1980
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 41 m

1980
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 41 m

Summary Get ready for a wild ride as the notorious Bandit (Burt Reynolds) and his feisty sidekick Carrie (Sally Field) find themselves in a mission of epic proportions: transporting a pregnant elephant across the country in just 24 hours. Hot on their heels is arch-nemesis Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), who’s determined to finally p...

Directed By: Hal Needham

Written By: Robert L. Levy, Jerry Belson, Brock Yates, Michael Kane, Hal Needham

1980
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 41 m

1980
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 41 m

Smokey and the Bandit II

Name: Smokey and the Bandit II
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1980-08-15
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Rating: 41
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Hal Needham

Written By: Robert L. Levy, Jerry Belson, Brock Yates, Michael Kane, Hal Needham

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

29% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

29% Positive
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The New York Times

The screenplay, by Jerry Belson and Brock Yates, is not so surreally funny as the one for the first film, but funny lines are not what the picture is about. Smokey and the Bandit II is about movement, action, frustration and destruction, and Mr. Needham, one of Hollywood's most successful stunt artists before he became a director, is very good at this sort of thing. Smokey and the Bandit is entertaining in a brainless way.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

You don't mess with a sure thing. So Smokey and the Bandit II is carefully designed to cash in on the same box office bonanza as its namesake. The plot - about transporting an elephant to the Republican Convention - is obviously just an excuse to get this cartoon show on the road, where the cast can ham it up unashamedly.

By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW

Time Out London

Three years after Smokey and the Bandit took the hard-drinking, fast-driving, trickster ethos of the American redneck into the big box-office league, Reynolds has proved he just does what he does best: show off. A lightweight chase caper that Reynolds must truly be sick of by now, but which he has elevated into something impossible to dislike.

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Variety

Sally Field tells Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit II that he is no longer having fun doing what used to come naturally. This stale sequel seems to be evidence of going through the motions for money instead of fun. Ironically, the best part of the film is the unusual end credit sequence, which shows the actors having fun when they blow lines in outtakes.

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Washington Post

Smokey and the Bandit II -- is a premeditated embarrassment. It seems to prove that entertainers who discover a successful formula may not have the foggiest notion of how to protect, duplicate and sustain it.

By Gary Arnold FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

There is no need for this movie. That's true of most sequels, but it's especially true of Smokey and the Bandit II, which is basically just the original movie done again, not as well.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

TV Guide Magazine

So unimaginative that it's more of a remake than a sequel. Reynolds and his buddies all act as if they're in a home movie as they rehash the same tired gags and dull chases that filled the original.

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Production Company Universal Pictures, Rastar Films

Release Date Aug 15, 1980

Duration 1 h 41 m

Rating PG

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Tagline THE BANDIT HAS A NEW GOOD BUDDY - and they're all against Smokey and the law!

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Awards

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

• 1 Win & 5 Nominations

Jupiter Award

• 1 Nomination

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Burt Reynolds

Bandit

Jackie Gleason

Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Gaylord Justice, Reginald Van Justice

Jerry Reed

Cledus

Dom DeLuise

Doc

Sally Field

Carrie

Paul Williams

Little Enos

Pat McCormick

Big Enos

David Huddleston

John Conn

Mike Henry

Junior

John Anderson

Governor

Brenda Lee

Nice Lady

Phil Balsley

Phil Balsley

Lew DeWitt

Lew DeWitt

Don Reid

Don Reid

Harold Reid

Harold Reid

Mel Tillis

Fairground Owner

Don Williams

Don Williams

Terry Bradshaw

Terry Bradshaw

Joe Greene

'Mean Joe' Greene

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