Cannonball Run II

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Cannonball Run II

PG

1984

1h 48m

Comedy

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When a sheik (Jamie Farr) decides to sponsor a cross-country race in hope of winning, racer J.J. McLure (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.

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Variety Staff

Variety

07/06/2010

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

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Time Out

06/24/2006

There are nun jokes, mafia jokes, big breast jokes, karate jokes, Jaws jokes, more big breasts. It's a long ride.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

10/23/2004

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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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

05/18/2024

1/4

The Worst Film of 1984.

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

09/24/2019

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

07/26/2014

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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Forty P

Aug 26

Hilarious movie! Funnier than the first!

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Mar 31

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas são bacanas e melhores do que o primeiro filme, o elenco é bacana, e alguns ajudam a melhorar o filme, a história é bacaninha, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores.

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Gary M

Jan 1

It's an enjoyable car movie with fun stunts

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Patrick D

06/08/2024

Another Cult Classic. Not as good as the first one, but worth watching none the less. The old comedies are the best because they did not worry about being PC.

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David W

06/13/2023

Sticks very much to the same formula and although not quite as funny as the first Cannonball there are still some broad humoured laughs to be had. There are some very funny cameos and the main stars again do well but the scripts not got quite as many high points. Still it more than passes the laugh test for me. The wokes will hate it but I enjoyed it. Maybe you need to be of a certain vintage to get the most out of it as the humour is very much of the era. A guilty pleasure. And a damn sight funnier that the 'knowing', self referencing, meta garbage thats being churned out today.

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Michael M

01/29/2021

Brutal, Just Plain Brutal...

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Hal Needham

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Victor Prinzim

Shirley MacLaine

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Synopsis

When a sheik (Jamie Farr) decides to sponsor a cross-country race in hope of winning, racer J.J. McLure (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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