Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
I’m not sure what it is about Hal Needham that he can make a couple of fun and entertaining films like The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit, and yet completely lose his mind when trying to...
I’m not sure what it is about Hal Needham that he can make a couple of fun and entertaining films like The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit, and yet completely lose his mind when trying to...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published March 20, 2002 · Last modified May 14, 2026
The Cannonball Run isn’t a great film traditionally. It’s loose, chaotic, silly, and filled with jokes and stereotypes that haven’t aged well. Critics were right to call it tasteless, mindless, sexist, racist, antisemitic, and...
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