Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 Directed by Hal Needham
Synopsis
The Bandit is back and better than ever!
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
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Movie #18 of The June Challenge
Movie #6 of The Summer Blockbuster ChallengeA sequel that kind of works because the original cast is all here. It's a bit sillier than the first one was... (do we really need to see The Bandit in a Rocky IV training montage?)... but how do you keep from getting charmed by an elephant?
Between this movie and The Blues Brothers 1980 might have set a record for the most cop cars demolished on celluloid.
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This is basically the first movie with almost none of the charm and none of the main cast looking like they want to be there.
An extra star because Sally Field.
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I last saw this movie when I was a kid and it was good. Having recently re-watched the first movie, and snapped up all three on a DVD pack with a fucking awesome holographic Trans-Am cover, I figured I'd re-visit the second film too.
Its really not as good as I remember. I vividly recall an enormous car chase Demolition Derby scene pitting cops against truck drivers, which is still the best, albeit pointless, part of SatB2.
Its a movie where they replaced the beer with an elephant and the jokes with Dom DeLuise.
Its also a film with a total lack of urgency about it. At one point Bandit prepares for his urgent trip across the US by going…
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Movie #18 of The June Challenge
Movie #6 of The Summer Blockbuster ChallengeA sequel that kind of works because the original cast is all here. It's a bit sillier than the first one was... (do we really need to see The Bandit in a Rocky IV training montage?)... but how do you keep from getting charmed by an elephant?
Between this movie and The Blues Brothers 1980 might have set a record for the most cop cars demolished on celluloid.
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If you kiked the first one you must see this even if it's not as good.
And...THE car is back! -
Not as funny as the first one but wasn't horrible. Love the Sally Field and Burt Reynolds chemistry not matter what. Still had humour but not the same classic level in the first one.
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This is basically the first movie with almost none of the charm and none of the main cast looking like they want to be there.
An extra star because Sally Field.
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Perfect illustration of the dangers of “funny in the room” (or “funny on the set”). I guarantee these guys were cracking each other up day in and day out with that hilarious thing Burt or Dom or Jackie or Sally did. But you really had to be there. (FULL DISCLOSURE: Writer’s pride. I’m not anti-improv, just wary of the tyranny of on-set or writer’s room groupthink, especially when coupled with star power the size of 70s-era Burt Reynolds. Who’s going to say, “Yeah, that was cute, Burt, but could we try one as written?”)
And now I rebut myself: One of my favorite things in any movie is when you can see genuine love from the moviemakers for what they’re…
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I last saw this movie when I was a kid and it was good. Having recently re-watched the first movie, and snapped up all three on a DVD pack with a fucking awesome holographic Trans-Am cover, I figured I'd re-visit the second film too.
Its really not as good as I remember. I vividly recall an enormous car chase Demolition Derby scene pitting cops against truck drivers, which is still the best, albeit pointless, part of SatB2.
Its a movie where they replaced the beer with an elephant and the jokes with Dom DeLuise.
Its also a film with a total lack of urgency about it. At one point Bandit prepares for his urgent trip across the US by going…
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Fucking dreadful. One of the worst sequels in film history.
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The first film is a favorite of mine and this is more of the same but not as good.
Lots of car crashes and Burt Reynolds is good as always and Sally Field is still cute. -
And the law of diminishing returns begins...