A true action-packed movie is hardly complete without depicting a vehicle exploding or becoming damaged beyond repair, right?
At least, that’s probably how director Michael Bay feels. A study by Scrap Car Comparison found the Transformers director is the most dangerous in Hollywood, having wrecked 354 vehicles across his filmography.
In his 15 films, he wrecks an average 24 vehicles per movie.
Fast & Furious director Justin Lin ranks in second place, having smashed 135 vehicles — less than half of Bay’s accomplishment.
Bay likely wouldn’t be surprised by the news, having previously told ScreenRant that he “definitely probably destroyed more vehicles than any other director in history.” It turns out he’s definitely probably right.
The ranking was completed by compiling a list of the world’s most popular action movie directors and tallying up the number of vehicles that were either damaged or entirely “written off” during each of their films.
The “damaged” category includes vehicles that sustained bullet holes, a smashed windscreen or dents, and “written off” vehicles include those rendered unsavable.
The study includes only the number of vehicles damaged in the final cut of each film and doesn’t include the number of vehicles damaged during production. But either way you flip it, Bay still leads in both categories. He’s damaged 75 vehicles and has written off 279.
The only women who made the cut are Lana and Lily Wachowski, The Matrix and Speed Racer directors.