Rat Race (2001)
Directed by Jerry Zucker
A Las Vegas casino owner sets six groups racing 560 miles to a locker in Silver City, New Mexico, for two million dollars, and his high-rolling guests bet on who gets there first.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Sinclair's casino≈ 00:02:00Las Vegas, NevadaStated on screen
Donald Sinclair hands out locker keys and explains the race.
- 2Las Vegas airport≈ 00:15:00Las Vegas, NevadaStated on screen
Most racers head for the airport, where the Cody brothers wreck the radar and ground every flight.
- 3Roads across the desert≈ 00:22:00Nevada DesertInferred
The racers scatter by stolen car, bus, helicopter, horse, monster truck and freight train, each meeting their own disasters.
- 4Train station≈ 01:30:00Silver City, New MexicoStated on screen
- 5Smash Mouth charity concert≈ 01:45:00Silver City, New MexicoStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,132 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Not shown: 866 km
- Car: 266 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
Spotted a mistake?
Every journey is checked against the film, but we can still get things wrong.