Cannonball Run II

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Cannonball Run II

PG,

1984,

1h 48m,

Comedy

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13%

15 Reviews

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45%

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45%

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When a sheik (Jamie Farr) decides to sponsor a cross-country race in hope of winning, racer J.J. McClure (Burt Reynolds) enters the competition along with his friend Victor (Dom DeLuise). They aspire to claim the $1 million prize and pick up two women on the way. Meanwhile, the sheik helps Jamie Blake (Dean Martin) and Morris Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.) with an angry mob boss. But when the sheik is kidnapped, the contestants must come together to help him.

Variety Staff

Variety

Jul 6, 2010

Execution is uninspired, laughs are hard to find, and the script is also difficult to locate.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

0.5/4

Cannonball Run II is one of the laziest insults to the intelligence of moviegoers that I can remember. Sheer arrogance made this picture.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

May 20, 2003

1.5/5

Directed in slam-bang style by Hal Needham, the film is an endless string of cameo performances from a cast whose funny participants are badly outnumbered and whose television roots are unmistakable.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

May 18, 2024

1/4

The Worst Film of 1984.

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

Sep 24, 2019

The repetition of the formula doesn't surprise us like the first time. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Burl Burlingame

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Jul 26, 2014

0/4

The movie is a genuine cultural artifact, a relic given to us by a band of entertainers from long ago, who live in self-imposed exile in the dusty, neon hellhole of Las Vegas.

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Luke W

Feb 9, 2017

Cannonball Run II is the sequel to the 1981 coast to coast race film from Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds. Did you see that one? Then you've seen this one. It's a cartoonish romp with a collection of Las Vegas royalty and country stars. Yes, this is another on of those Burt Reynolds good ole' boy comedies. Way over the top, Cannonball Run II is almost fun to watch. Almost. It's poorly written and the performances are strictly phoned in. Did Shirley Maclaine really follow up Terms of Endearment with this? Ugh. And Frank Sinatra's cameo? It's legendary in that the Chairman wasn't even there with the cast, yet appears in the blooper reel. Really? We can easily tell with the poor editing that they were not together. A poorly matched mess. Far removed from Crosby and Hope, it's a road picture injected with steroids and over used '80's cliches. You can watch it, but the camp is turned up to eleven and all you get is a need to go on a real road trip. There isn't much left to say about it. It's just a bad movie.

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Synopsis

When a sheik (Jamie Farr) decides to sponsor a cross-country race in hope of winning, racer J.J. McClure (Burt Reynolds) enters the competition along with his friend Victor (Dom DeLuise). They aspire to claim the $1 million prize and pick up two women on the way. Meanwhile, the sheik helps Jamie Blake (Dean Martin) and Morris Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.) with an angry mob boss. But when the sheik is kidnapped, the contestants must come together to help him.

Director: Hal Needham
Producer: Albert S. Ruddy
Screenwriter: Hal Needham, Albert S. Ruddy, Harvey Miller
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, Golden Harvest Company
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2007
Runtime: 1h 48m

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