Zany and Screwball Car-Focused Movie

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2018)

(Flash Review)
Not knowing the tone going into this, I was hoping for some fun car chasing scenes yet I was slightly disappointed despite opening up with a Lamborghini Countach speeding down the highway. Based on a real event, Cannonball Run is an illegal cross country race where the winner is the one who averages the highest speed while avoiding cops and other obstacles. Who will win, will sabotage come up or will the police be able to stop the race? There are assorted cars and characters who join in the fun. Burt Reynolds is the main character along with Farrah Fawcett and Roger Moore, who plays his real life self as the mega Hollywood James Bond star, is a close third and drives his classic Aston Martin DB5. The film quality is rather poor with clumsy editing, cuts that avoid having to stage expensive accidents and MANY scenes were guilty of speeding up the footage to give the false impression of actual speeds. Some bad jokes, some decent ones but mainly light smirks. I thoughts it was going to be better than it was.