Coyote/Road Runner cartoon for the most part.
DOCXTOR FROM CANNONBALL RUN MOVIE
This is where the movie pretty much turns into a Wile E. Together Canneloni's goons (Henry Silva, Alex Rocco, Michael Gazzo and Abe Vigoda) and Kaplan, spent most of the run time trying to stop the Sheik in order to kidnap him for his vast wealth.
back again but this time they owe a large sum of money to Don Don Canneloni (Charles Nelson Reilly), who is in turn in financial trouble with the mobster Kaplan (Telly Savalas). The main subplot surrounding the main event sees Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. This time the Cannonball has been organised by the Sheik (Jamie Farr) from the first movie, who has been ordered by his father to simply win the race, to restore honour to the family name. But that rehash does work to a degree because its a new race with new competitors, like a new season of 'Wacky Racers'. Now I can't sugarcoat the plot here, lets be brutally honest, its exactly the same as the first movie, a shameless rehash. Even the stark bold red credits that once again appear, this time with a typical 80's go-faster stripe underneath, look much better than most modern movies CGI credits. Nonetheless its still a solid intro that still puts many action flicks to shame. This intro sequence is nowhere near as ultra cool and thrilling as the original movies intro, how could it be when we've seen that idea already. The chase continues until the Lambo pulls into a construction site and gets its white body colour jet washed off to reveal its original red body colour. She jumps back into the Lambo and it screeches off into the distance, cop car in tow. Next up we see another familiar SPEED LIMIT 55 sign, the Lambo breaks next to it and out jumps Catherine Bach, she obstructs the sign with another so it now reads SPEED LIMIT 155.
It pulls up behind a cop car, teasing it, then blows past it. A white Lamborghini Countach is roaring down a desert highway, the engine throbbing as it tears up the tarmac yet again. This movie kicks off much in the same way as the first movie. 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. A poorly matched mess.įar removed from Crosby and Hope, it's a road picture injected with steroids and over used '80's cliches. Really? We can easily tell with the poor editing that they were not together. 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. Did Shirley Maclaine really follow up Terms of Endearment with this? Ugh. It's poorly written and the performances are strictly phoned in. Way over the top, Cannonball Run II is almost fun to watch.
Yes, this is another on of those Burt Reynolds good ole' boy comedies. It's a cartoonish romp with a collection of Las Vegas royalty and country stars. Did you see that one? Then you've seen this one. Cannonball Run II is the sequel to the 1981 coast to coast race film from Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds.
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