highway was constructed especially for the scene, with that chunk of road alone costing $2.5 million.
The mile-and-a-half long stretch of highway, fenced in by a 19-foot wall, was built on the runway of a disused naval base in California.
The expense of the stunt along with others, as well as enormous special effects production costs, had the film budget tapping in at over $127 million.
