Off-the-cuff comedy

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2008)

Off the cuff comedy, based upon the real trans-continental "Cannonball Run", is a lot of laughs as many of our favourite action heroes poke fun at their own images. Especially enjoyable are Roger Moore and Jackie Chan sending up the heroic ideals that they usually portray.
Plenty of chuckles are delivered by leads Burt Reynolds and Dom De Luise as they play off each other and off the comedy duo of Sammy Davis Junior and Dean Martin. Greenie Farrah Fawcett and proctologist Jack Elam also add to the mayhem.
Hal Needham doesn't have to do a lot of work with Brock Yates' script as it allows the players to go for broke and make the most of the comedy. A warning though that "The Cannonball Run" is an inherently silly show that is not recommended for all audiences.
Saturday, January 11, 1997 - Video