So bad it's good. Yeah, it's one of those films.

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2002)

Where do I start? Oh, boy.
This is worse than Plan 9 from Outer Space. At least Ed Wood was quite frank about not having enough money for a decent film, yet he attempted on doing exactly that. He failed miserably.
Cannonball Run is quite frank about having enough money to make a decent film, and not even trying to do so, generating so many laughs in the process, it's kinda excusable.
It lacks everything. Character development. A strong plotline. Well crafted humor. Nice racing sequences. Yet it's a sweet failure, just because it's so bad, yet so true, you can't do anything except watch in amazement and say "I can't believe it".
What am I talking about? Well, remember the ambulance incident? It's true. It actually happened. Yes, it did happen to Brock Yates, his wife and director Hal Needham. They entered the race in the ambulance, they were stopped in New Jersey, and the dialogue is shown in the film (with a bit of artistic license, of course).
Remember the guy who rammed the entrance of the hotel? Well, the character is based on a real guy who did ram walls in order to get to the highways faster than the rest. And he did ask at the hotel he stayed, "Where are the w____s at?"
Watch it while knowing many things are based on fact, and you will see the movie is so bad, you can't help but wonder how on earth this race could have been run for 5 years.
It's good.