Rotten
Execution is uninspired, laughs are hard to find, and the script is also difficult to locate.
Variety Staff, Variety
Cannonball Run II
The popcorn's in the lobby. The nuts are on the screen.
1984 · 1h 48m · PG
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Hal Needham
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Cannonball Run II
Overview
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure enters the competition along with his friend Victor and together they set off across the American landscape in a madcap action-adventure destined to test their wits and automobile skills.
Director and cast
- Hal Needham Director
- Burt Reynolds as J.J. McClure
- Dom DeLuise as Victor Prinzim / Captain Chaos / Don Canneloni
- Dean Martin as Jamie Blake
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Fenderbaum
- Jamie Farr as Sheik
- Marilu Henner as Betty
- Telly Savalas as Hymie
- Shirley MacLaine as Veronica
- Susan Anton as Jill
- Catherine Bach as Marcie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Cannonball Run II is one of the laziest insults to the intelligence of moviegoers that I can remember. Sheer arrogance made this picture.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
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.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
There are nun jokes, mafia jokes, big breast jokes, karate jokes, Jaws jokes, more big breasts. It's a long ride.
Time Out
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