
The Sheik who competed at the last Cannonball Run, is berated by his father for not winning it. So he tells him to go and win. Problem is that there is no Cannonball Run. So his father tells him to make one of his own. He puts up a million dollars as the prize. So former Cannonballers J.J. and his buddy Vince join, as does Blake and Fenderbaum and some other characters. But Blake and Fenderbaum owe a mobster some money, and the mobster owes some other guy more. He then decide... (Full plot summary below)
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The Sheik who competed at the last Cannonball Run, is berated by his father for not winning it. So he tells him to go and win. Problem is that there is no Cannonball Run. So his father tells him to make one of his own. He puts up a million dollars as the prize. So former Cannonballers J.J. and his buddy Vince join, as does Blake and Fenderbaum and some other characters. But Blake and Fenderbaum owe a mobster some money, and the mobster owes some other guy more. He then decides to grab the Sheik and hold him for ransom so he can pay the guy back.
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| VarietyVariety StaffExecution is uninspired, laughs are hard to find, and the script is also difficult to locate. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe fact that Cannonball Run II isn't much good may not prevent it from becoming this summer's best- loved lowest-common-denominator comedy, if only because of the utter absence of any competition. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertCannonball Run II is one of the laziest insults to the intelligence of moviegoers that I can remember. Sheer arrogance made this picture. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergFeels like home movie footage of a celebrity barbecue that you weren't invited to. |
| Honolulu Star-AdvertiserBurl BurlingameThe movie is a genuine cultural artifact, a relic given to us by a band of entertainers from long ago, who live in self-imposed exile in the dusty, neon hellhole of Las Vegas. |
| Film4Billy MowbrayThis is an easy, madcap, guilty pleasure that plays like a hyperactive cross between Wacky Races and The Dukes of Hazard. |
| User ReviewDonald WWhen the Sheik (Jamie Farr) buys another Cannonball Run race with a Million Dollar winning prize all the misfits from the original Cannonball race once again join in the mayhem. also stars Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Catherine Bach, Susan Anton, Ricardo Montalban, Jackie Chan, Richard Kiel and Telly Savalas. directed by Hal Needham. |
| User ReviewKeith KAnother great with a dynamite cast of characters. also to make you want to race across the country for a million bucks. |
| User ReviewJason Zamazing film. other than Cop & a half this is Burt Reynold's finest acting hour |
| User ReviewPeter CSomehow I think that Cannonball Run II is better than the first, Some funny bits. A great mixture of actors. |