Continuity Editing - The Italian Job

The clip i have chosen for this task is taken from the 2003 remake of the Italian Job (directed by F.Gary Gray). I thought this film was INCREDIBLE. This is one of my favourite scenes. It is a boat chase, and so, there are several continuity editing techniques used, especially matched cuts and match on action. Here's what i found!
At the start of the clip, a man is looking down from a balcony watching the boat speed away. We first see the boat from the man's point of view - this is an eyeline match. Then the camera moves to a medium-long shot, creating thrill and intensity.
This is followed by a shot-reverse-shot as a second boat leaves to chase the first. The audience see a shot of somebody climbing into the second boat, sandwiched between two shots of the first man. This is how the shot-reverse-shot works, making the audience feel more involved with the action.
After this, the camera goes from a close up of the first boat (containing Jason Stantham and Sean William Scott) to a crane shot. This is an example of match on action. Even though, the shot has changed, the scene still appears to flow and looks uninterrupted. The evidence of this is that during the close up, the boat has turned a corner. Then as the camera moves to the crane, it still looks like it has just made that turn.
From here onwards, this clip demonstrates cross cutting. This is typical for a chase scene and involves putting shots from different parts of the narrative together. This tells the audience that shown events are happening simultaneously. This clip demonstrates this where the shots alternate from the different parties in the chase.
At 0.31 seconds elapsed, there is a wipe, replacing one image with another. This shows that time has moved on.
Immediately after, there are two great examples of match on action shots. The camera starts off at a high angle, very long shot as the boat is just about to go under a bridge. Then, as the camera changes to a medium long shot of the side of the boat, it has just passed the bridge. The perfection in matching the action helps the images to flow. This happens twice consecutively at this point.
More examples of cross-cutting follow, as the shot changes to a police-boat entering the chase. Even though the shot is quickly changing to different parts of teh narrative, the audience can still tell that the action is happening at the same time.
There is also an insert shot, in between a close up a Jason Stantham, the camera switches to a big close up of hi9s hands on the steering wheel, showing the audience his desperation as well as his skill.
Then at 1.28 there is another technique to show the passing of time. It is almost a dissolve of two images. This is often used in continuity editing. It tells the audience that time has moved forward.
In total, there are three different transitions.
All the continuity editing techniques used in this clip are typical to a chase scene, but are all vital to help the scene to flow.